Agenda
Fellows Arrive in Knoxville: Buses from TYS to Volunteer Hall throughout the day.
9:00 a.m. | Health Center Orientation and Documents Orientation – Including Group Breakfast
10:00 a.m. | Juneteenth Celebration as Walter Hardy Park
2:00 p.m. | Practical Orientation and Grocery Store Visit
4:00 p.m. | Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Vaccination Visit to Cedar Bluff
10:30 a.m. | Academic Orientation
11:30 a.m. | Academic Session – Small Expert Group Formation, In-Group Introductions and Networking
12:30 p.m. | Library Lunch and Orientation
2:00 p.m. | Bukky Abdul: Practical Networking Session – How To’s, Norms and Expectations
3:30 p.m. | UTK Campus Tour
5:00 p.m. | Leadership Exercise – Group Norm Setting
6:00 p.m. | Opening Ceremony Rehearsal, Dinner and Unstructured Time
1:00 p.m. | Visit and tour of Ijams Nature Center, Picnic Lunch.
3:30 p.m. | Unstructured Time
5:00 p.m. | Movie Night, Volunteer Hall
Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Weekly Overview, Introduction to Themes
10:00 a.m. | Tony Nownes: Practical Academic Programming – The American Political System
12:00 p.m. | Lunch Break, Unstructured
1:30 p.m. | Networking and Mentoring Fair – Toyota Auditorium
4:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception – Agriculture and Natural Resources Building
7:00 p.m. | Dinner, Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Unstructured Networking Time
10:00 a.m. | Vasabjit Banerjee: Academic Session – Eliminating Roadblocks, Building Capacities
12:00 p.m. | Reflection and Feedback Time
1:00 p.m. | Lunch Break, Unstructured
2:00 p.m. | Geohistorical Tour of Knoxville
6:30 p.m. | Dinner, Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Unstructured Networking Time
11:00 a.m. | Waren Doctker: East Tennessee History – Challenges and Opportunities
12:00 p.m. | Lunch Break, Unstructured
1:00 p.m. | Site Visits – Green McAdoo School and the Museum of Appalachia
6:30 p.m. | Dinner, Unstructured Time
8:30 a.m. | Meet with UTK Public Speaking Center, Ignite Talk Prep
10:00 a.m. | Focus Project Coaching
1:00 p.m. | Lunch Break, Unstructured
2:00 p.m. | Leadership Training CLC 1: Branding Kliewer, Reggie Lane and Natalie Frankel – McClung Tower
5:00 p.m. : Community Potluck
9:00 a.m. | Unstructured Networking Time
10:30 a.m. | Chattanooga Trip, Including Group Lunch
4:00 p.m. | Debrief and Thematic Discussion
5:30 p.m. | Unstructured Time, Option Group Activity: Bowling Night
10:00 a.m. | Visit to Market Square Farmer’s Market
12:30 p.m. | Group Lunch – Tupelo Honey
2:00 p.m. | Unstructured Time
Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Weekly Themes and Overview
9:30 a.m. | Frankie Weaver: Building Relationships between communities and infrastructure for visitors
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:30 p.m. | Reflection and Feedback Session
2:30 p.m. | Unstructured Networking Time
6:00 p.m. | Dinner, Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Site Visit: Blackberry Farms, Townsend, TN – Including Lunch
1:30 p.m. | Site Visit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Tremont Institute
8:00 a.m. | Meet with UTK Public Speaking Center, Ignite Talk Prep
10:00 a.m. | Stephanie Casey Pierce: Academic Programming – Data for Impact
1:00 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
2:00 p.m. | Leadership Training – CLC 2: Brandon Kliewer and Jada Russell – Student Union
9:00 a.m. | Meeting with Jumana Kamal – Department of State
10:00 a.m. | Annie Brown: Academic Programming – Grand Writing and Budgeting
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:30 p.m. | Community Service Hours – Jones Center
5:00 p.m. | Reflection and Feedback Session
9:30 a.m. | Debrief and Thematic Discussion | Independence
11:00 a.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
5:00 a.m. | 4th of July Celebration: Community Dinner at Volunteer Hall, World’s Fair Park
10:00 a.m. | Grocery Store Trip
5:00 p.m. | African Heritage Night – Volunteer Hall
Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Weekly Themes and Overview
9:30 a.m. | David McCollum: Academic Session – Building Relationships Between Communities and Infrastructure for Visitors
