Schedule

Wednesday, February 26

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
EXHIBITOR SET-UP 
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
COMMISSIONER LUNCHEON

This luncheon will serve as a time of thanks and gratitude for each commissioner's service over the last year to their peer groups and the CCCU. This thank you luncheon will provide a space for all commissioners attending MAC 2 to eat and fellowship together in one space prior to breaking into their respective commission meetings.

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
COMMISSION MEETINGS 
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
REGISTRATION/INFORMATION DESK OPEN
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
NEW & FIRST-TIME ATTENDEE MIXER
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WELCOME RECEPTION
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
WELCOME DINNER AND OPENING ADDRESS

Nona Jones | "Remaining Steadfast in Your Calling"

For each individual serving in Christian higher education, the commitment to resisting rejection and remaining steadfast to the calling God has placed on us can be difficult, and at times, we may be hard-pressed to continue forward. In the face of pressure and uncertainty about what Christian higher education will or will not look like in the future, be encouraged that the God who sustains will be the sustaining one for all of us in our work.

7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
PEER GROUPS DESSERT RECEPTIONS

Thursday, February 27

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
REGISTRATION/INFORMATION DESK
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
WELCOME, WORSHIP & DEVOTION
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
MORNING PLENARY SESSION

Luke Jones and Dr. Todd Hall | “Research-Informed Strategies for Understanding and Discipling the Next Generation”

56.5% of Gen Z students report feeling lonely and disconnected from others. 46.6% report difficulties with boundaries and tech. 44.4% struggle with busyness, and over half report a struggle with motivation (52%)*. From a brand-new national research project, learn why these statistics and others reinforce the need for Christian higher education and increase the importance of strategic pathways for personal development and spiritual transformation. Reclaim Today, a division of Our Daily Bread Ministries, and Dr. Todd Hall, founder of Spiritual Metrics and a faculty affiliate at the Harvard Human Flourishing Program, share important, up-to-date research conducted in 2024 exploring the well-being of Gen Z students today and offer some ways to apply the research to more effectively attract and disciple students.

*Statistics pulled from the national research project conducted by Reclaim Today and Dr. Todd Hall.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
OPEN NETWORKING HOUR & MORNING BREAK

Spend time to grab some coffee, network with colleagues, check your email/morning updates for team back on campus and/or schedule a one-on-one meeting with one of our vendors.

12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
BUFFET LUNCHEON & PLENARY SESSION

James Bryan Smith | “A Community That Reflects the Kingdom of Jesus”

What does a genuinely “Christian” community look like? Many of us have a dream of what community can and ought to be, and yet that dream is often shattered, and we are left with disappointment and cynicism. In this talk, James Bryan Smith will offer ways we can learn to live with one another that are based on the Kingdom ethics of Jesus.

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
PEER GROUP BREAKOUT SESSIONS
  • Session 1: 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
  • Session 2: 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
REFRESHMENT BREAK
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
PEER GROUP BREAKOUT SESSIONS
  • Session 3: 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM
  • Session 4: 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM
6:00 PM
END OF SCHEDULED EVENTS/DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Friday, February 28

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
REGISTRATION/INFORMATION DESK
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
BREAKFAST PLENARY

CCCU President Dr. David Hoag

Get to know the new leader of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. Attendees will hear directly from President David Hoag on his background, the importance of Christian higher education, why attending CCCU conferences like the Multi-Academic Conference is so integral to leadership development and vocational training and why the CCCU as an organization is primed to be a champion of higher learning and advocacy efforts for years to come. A time of Q&A will follow.

10:10 AM - 11:00 AM
FINAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS

During this final block of breakout sessions, attendees will gather with their peer-group-specific colleagues one last time to discuss pressing issues, examine relevant topics and share encouragement for one another in the work each undertakes on their campus before our time at the conference ends.

11:00 AM - END OF MAC 2 PROGRAMMING AND DEPARTURE

*please note, lunch will not be available at the conference on Friday.