Professional Development & Continuing Education

The Professional Development & Continuing Education component of Faces of Access and the Midwest Alliance focuses on providing high-quality, real-world, and practical professional learning and networking opportunities for current and rising leaders.

Engaging in professional development and continuing education programming is a critical aspect of ensuring you are well-equipped to maximize your personal, professional, and academic goals and aspirations. A wealth of new knowledge can come from participating in these programs including:

exposing you to new ideas and perspectives;
expanding your skillsets
increasing your expertise in your field;
building confidence;
preparing you to tackle new and existing challenges; and
expanding your network.

Taking into account the ever-changing and ever-growing world we live in today, our professional development and continuing education offerings provide targeted training and practical resources that empower attendees to shape their own personal, professional, and academic experiences by being lifelong learners. Currently we offer professional development and continuing education through in-person and virtual network sessions and in-person and virtual workshops.

UPCOMING OFFERINGS — Click here to register

Professional Development and Continuing Education sessions will resume after the summer session. Our next session will be offered in September 2021. Details regarding the 2021-2022 lineup will be posted in early August.

PREVIOUS OFFERINGS:

African American Young Professionals - November 10, 2020
The Presidential Experience - January 26, 2021
Having A Business State of Mind - February 17, 2021

Court is in Session: The Process and The Law session featuring:
Alexis Apparicio, Attorney Fellow, L Brands, Inc.; Simone Hylton, Deputy District Attorney, Fulton County, Georgia; Joy Tolbert Nelson, Assistant State’s Attorney, Cook County, Illinois;
LeRoy Ricksy Jr., 3L Student, The Ohio State University; and David Roper, Associate, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Having A Business State of Mind session featuring
Sue Zazon, Regional President, Huntington National Bank; Nancy S. Kirkpatrick, CEO & Executive Director, OhioNet; and Tanny Crane, President and CEO, The Crane Group

The Presidential Experience Professional Development Session featuring: Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston, Dr. Chris Howard, Dr. Sean Decatur, and Dr. Gregory Washington

African American Young Professionals Professional Development Session featuring: Dr. Melissa Shivers, Alonzo Nelson, Justin Bibb, Dr. James Moore, Dr. Noelle Arnold, Dr. Justin Moses, Dr. Royel Johnson, and Derek Cowherd,

PROVIDING TARGETED, REAL-WORLD, AND PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES TO EMPOWER CURRENT AND RISING LEADERS