Conference Schedule
Registration Information
Wednesday, April 19
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Conference Registration
1:30- 2:00 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Tricia Satkowski, Chair, Business Officers of Nursing
Schools (BONUS) Steering Committee, University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences; and Bill Wachob, BONUS Planning
Committee Chair, University at Buffalo
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Keynote Address
Jon M. Huntsman: Winners Never Cheat - Ethics and Success
in Business and Life
Jon Huntsman is CEO and founder of the Huntsman Corporation,
a family-owned business, one of the largest petrochemical
and plastics businesses and the largest privately owned
chemical concern in the world. Mr. Huntsman earned his
MBA from USC and has been awarded twelve doctorate degrees
from various universities. He is a foremost philanthropist
distinguished as one of the three most generous Americans,
benefactor of the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University
of Utah, and has received numerous awards including the
Horatio Alger Award, the Entrepreneur of the Year Award,
the Kaveler Award as the chemical industry's most outstanding
Chief Executive Officer, and The Medal of Honor from Armenia
after donating significant funds to rebuild the country
after its 1988 earthquake. He serves as Chairman of the
Board of Overseers for The Wharton School and was a former
Special Assistant to the President and White House Staff
Secretary under Richard Nixon. Mr. Huntsman lectures on
business ethics and is the author of a book on corporate
ethics entitled "Winners Never Cheat: Everyday Values
We Learned as Children (But May Have Forgotten)."
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Introductions and Announcements
Tricia Satkowski, Chair, BONUS Steering Committee;
and Bill Wachob, BONUS Planning Committee Chair
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Break
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
President's Reception
The President's Reception is an opportunity for members
to meet and become acquainted with their colleagues. Spouses
and guests of BONUS members are welcome to attend.
Hosted by Tricia Satkowski, Chair, BONUS Steering Committee
Co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
6:30 p.m.
Theme Dinners
BONUS members will escort small groups to a selection
of diverse restaurants in the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter.
Sign up sheets with information on the restaurant choices
will be available at the conference.
Thursday, April 20
7:00 a.m.
Group Walk
Meet and network with BONUS colleagues and friends.
Led by Lynn Shull, Past Chair of BONUS, Medical University
of South Carolina
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Light Continental Breakfast
Guests of BONUS members welcome.
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks, Announcements, Program Introductions
Tricia Satkowski, Chair, BONUS Steering Committee;
and Bill Wachob, BONUS Planning Committee Chair
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Program Session
IT 101 for the Business Officer
A presentation and discussion on Information Technology
to acquaint the business officer with everything from
vocabulary to trends, hardware and software, in order
to understand and be conversant with IT in the Nursing
School.
Speaker: Caron Baldwin, Director of IT, School of Nursing,
Case Western Reserve University
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 - 12:00 p.m.
Program Session
Program Costing
BONUS members will present examples of how they cost out
nursing programs in both public and private school settings.
Facilitators: Lynn Shull, Past Chair of BONUS, Medical
University of South Carolina; and Kelly Talarczyk, BONUS
Planning Committee, University of Rochester,
12:00 - 12:15 p.m.
Group Photo
12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon
Lunch provided for BONUS members. Guests welcome - $40.00
1:45 - 3:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions are an opportunity to choose among several
small group sessions where BONUS members present on a
variety of aspects of business management of nursing schools
and which permit and encourage questions, comments, and
discussion.
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Poster Session
Facilitator: Becky Stauffer, member, BONUS Special
Projects Committee, West Virginia University
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The CCNE Self Study and
the Site Visit: Implications for Business Officers
Facilitators: Kathleen Papes, BONUS Planning Committee,
Barry University; and Anthony Rini, BONUS Networking Committee
Chair, New York University
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Disaster Preparedness
Facilitators: Lisa Vaughan, BONUS Secretary, University
of Mississippi Medical Center; and Jodi DiGennaro, BONUS
Special Projects Committee Chair, Adelphi University
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Business Meeting and 2006 Elections
Tricia Satkowski, Chair, BONUS Steering Committee; and
Dale Walker, BONUS Nominating Committee Chair
5:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Group Dinner at Peohe's Restaurant, Coronado Island
$65 per person - guests welcome. Dinner price includes Ferry
Boat tickets to and from Coronado Island. Group will take
the 6:00 p.m. ferry to Coronado Island and return on the 9:30
p.m. ferry, the last one of the day departing from Coronado
Island.
Friday,
April 21
7:00 a.m.
