Making a World of Difference for ALL STUDENTS Featuring Keynote Speakers Breakout Sessions Who Should Attend Topics Include and not limited to: Principals District Leaders K-12th Grade School Counselors Counselor Educators School Counselor Graduate Students What might school counseling look like in 2030 Technology Tips, Trick and Shortcuts for School Counselors Understanding the nature of cyber bullying and strategies for intervention Financial Aid/Financial Literacy For Parents & Families K-12th Grade Pre-Conference & Friday Keynote Speaker Russell Sabella is a Professor of Counseling in the College of Education, Florida Gulf Coast University His concentration of research, training, and publication includes counseling technology, comprehensive school counseling programs, peer helper programs and training, sexual harassment risk reduction, Internet Safety, and Solution Focused Brief Counseling/Consultation Russ is author of various articles in journals, magazines, and newsletters Prior to becoming a Professor of Counseling, Russell work as at the middle and high school levels as a school counselor Dr Sabella was the 2003 President of the American School Counseling Association and is currently serving as the president elect of the Florida School Counselor Association Russell has delivered over 400 workshops to over 25,000 participants He is co-author of two books including Counseling in the 21st Century: Using Technology to Improve Practice He is also author of the Friday Luncheon Speaker Dr Freeman A Hrabowski has served as President of UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) since 1992 His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance He chaired the National Academies committee that recently produced the report, “Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads.” In 2008, Freeman was named one of America’s Best Leaders by U.S News & World Report, which in both 2009 and 2010 ranked UMBC the #1 “Up and Coming” university in the nation among the top colleges and universities for commitment to undergraduate teaching In 2009, TIME magazine named him one of America’s 10 Best College Presidents A child-leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Hrabowski was prominently featured in Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary, Four Little Girls, on the racially motivated bombing in 1963 of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama, Hrabowski graduated at 19 from Hampton Institute with highest honors in mathematics At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he received his M.A (mathematics) and four