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David Coleman

Owner and CEO, Coleman Productions

Why Be Ordinary When You Can Be Remarkable?

Through David Coleman's travels, he's found that quite often, the primary difference between someone being "remarkable" as compared to "ordinary" is performing a common task uncommonly well. In this highly inspirational program, Coleman will explain how everyone can embody certain traits in their lives and use those skills to make a profound and meaningful impact on the world and people around them. Together, we will overcome barriers and leave them behind because a life lived in fear, is a life half-lived!

Known nationwide as The Dating Doctor™ and "America's Real-Life Hitch," Coleman is a highly sought-after speaker, entertainer, emcee, author, leadership trainer, retreat facilitator, as well as a radio and television personality. His most recent book, "Making Relationships Matter," has entered its second printing run, and his previous works, "Date Smart!" and "101 Great Dates," are well respected and continue to impact lives. Coleman had a story featured in the U.S. bestseller "Chicken Soup for the College Soul" and has been published in numerous publications including Us, Glamour, Celebrity Living, Mademoiselle, Women's World, Cosmopolitan, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and The New York Times.

Frances Lucas

President, Millsaps College

Presidential Perspectives on Higher Education and the College Union

Although we try to effectively share our story, sometimes we may still wonder whether or not our president understands the role of the college union. Frances Lucas is a college president who is passionate about higher education and who values the contribution of college union professionals. She will discuss the current state of higher education, some of the challenges that lie ahead, and how she believes the college union can be best positioned for the future.

Lucas's 25-year career in higher education is an illustration of opening doors and breaking barriers with grace. When she was named president of Millsaps College in January 2000, Lucas became the first female president in the college's 110-year history. Prior to taking the helm of Millsaps College, Lucas served Emory University as senior vice president for campus life, becoming the first woman to hold a vice presidential position in the history of the university and, at age 29, the youngest vice president for student affairs in the United States. Lucas was also the first female vice president at Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio, where she was named the college's Most Outstanding Administrator.

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Vernon A. Wall

Consultant, Lecturer and Author

One Better World

Privilege. Identity. Social justice. The journey begins with you. Come learn how your identities influence all you do and how you can use this knowledge to become agents of change on campus and in our world.

Vernon A. Wall currently divides his time between roles as an independent consultant and as a senior consultant for the Washington Consulting Group, an agency specializing in multicultural organizational change founded by Jamie Washington. Wall has accumulated 20 years of professional student affairs experience at Iowa State University, the University of Georgia, University of North Carolina–Charlotte, and University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill in a variety of areas—greek life, new student orientation, student activities, leadership development, and university housing.

Wall has received several awards for his contributions to the quality of student life, is a widely known speaker in the areas of diversity/oppression and leadership styles, and is one of the founders and facilitators of the Social Justice Training Institute. Wall also has served as a trainer for The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. Wall has written several articles and has coedited two books about multiculturalism on today's college campus. His award-winning programs and presentations have been seen by thousands of students, faculty, and staff on several campuses and have been described as being "a learning experience with a touch of wildness."

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