Start: September 16, 2025 10 a.m.
End: September 17, 2025 12 p.m.
From Connections to Completion: Student Success Through Relationships, Readiness, and Resilience.
The 2025 Student Success Summit is scheduled on September 16th (10 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.) and September 17th (8 a.m. - noon) at Emens Auditorium and the Student Center. Registration is required for this free event - which is an opportunity for campus partners to come together and discuss strategies to foster student success and well-being.
Meet our keynote speaker, Dr. Bridget Burns, and closing speaker, Dr. Isis Artze-Vega!
Dr. Bridget Burns is the founding CEO of University Innovation Alliance (UIA), a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation that helps higher education leaders accelerate the implementation of scalable solutions that ensure more students graduate and contribute to our nation's prosperity and competitiveness. Named one of the "16 Most Innovative People in Higher Education" by Washington Monthly - and one of the "35 Leading Women in Higher Education" by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine - Dr. Burns' work has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, 60 Minutes, and the documentary Unlikely. Before launching UIA, Dr. Burns served as an American Council on Education Fellow at Arizona State University. Earlier in her career, she served as senior policy advisor and chief of staff for the Oregon University System.
Dr. Isis Artze-Vega is the lead author and editor of The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching and co-author of Connections Are Everything: A College Student's Guide to Relationship-Rich Education. Most recently, she served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Valencia College in Central Florida, which serves about 70,000 students annually and has long been regarded as one of the nation's best community colleges. Dr. Artze-Vega provided strategic leadership for the college's seven campuses, and in the areas of curriculum, assessment, faculty development, distance learning, and partnerships for educational excellence. Before joining Valencia, she served as assistant vice president for teaching and learning at Florida International University (FIU). Before joining FIU, Dr. Artze-Vega taught English composition and enrollment management at the University of Miami.