Fri, Oct 28, 2022

12 PM – 1:30 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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Open expression and free speech are fundamental to the success of student organizations. This session, facilitated by Dannelle Whiteside, Vice President for Legal Affairs at Austin Peay State University, will provide practical strategies for student leaders to promote open expression within group activities. This session will conclude with a competency for inclusion on resumes and LinkedIn.
Food Provided (Prospect House - Restaurant Associates)

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Dannelle Whiteside

Vice President for Legal Affairs and Organizational Strategy

Austin Peay State University

Dannelle Walker Whiteside currently serves as Vice President for Legal Affairs and Organizational Strategy at Austin Peay State University, where she is the institution’s chief legal officer and oversees public relations and marketing and strategic initiatives. She joined Austin Peay in 2017 as general counsel and was promoted to vice president in the spring of 2019. During her career at Austin Peay, she has also served as Secretary to the Board of Trustees. In August 2020, she served as interim President for seven months, leading the institution through the COVID-19 pandemic.  Her appointment by the APSU Board of Trustees made her the first Black president of the more than 90-year-old institution. Whiteside has also been an adjunct professor of education law at Belmont University’s College of Law. Her TEDx Talk, “Kitchen Table Talk: Higher Education’s Role in Free Speech” has been an exemplar for encouraging dialogue in higher education spaces across the country


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