2024 AIRUM Annual Conference Tentative Schedule
The 2024 Annual AIRUM Conference will be held in Bloomington, Minnesota on
Wednesday, November 6 - Friday, November 8, 2024 at the
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington - Minneapolis South.
Conference Registration fee: Professional members - $250 (plus $50 membership fee) Retirees and Graduate Students - $100 (plus $50 membership fee) Undergraduate Students - $50 (plus $50 membership fee) Registration Deadline: October 30, 2024
Book early to get your choice of room.
Conference registration is now open!!
This schedule is subject to change.
Wednesday, November 6
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
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Conference Registration Open
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Coffee Service Available
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10:00 – 12:00 pm
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Pre Conference Workshops
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Focus & Flow: Productivity for IR Professionals
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Carole Chabries, PhD
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Become an Excel Pro Quickly and on a Budget
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Mustafa Tageldin |
12:00 – 1:15 pm
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New Member Orientation - or - Lunch on your own
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1:20 – 2:15 pm
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Concurrent Session
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Low Cost Dashboards for Visualizing Data and Supporting Decisions
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Sally Gerlach, Hamline University
Tracy Williams, Hamline University
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Perfect is the enemy of good: Creating and using a 'good enough' retention prediction index
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Lauren Feiler, St. Olaf College |
Switching the Lens for Another: Rescoring Persistence & Completion Data for Student Responses to Race/Ethnicity
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Nancy Floyd, Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities Tabatha Ries-Miller, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
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Who's Your Neighbor? Using Nearest-Neighbor Matching to Evaluate Intervention Effectiveness |
Michelle Borckardt, Gateway Technical College
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2:30 – 3:15 pm
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Concurrent Sessions
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The Storyteller's Toolkit: Unleashing the Power of Data
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Kristina Church, College of St. Scholastica
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Impact of Tuition Promise: a regression-discontinuity approach
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Ling Ning, Universities of Wisconsin
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What has Minnesota been doing? Updates on the Direct Admission program, the 2024-2025 FAFSA rollout, Credentials of Value, and the impact they may have on students and border states.
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Aaron Salasek, MN Office of Higher Education
Nicole Whelan, MN Office of Higher Education
Steve Rogness, MN Office of Higher Education
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Putting the End User First: Enhancing Efficiency and User Experience in the IR/IE Office |
Trent Brager, University of St. Thomas
Bryan Helminiak, University of St. Thomas
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3:30 – 4:15 pm
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Concurrent Sessions
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Using data visualizations to evaluate data aggregation models and refine clinical graduation requirements
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Christopher Petrie, Northwestern Health Sciences University
Christopher Smoley, Northwestern Health Sciences University
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RISE 2027-Elevating the Role of IR/IE in Strategic Planning at Viterbo University
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Timothy Schorr, Viterbo University
Naomi Stennes-Spidahl, Viterbo University
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Filling the Gaps With SLEDS |
Erin Osborn, Century College
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Shared Vision, Shared Success: Collaborative Survey Efforts in Technical Colleges |
Kira Guetschow, Western Technical College
Chris Feit, Northcentral Technical College
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5:00 – 7:00 pm
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Social Gathering/Networking
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Thursday, November 7
7:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Conference Registration Open
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7:30 – 8:45 am
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Breakfast Buffet
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9:00 – 9:45 am
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Concurrent Sessions
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The use of AI in Data Analytics
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Jim Sorenson, University of Mary
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Growing Data Governance at MPTC
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Laura Waurio, Moraine Park Technical College
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Effectively Using Continuous Improvement and Innovation to Facilitate Organizational Change
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Meridith Wentz, University of Wisconsin-Stout Brenda Krueger, University of Wisconsin-Stout
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10:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Keynote
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AI Revolution in IR/IE: Empowering Small Offices for Big Impact
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Dr. Mike Urmeneta
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12:00 – 1:30 pm
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Lunch
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1:30 – 2:15 pm
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Concurrent Sessions
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Dashboard Highlights (4 Dashboard presentations 15min each)
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Christopher Petrie, Northwestern Health Sciences University
Ian Dahlinghaus, MSOE
Kelsey Thompson, St. Olaf College
Ling Ning, Universities of Wisconsin
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SAS Presentation
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TBD
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The CIP Wizard and the Philosopher's Stone
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Allan Joseph Medwick, Ursidae Analytics, LLC
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From State to Local: Generalizable Methodology for Setting Performance Targets
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Russell Dahlke, Minnesota State System
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2:30 – 3:15 pm
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Concurrent Sessions
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5 Tips and Exercises for Improving Your Productivity With R
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Tyler Platz, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
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Utilizing Labor Market Data to Explore Cutting Edge Opportunities for Graduates and the Skills Needed to Succeed
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Melissa McKenney, Lightcast |
Leveraging Predictive Analytics for Admissions: The Lead Scoring Project at UW-Eau Claire
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Casey Rozowski, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Colton Lunemann, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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The Demographics of Student Loans: Understanding Differences in Student Debt Burden by Sex and Race and Ethnicity of Minnesota College Graduates, 2021-2022
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Maxwell Herrera, Minnesota Office of Higher Education Nicole Whelan, Minnesota Office of Higher Education
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3:30 – 5:00 pm
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AIRUM Updates
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5:00 – 7:00 pm
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Social Gathering/Networking
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Friday, November 8
7:30 – 11:30 am
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Coffee/Beverage Service
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8:00 – 8:45 am
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Concurrent Sessions
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Automating workflows and building data dashboards
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Christopher Petrie, Northwestern Health Sciences University
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Building a Cost-Effective CRM Alternative using Power BI
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Ian Dahlinghaus, MSOE
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Analyzing the Instructional Cost of a Degree: A Major-Level Analysis at UW-Eau Claire
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Casey Rozowski, UW-Eau Claire
Michael Carney, UW-Eau Claire
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Analyze & Publicize: Validating Strategic Planning Efforts through Data Storytelling
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Heather Rondeau, Alexandria Technical & Community College Nichole Aber, Alexandria Technical & Community College
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9:00 – 9:45 am
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Concurrent Sessions
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When Graphs Go Bad
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Susan Ray, Iowa State University
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More General or More Specific? Implications of Specificity of Race/Ethnicity Disaggregation for Policy and Practice
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Peter (Jun) Li, University of Minnesota, TCI Qian Zhao, University of Minnesota, TCI
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Closing the Loop: Lessons Learned From a Year of Pocket Surveys
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Trina Smith, Luther Seminary
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10:00 – 11:30 am
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Brunch and Closing Remarks
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