Group Walk
Led by Dennis Drymala, BONUS Planning Committee and Special
Projects Committee, University of Maryland
8:00 - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Guests of BONUS members welcome.
8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks, Announcements, Program Introductions
Tricia Satkowski, Chair, BONUS Steering Committee; and
Bill Wachob, BONUS Planning Committee Chair
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Program Session: Lessons in Leadership
Laura Liswood is General Secretary of the Council of Women
World Leaders and Senior Advisor, Golden Sachs. Laura co-founded
the Council of Women World which is composed of women presidents,
prime ministers, and heads of government. Laura also co-founded
The White House Project dedicated to electing a woman President
in the United States, and formerly directed the Women's Leadership
Project. She is a managing director of The Goldman Sachs Group,
Inc., focusing on global leadership and workforce diversity;
was CEO/President of the American Society for Training and
Development, executive-level consulting to Fortune 500 and
international companies; and has held numerous management
and executive level consulting positions. Ms. Liswood wrote
the book "World Women Leaders: Fifteen Great Politicians
Tell Their Stories" after interviewing 15 current and
former women presidents and prime ministers and is also author
of a book on service quality, "Serving Them Right: Innovative
and Powerful Customer Retention Strategies."
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Closing Comments and Preview of 2007 BONUS Meeting in New
Orleans
Tricia Satkowski, Chair, BONUS Steering Committee; Debra
Vogt, Chair-Elect, BONUS Steering Committee, University of
Iowa; and Lisa Vaughan, BONUS Secretary
General Information
Registration
The registration fee for the 2006 Business Officers of Nursing
Schools (BONUS) Conference is $369 for BONUS Network Members
and $399 for non-network members. The deadline for registration
is March 29, 2006. The registration fee after March 29 is
$439 for network members and $469 for non-network members.
E-mail messages confirming registration for this meeting will
be sent to all participants. Dress for the conference is casual
for all sessions and activities.
Register online at https://www.aacn.nche.edu/Registration/registration.asp
or click here to download
a registration application.
Hotel Information
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Westin Horton Plaza
Hotel, 910 Broadway Circle, San Diego, California 92101, (619)
239-2200 or (800) 937-8461. The special conference room rate
is $199 single/double. To make reservations, please call the
hotel directly and request the group rate for the BONUS, American
Association of Colleges of Nursing Conference. The cutoff
date for reservations at the group rate is March 19, 2006.
AACN recommends that you contact
the following hotels in the area that may have availability
over the BONUS Meeting dates:
Transportation
San Diego International Airport (SAN) is located approximately
3 miles from the Westin Horton Plaza Hotel. Estimated taxi
fare is $11 - $15 one-way. The San Diego Metropolitan Transit
System bus (Route 992) also runs every 11 minutes directly
from the Airport terminals to within a half block of the Westin
Horton Plaza (Broadway and 1st or 2nd Avenue) for a fare of
$2.25.
BONUS Group Dinner
The traditional special BONUS group dinner on Thursday night
will be held at Peohe's Restaurant on Coronado Island, overlooking
San Diego Bay and the San Diego skyline. Meal options can
be decided on site and will include fish, beef, chicken and
vegan options. The cost is $65 per person which includes boat
transportation to Coronado Island.
Guest Fees
Lunch on Thursday is included in the registration fee for
all BONUS participants. There is a $40 guest fee per person
for any additional guests.
Poster Presentation
BONUS members are encouraged to submit posters on work-related
topics for display throughout the Annual Meeting, to attend
the Thursday afternoon Breakout Session to present and discuss
your poster, and to bring copies of the poster information
for distribution at the session. For information or to enroll
your poster contact Jodi DiGennaro, BONUS Special Projects
Committee Chair, at Adelphi University at 516/877-4549 or
digennar@adelphi.edu.
Refund and Cancellation Policy
Registrations that are canceled up to one week before the
meeting will be refunded minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations
received with less than one week's notice will be refunded
minus a $150 administrative fee. There will be no refunds
for no-shows.
AACN reserves the right to cancel
this conference and any group activity that does not meet
minimal group requirements. Non-refundable airline tickets
are the responsibility of the registrant.
Additional Information
For more information contact AACN, One Dupont Circle, Suite
530, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 463-6930. If you require
any special access in order to take part in this meeting,
please contact Shana Cohen at AACN or by e-mail at scohen@aacn.nche.edu.
The Fairmont Washington Hotel is in compliance with the Americans
with Disabilities Act.
Information about this and other
AACN conferences is available at the AACN Web site, www.aacn.nche.edu.
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