{"id":23,"date":"2016-04-26T09:08:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T09:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/beckypackard\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:13:04","slug":"services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/beckypackard\/services\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking and Advising"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Professor Packard has provided short-term and on-going support to organizations with special projects focused on improving student success, preparing for grant submissions, or executing new initiatives (focused on mentoring, advising, STEM persistence, or thriving in college). She has also advised departments, programs, and organizations interested in improving faculty mentoring, advising effectiveness, or organizational climate.<\/p>\n

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Packard has served as an invited speaker, a keynote speaker, workshop leader, or advisor for many different types of events. She has spoken at over 75 different campuses and at several convenings.<\/p>\n

Speaking<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Packard has served as an invited keynote speaker in higher education, community organization, government and business settings. She lectures on topics related to mentoring and advising, issues facing underrepresented groups in STEM, to include first-generation and lower-income students, women, people of color, or transfer students. She has also addressed why diversity, inclusive climate, and a culture of mentoring benefits organizations. She emphasizes do-able strategies that inspire audiences to see opportunities to take action.<\/p>\n

Keynotes\/Plenaries at a wide variety of conferences, student success gatherings, science PI convenings, tech conferences, professional development days, and more.<\/p>\n

Advising\u00a0and\u00a0Consultation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Packard\u00a0has provided short-term and on-going advising and\u00a0consultation\u00a0for\u00a0departments, programs, and organizations. She is often asked for\u00a0advice on the design of a new mentoring initiative (whether student peer <\/a>mentoring, new faculty mentoring<\/a>, or advising<\/a>), or ways to strengthen the organizational infrastructure so there is a greater sense of \u201ca culture of mentoring\u201d within the organization. Currently she is working on a multi-institution project focused on college student success and completion, with a focus on low-income and first-generation college students. She develops relevant research briefs and guidance on effective training to minimize\u00a0pitfalls. Some campuses have read her book Successful STEM Mentoring to pursue a new grant opportunity. Others may be\u00a0eager to launch a more deliberate inclusive pedagogy or first year\/transfer advising initiative.<\/p>\n

Packard’s workshops emphasize interactive, case scenario-based approaches where participants practice engaging in difficult conversations, whether in the classroom with students or involving colleague-to-colleague dynamics or between supervisors and supervisees, in ways that can positively improve climate. In the sessions, she surfaces the challenges in our collective work and\u00a0brings forward the\u00a0wisdom from the group. In addition, she offers success strategies to supplement that wisdom and do-able actions to try, whether for new employees and supervisors, or seasoned faculty and department chairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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