12:00 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
12:30 p.m. | Practical Academic Session: Visit to the UT Institute of Agriculture
2:00 p.m. | Travel Time
2:30 p.m. | Practical Academic Session: UT Institute of Advanced Materials
4:30 p.m. | Reflection and Feedback Session
9:00 a.m. | Visit TVA Headquarters
12:30 p.m. | Lunch and Transportation Between Sites
2:00 p.m. | Visit Norris Dam State Park, Including Tour
9:00 a.m. | Leadership Training – CLC 3: Brandon Kliewer, Jada Russell – Student Union
12:00 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:00 p.m. | Unstructured Networking Time, Focus Project Coaching
9:00 a.m. | Ignite Talk Presentations
10:00 a.m. | Wayde Marsh Academic Session: Data Visualization
12:00 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:00 p.m. | Oak Ridge National Lab Visit
9:00 a.m. | Ignite Talk Presentations
10:00 a.m. | Kirsten Widner: The American Legal System – Practices for Advocacy
12:00 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:00 p.m. | Flex Academic Time – Per Arising Needs/Demands
3:00 p.m. | Debrief and Thematic Discussion
4:30 p.m. | Knoxville Closing Ceremony – Group Dinner and Celebration at Executive Dining Room of the Student Union
9:00 a.m. | Visit Market Square Farmer’s Market
4:30 p.m. | Movie Night – Volunteer Hall
Fellows Travel to TSU
5:00 p.m. | Welcome Dinner
9:00 a.m. | Orientation
10:30 a.m. | Practical & Academic Session/Weekly Overview: Introduction to Urban Planning
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:30 p.m. | Practical & Academic Session/Weekly Overview: Introduction to Urban Planning
3:30 p.m. | Optional Trip to Grocery Store
5:00 p.m. | Dinner, Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Practical & Academic Session/Weekly Overview: Policy Frameworks in Urban Planning
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:30 p.m. | Networking – Structured & Unstructured, Focus Project Coaching
3:30 p.m. | Site Visit: Walking of 12 South Neighborhood
9:00 a.m. | Practical & Academic Session/Weekly Overview: Stakeholder Engagement in Urban Planning
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
2:00 p.m. | Second Harvest Food Bank
4:30 p.m. | Dinner, Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Practical & Academic Session/Weekly Overview: Transportation Planning and Mobility
11:30 a.m. | Reflection, Feedback & Post-Institute Survey
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:30 p.m. | Leadership Training
3:30 p.m. | Cultural & Social Activity: Visit to TN Museum
5:30 p.m. | Dinner, Unstructured Time
Mandela Day
9:00 a.m. | Cultural & Social Activity: Visit to Farmer’s Market
7:00 p.m. | Trip to Geodis Park
Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Practical & Academic Session/Weekly Overview: Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:30 p.m. | Networking: Structured & Unstructured, Focus Project Coaching
5:30 p.m. | Dinner, Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Practical & Academic Session/Weekly Overview: Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:30 p.m. | Supplemental Leadership Activity with President Dwayne Tucker
2:30 p.m. | Cultural & Social Activity: Visit to National Museum of African American Music
5:30 p.m. | Dinner, Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Site Visit: Conexion Americas
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:30 p.m. | Practical & Academic Session: Fundraising and Financial Management
5:00 p.m. | Cultural & Social Activity: Group Dinner at House of Kabob
9:00 a.m. | Practical & Academic Session/Weekly Overview: Leadership and Nonprofit Organizations
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
2:00 p.m. | Second Harvest Food Bank
4:30 p.m. | Dinner, Unstructured Time
9:00 a.m. | Practical & Academic Session/Weekly Overview: Evaluating Impact
11:30 a.m. | Reflection, Feedback & Post-Institute Survey
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Unstructured Time
1:30 p.m. | Unstructured Time/Optional Activity
4:00 p.m. | Farewell Dinner
Unstructured Time
Summit Departures