O'Bannon Institute at Bloomington Ivy Tech Campus to Host Arianna Huffington

Schedule of Friday events at Ivy Tech’s Bloomington campus (includes listing of panelists)

8:30 a.m. — Registration (Continental Breakfast)

9 a.m. — Welcome Remarks by Chancellor of Ivy Tech’s Bloomington campus John Whikehart & Former Indiana First Lady Judy O’Bannon

9:40 a.m. — Panel Discussion One — Higher Education Officials

Jo Ann M. Gora, President, Ball State University

Daniel J. Bradley, President, Indiana State University

Don Doucette, Senior Vice President/Provost, Ivy Tech Community College

John Applegate, Vice President for Planning & Policy, Indiana University

Vic Lechtenberg, Vice Provost for Engagement, Purdue University

Moderator: Chuck Carney Director of Communications & Media Relations, School of Education, Indiana University

11 a.m. — Panel Discussion Two — Area Superintendents

Tony Bennett, Indiana Superintendant of Public Instruction

J.T. Coopman, Superintendent, Monroe County Community School Corp.

Steve Kain, Superintendent, Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corp.

Ty Mungle, Superintendent, Eastern Greene Schools

Dennis Turner, Superintendent, North Lawrence Community Schools

Moderator: Anne Shane, Ivy Tech Community College State Trustee; Vice President, BioCrossroads

Noon — Lunch Provided

1:15 p.m. — Panel Discussion Three — State Policy Experts

Gerardo González, Dean, School of Education, Indiana University

Scott Jenkins, Governor’s Senior Policy Director for Education

Teresa Lubbers, Commissioner, Indiana Commission for Higher Education

Greg Porter, Chairman of the Indiana House Education Committee

Terry Spradlin, Associate Director for Education Policy, Indiana University

Moderator: Gerry Dick, Host, Inside Indiana Business

2:30 p.m. — Conversation with co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post and nationally syndicated columnist, Arianna Huffington, moderated by The Herald-Times Editor Bob Zaltsberg