Join The Texas Tribune at noon Central on Thursday, June 30, at Odessa College for “The Great Student Resignation,” a free in-person and virtual event on declining enrollment in higher education, who is being left out and what the long-term impacts could be.
Hear from Gregory Williams, president of Odessa College; Scott Muri, superintendent of the Ector County Independent School District; and Sandra Woodley, president of the University of Texas Permian Basin, in a live conversation moderated by Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith.
The event will take place at Odessa College in the Saulsbury Campus Center’s Zant Community Room, Second Floor, Room 222, at 201 W. University Blvd., Odessa, TX 79764.
Light refreshments and networking will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by an hourlong conversation beginning at noon. Free public parking is available near the Saulsbury Campus Center at both the North Lot and the University Lot, at the corner of West University Boulevard and Robertson Street.
This in-person event will be simultaneously streamed for virtual attendees and will be available to watch on demand afterward at texastribune.org/events.
Muri has served as superintendent for the Ector County Independent School District since 2019. Previously, he served as superintendent of Spring Branch Independent School District in Houston, where he oversaw a redesign of the compensation system and recruiting efforts to more effectively recruit and retain employees.
Williams has served as president of Odessa College since 2007. Nationally, he recently served on the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) board of directors and executive board and as chair of AACC’s committee on community college advancement and on the 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges’ developmental education redesign committee. Williams began his higher education journey as a student at Odessa College in 1993.
Woodley has served as president of the University of Texas Permian Basin since 2017. Previously, she served as the chief executive officer for the University of Louisiana System, where she worked with the state’s governor and legislature, the system’s board of regents, campus presidents and members of the public on matters of higher education policy.
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