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The University of Memphis will host the 17th annual Memphis in May Student Affairs Conference on Friday, May 20, in the University Center. The program will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s theme is “Assess to Progress: Developing an Effective Balance.”

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Gwen Dungy, executive director of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Dungy is an accomplished speaker, leader and educator.

The conference is open to all professionals in higher education, including graduate students. Presentations will include “Assessment of Internships as a Continuous Cycle,” “Legal Issues in Student Affairs,” “Lottery Students: Access and Retention,” and “Sanctioning the Millennial Student: A View of Today’s College Student.”

To register, or to get more information, contact Dwayne Scott by phone at 901-678-2298 or via email at: dscott@memphis.edu

The University of Memphis, founded in 1912, is a metropolitan research university. Comprising 200 buildings on four sites covering 1,160 acres, it has a student population of approximately 20,000, with a faculty and staff numbering about 2,500.

A member of the Tennessee Board of Regents System, the nation’s seventh largest system of higher education consisting of 35 four-year universities and colleges, two-year community colleges, and technical centers, the U of M offers 15 bachelor's degrees in more than 50 majors and 70 concentrations, master's degrees in more than 45 subjects, and doctoral degrees in 21 disciplines, in addition to the juris doctor (law) and specialist in education degrees.

The University of Memphis is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Individual colleges, schools and departments are accredited by the appropriate agencies.

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