#CSCUnite25 Convention Schedule of Events

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Last updated June 4, 2025

Please note that the CSC Unite convention mobile app available on iPhone and Android, or via the web, is the most accurate source for up-to-date schedule changes throughout the convention. For information about the accessing the mobile app, click here. 

Your CSC badge also entitles you access to all NACDA & Affiliates sessions and events, except those offering food service or otherwise marked as closed or private. Download the NACDA25 mobile app on iPhone or Android for NACDA & Affiliates agendas.

When should I arrive?
On-site convention registration opens Sunday, June 8 at 8:00 AM. Committee and divisional cabinet meetings will take place that morning. Programming for all attendees will begin Sunday, June 8 at Noon with the Welcome Reception at 5:00 PM. To optimize your experience, plan to arrive in Orlando the night of Saturday, June 7 or early on Sunday, June 8. For departures, plan to leave no earlier than mid-afternoon on Wednesday, June 11.

Meeting Space Request Form: Click here to complete this form if your group needs to request meeting accomodations at #CSCUnite25.
  
Times are Eastern. This schedule will change and be updated regularly leading up to the convention. Once on-site in Orlando, the official CSC mobile app will be the best and most accurate source of up-to-date information.
 
SATURDAY, JUNE 7
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Executive Board of Directors Meeting (invitation only)
SUNDAY, JUNE 8
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM On-Site Convention Registration (Palms Registration)
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Academic All-America Core Committee Meeting (invitation only)
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Goodwill & Wellness Committee Meeting (invitation only)
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Inclusion Committee Meeting (invitation only)
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Special Awards Committee Meeting (invitation only)
11:15 AM - 11:50 AM Professional Development Committee Meeting (invitation only)
Noon - 12:15 PM #CSCUnite25 Welcome with President Kevin Trainor and Executive Director Jason Yaman
12:15 PM - 1:10 PM Featured session: We are all storytellers
with Jonathan Gantt (Founder, Gantt C.S. / Digital Media & Marketing Consulting); Elliott Munoz (ESPN); Luke Knox (ESPN); Moderator Matt Panto (Ivy League)
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM CSC U Committee Meeting (invitation only)
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Young Professionals Committee Meeting (invitation only)
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM Listen up, this is important: Let's tackle conflict management 
with Dr. Jen Fry (CEO, JenFryTalks)
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM Educational Lounge – Adobe Express: What can it do for you?
with Eric Rowse (Adobe Solutions)
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM Academic All-America Hall of Fame Committee Meeting (invitation only)
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM Advocacy Committee Meeting (invitation only)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CSC Exhibit Hall open
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM Educational Lounge – Adobe Firefly AI
with Eric Rowse (Adobe Solutions)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM NCAA DIII Student Program (invitation only)
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM Doing more with less – Making the most of your resources when creating content
with Dani Gariglio (Davidson); Brittany Iamele (Eckerd); Patrick Murphy (Colorado School of Mines); Cobe Wastler (Air Force)
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Product Theater – Athlyte
3:20 PM - 4:10 PM Leveling up: Mapping out your next career move (Career Services session)
with Cody Bush (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference), Pearllan Cipriano (Bard College), Katie Green (NAIA), and moderator Desean Bullock (USC Upstate)
3:20 PM - 4:10 PM Educational Lounge – The future of college stats on ESPN
with Marty Callinan (ESPN); Jessica Carter (ESPN); Jennifer Gode (ESPN); Lauren Poe (ESPN)
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM Tackling Tough Topics - A town hall conversation with Dr. Jen Fry
with Dr. Jen Fry (JenFryTalks); Chad Cooper (Saint Joseph's); Scottie Rodgers (Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Past Presidents Reception (invitation only)
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM Speed Networking
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM #CSCUnite25 Welcome Reception, presented by Athlyte
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM NCAA Division III Reception (D3 attendees only)
7:30 PM - TBD FanWord Trivia Night
MONDAY, JUNE 9
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM CSC 5K Fun Run / 2-Mile Walk | Register here
Hawks Landing Golf Course (Open to all NACDA & Affiliates)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Women of CSC coffee break
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM On-Site Convention Registration (Palms Registration)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM AI as a game changer: Advance your athletic program with this tech and its tools
with Chris Aumueller (FanWord); Donnie Brooks (Macalester); Nik Rule (Heart of America Conference); Ali Wilson (American Rivers Conference)
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Divisional Day Programming
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM CSC Exhibit Hall open
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM I'm leading an office for the first time – now what?
with Courney Day (DePaul); Cole Helman (Palm Beach Atlantic); Morgan Lair (Texas Woman's); Chuck Yahng (Maryville)
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM Educational Lounge – 90% of people think they are self-aware, 10% actually are
with Chris Gargano (The Gargano Leadership Group, LLC)
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Product Theater – FanWord
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM Educational Lounge – Adobe Express (Advanced)
