Site Visits

ANNUAL MEETING

OPTIONAL EVENTS

*Registration for the Annual Meeting is required to purchase admittance to these events.


PRE-CONFERENCE SITE VISIT
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025, 2:00 - 4:00PM
HARD HAT TOUR
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER


The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center's new 26-story hospital tower, opening in 2026, is the largest facilities project in the university's history. The 1.9 million square-foot building features 820 private rooms, 234 ICU beds, and advanced diagnostic, treatment, and inpatient areas. The hospital aims to enhance patient care, safety, community health and learning, while fostering collaboration among researchers and clinicians.

Participants will get a sneak peek behind the scenes tour of this amazing facility. Transportation will be provided and will leave directly from the Columbus Hilton Hotel promptly at 1:30PM and return at 4:00PM.

COST: $25 per person. Event is limited to 20 participants.


*AUPHA reserves the right to cancel the site visit should circumstances deem it necessary



LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025, 1 - 4:30 PM EASTERN
THE EMERGING LEADER: PROGRAM DIRECTORS

 


This course is tailored to empower you in your pivotal role as an Academic Program Director. We will explore the multifaceted aspects of academic leadership, providing you with the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in the dynamic higher education environment. The curriculum covers a spectrum of key areas: student success, marketing, curriculum development, advanced program planning and implementation, and accreditation processes, and student and faculty engagement. We'll explore effective strategies for fostering a positive learning environment by integrating justice, equity, inclusion, belonging, and diversity and ensuring academic excellence. Through a variety of interactive activities including case studies and collaborative peer discussions, you'll gain practical tools to address the unique challenges faced by an academic program director. By the end of the program, you'll have foundational skills to steer your program toward success.

Instructor:

  • Maureen Jones, PhD, RN
  • Lynn T. Downs, PhD, University of the Incarnate Word
  • Cathleen Erwin, PhD, MBA, Auburn University

COST: 

  • Members: $200
  • Doctoral Student Members $150
  • Non Members $250

REGISTRATION:

Click here to learn more and register today


 

PRE-CONFERENCE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025, 2:00 - 4:00PM
RONALD McDONALD HOUSE OF CENTRAL OHIO 



When a child is in the hospital, family needs to be close. The Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio is located directly across the street from Nationwide Children's Hospital. Open 365 days a year, the House provides family-centered care that fosters health and well-being for the whole family. Please join your colleagues to help clean and restock rooms to ensure families have a clean and  safe environment to stay while facing a healthcare concern.

Transportation will be provided and will leave directly from the Columbus Hilton Hotel promptly at 1:30PM and return at 4:00PM.

COST:  $25 per person. Event is limited to 20 participants.

 

*AUPHA reserves the right to cancel the site visit should circumstances deem it necessary


 

ART OF TEACHING INSTITUTE
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2025, 1 - 4:30PM
INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE AND BELONGING: CREATING AND SUSTAINING AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH ALL LEARNERS THRIVE

 


Join colleagues in this Art of Teaching Institute course scheduled to be held shortly after the end of the 2025 AUPHA Annual Meeting. During and after this session, faculty attendees will have an opportunity to richly engage in discussion about how common classroom structures may inadvertently exclude students. Starting with an examination of their own identity and teaching practices, we will lead faculty on a journey through their courses to identify opportunities for building a more welcoming community. We operationalize this community through three arms: written communication, assessment practices including rubrics, and class participation and engagement. Faculty will learn from demonstrations, discussions, and hands-on critique of their own syllabus, rubrics, and other documents. Attendees will leave the session with practical, actionable steps that they can bake into the fabric of a new course or implement immediately in an existing course. In sum, the techniques and approaches in the proposal above will help faculty create more inclusive, sustainable learning environments in any field and at any academic level that they may teach.

Instructor:

  • Gwen Archibald, PhD, University of Iowa
  • Leandra Celaya, MSc, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

COST: 

  • Members: $200
  • Doctoral Student Members $150
  • Non Members $250

REGISTRATION: 

Click here to learn more and register today


 

LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2025, 1 - 4:30PM
ADVANCED 21st CENTURY LEADERSHIP

 


Join colleagues in this Leadership Academy course scheduled to be held shortly after the end of the 2025 AUPHA Annual Meeting. This course is focused on a practical, mindfulness-based approach to leadership. It is designed to help faculty learn best practices and innovations that will help their development toward leading self, leading others, and leading organizations. This course is designed as a stand-alone advanced module of a two-part leadership series for faculty members more familiar with the leadership experience; faculty are not required to take the introductory course but are welcome to do so to gain more in-depth grounding in the leading self and leading others concepts. This advanced course will touch on leading self and leading others but will focus on leading organizations.

Instructor:

  • Gerry Ibay, JD, MHA, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

COST: 

  • Members: $200
  • Doctoral Student Members $150
  • Non Members $250

REGISTRATION:

Click here to learn more and register today


 


POST-CONFERENCE NETWORKING EVENT
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2025, 5:00 - 8:00PM
LAND-GRANT BREWERY
INNOVATION BEER TASTING AND BREWERY TOUR
424 W. Town Street, Columbus



Explore this brewery's history with a guided tour, followed by a tasting of four of their newest brews at The Extension. Your feedback helps shape their future beers! Take home an exclusive Land-Grant pint glass as a keepsake. Join and be part of the craft.

Join your colleagues in a private tent following the tour.

Please note: You must be 21 or older to attend.

COST: $35 per person. Transportation not included


*AUPHA reserves the right to cancel this excursion should circumstances deem it necessary