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Fall 2025 PDU | Communicate to Elevate

Session Details

Time:
Friday, November 14, 2025, 8:00AM - 4:00PM
Registration Period:
From August 21, 2025 12:00 AM until October 31, 2025 12:00 PM
Location:
MCOY 434 Minifie Atrium San Marcos
Instructor:
  • Kate Fly Career Counselor, McCoy College of Business
Registration:
11 / 70 registered

Topic Details

Topic:
Fall 2025 PDU | Communicate to Elevate
Description:

Communicate to Elevate People, Processes, and Performance - specifically for our graduate students.

Food will be served: a light breakfast offering, lunch, and light appetizers.

Your hosts are Dr. Diego Vacaflores, Dr. Stephanie Solansky, and Kate Fly.
This event is brought to you in collaboration with Graduate Programs, McCoy College Marcom Team, Ray Wilson, Holly Lazenby, and our esteemed speakers.

SPEAKERS:
• Title TBD, LeKisha McKinley, MBA, CCMP, Program Manager of Change and Talent Strategy, Dell Technologies
• Title TBD, Lance McNeil, CEO of Victory Wound Care and an Adjunct Professor at TXST
• Leader Curiosity: Using Communication to Explore & Enhance Employee Engagement, Dr. Stephanie Solansky, Associate Professor of Management
• Reaching Resonance: When Strategy, Culture, and Communications Align, Mr. Kevin Lyman, Associate Professor of Instruction
• CEO Communication Strategies Q&A, Mr. Mark Sekula, CEO of RBFCU

AGENDA (tentative):
8am – 8:39am Sign In, light coffee/tea and continental breakfast
8:40am – 8:59am Welcome
9am – 9:59am Speakers
10am – 10:14am Break
10:15am – 11:14am Speakers
11:15am – 12:20pm Lunch
12:30am – 1:29pm Speakers
1:30pm – 1:44pm Break
1:45pm – 2:44pm Speakers
2:45pm – 2:59pm Break
3:00pm – 3:49pm Closing Speaker: CEO Communication Strategies Q&A
3:50pm Event Wrap-Up, Optional Photo
4:00pm Networking Social Session (optional)

Duration:
480 minutes
Department:
McCoy College of Business - Graduate Programs