with Eric Rowse (Adobe Solutions)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM NACDA Featured Session — John Jacobs, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Optimist, Life is Good
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM Educational Lounge – Autistic & neurodivergent individuals in the workplace
with Allison Hogue (Alfred); A.J. O'Hagan (Monroe-Bronx); Dain McKee (Middlebury); Robert Papazian (Curry)
5:00 PM - 7:15 PM CSC All-Star Night of Honors, presented by ESPN — featuring CSC Hall of Fame Class of 2025 and Academic All-America Hall of Fame Class of 2025
7:45 PM - 9:15 PM President's Reception (invitation only)
TUESDAY, JUNE 10
8:00 - 9:00 AM Athlyte breakfast meeting (invitation only)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM On-Site Convention Registration (Palms Registration)
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Featured conversation with Ruth Riley Hunter, Dick Enberg Award recipient
hosted by Holly Rowe (ESPN)
9:30 AM - 10:20 AM Educational Lounge – RADical Health Session: What matters to me? Setting priorities and boundaries
with MacKenzie Kelly (RADical Hope Foundation); Kelly Seaver (RADical Hope Foundation)
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CSC/NACMA collaborative session – Tailoring content strategies and best practices for multiple channels of communication
with Eric DeSalvo (UCF); Erin Gibson (West Virginia); Tyson Hutchins (BYU); Moderator Jonathan Gantt (Gantt C.S.)
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CSC/N4A Mega Session – Everyone contributes: Create a digital storytelling mIndset and culture across your entire athletic department
with Jean Boyd (Arizona State, retired); Katie Gonzales (Illinois Wesleyan); Tom Mitchell (Purdue); Chris Gargano (The Gargano Leadership Group, LLC)
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Educational Lounge – Adobe video: New features, creating on mobile apps
with Eric Rowse (Adobe Solutions
Noon - 12:50 PM The Power Play: Crafting compelling sports stories
with Dawn Dugle ( Dawn Dugle LLC)
Noon - 12:50 PM Non-game day content creation: Top strategies and tips
with Jordan Modjeski (Gustavus Adolphus); Hannah Robb (St. Olaf); Jacob Walton (Maryville); Tyson Hutchins (BYU)
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Making the jump into the executive position
with Jean Boyd (RADical Hope Foundation); Patti Phillips (Women Leaders in Sports); Matt Tanney (Denison); Nico Yantko (Murray State); Patrick Crawford (Purdue)
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Learn from the best in the business: Stories of success and failure from 2025 CSC award winners
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM NCAA DIII Student Program meeting (invitation only)
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM The State of CSC: Conversations with CSC
with CSC President Kevin Trainor (Arkansas); Jason Yaman (CSC Executive Director)
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM BCSIDA meeting (invitation only)
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Educational Lounge – All about statistics: What you need to know today
with a lineup of experts on a variety of sports
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM CSC/NACMA Mega Session – Winning with content: How storytelling fuels business growth
with Lynnea Phillips (NCAA); Michelle Stenger (Orlando Magic); Astasia Williams ( Wasserman Creators); Kyle Bruce (Pittsburgh)
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM Writing breakout: How to coach storytellers to write with confidence and clarity
with Andrea Adelson (ESPN); Dawn Dugle (Dawn Dugle LLC)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM NACDA Featured Session — Charlie Baker, NCAA President
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM NACDA Exhibit Hall Social
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Executive Board of Directors Meeting (invitation only)
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM On-Site Convention Registration (Palms Registration)
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM Educational Lounge – Visibility and victory: LGBTQIA+ in athletics
with Pearllan Cipriano (Bard); Amanda Phillips (Oberlin)
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM Educational Lounge – Working parents: If it's important to you, it's important to me
with Ali Paquette (Middlebury); Dan Polischuk (Wilfred Laurier); Chris Wells (Lindsey Wilson); Kendra Willard (Auburn)
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Bridging the generational gap: The need for cross-generational conversations & actions at work
with John Kean (Missouri S&T); Brett Marhanka (Wheaton); Kristen Keller (USC); Lynn Walsh (College of Charleston); Chris Gargano ( The Gargano Leadership Group, LLC)
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM CSC/NAAC Mega Session – Reputation management is on all of us
with Dan Emerson (Academy of Art); Nick Joos (Iowa State); Shoshanna Engel Lewis (VH Consulting); Tony Neely (Kentucky)
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Educational Lounge – Adobe Creative Suite with the power of AI
with Eric Rowse (Adobe Solutions)
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Educational Lounge – RADical Health Session: Why am I stressed?
with MacKenzie Kelly (RADical Hhope Foundation); Kelly Seaver (RADical Hope Foundation)
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Crossover content: Managing and producing content during the busiest times of the year
with Amanda Green (Eckerd); Trae Harrell (Catawba); Briley Lawson (Palm Beach Atlantic); Courtney Day (DePaul) 
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Educational Lounge – Broadcast & serve as public address announcer like a pro
with Trip Durham (2D Consulting, LLC); Adam Ledyard (East Texas Baptist)
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Flipping the script: How to handle non-winning programs
with Ken Badylak (Kentucky Wesleyan); Jack MacDonald (Southern Mississippi); Nicholas Osterloo (North Central)
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CSC Special Awards Luncheon
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM Inclusion Fellowship meeting (invitation only)