Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Register Today for Everyday ABC Conversations

Register Today for Everyday ABC Conversations
Register today for the first conversation of the "Everyday ABC Conversations" series on Wednesday, October 13 at 2:00pm ET. Presenters James Barry and Karen Podsiadly will lead a conversation on "Higher Education, the Global Pandemic, and Caring for the Needs of Students."

Due to the popularity of the recent Mission Summit Conversations in which over 650 American Baptists simultaneously participated in dialogue during the 2021 Biennial Mission Summit, the American Baptist Churches USA is launching this series of dialogues, entitled, “Everyday ABC Conversations.”

The conversation will begin with a brief introduction of the topic by presenters Barry and Podsiadly, followed by 30-40 minutes of small group conversation in randomly assigned breakout rooms of 10 persons each. The entire conversation, including presentation, will last approximately one hour.

The conversation will take place on the Zoom platform. No fee to participate, but online registration is required.

Dr. James “Tim” Barry has been serving as the 10th president of the Alderson Broaddus University, and American Baptist-affiliated school, since 2015.

Dr. Barry began his higher education administration career in admissions at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Briar Cliff in 1971; and earned both a Master and Doctor of Education in adult continuing education from Northern Illinois University, in 1979 and 1992, respectively.

Read full bio here.
Karen Podsiadly, Director of Community Development at The College at Brockport (State University of New York) and President of American Baptist Churches USA.

Podsiadly was educated at State University of New York College at Geneseo and Western Illinois University with degrees in Sociology and College Student Personnel, respectively. She has served for over twenty-five years in a variety of settings within American Higher Education.

Read more of her bio here.
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