SLI 2025 Event Information

"Local Classrooms, Global Communities"

  • 8:00am-9:00am         Registration & Networking, Clifton Court Hall (CCH) 5th floor
  • 9:00am-10:30am       Keynote with Q&A Session - Cassandra Glynn, PhD, "Building Students' Capacity for Criticality and Global Awareness"  (CCH 5280)
  • 10:30am-10:45am     Coffee Break (CCH 5th floor)
  • 10:45am-11:15am     Activity Blast! (CCH 5280)
  • 11:15am-12:30pm     Keynote Speaker Workshop - Cassandra Glynn, PhD (CCH 5280)
  • 12:30pm-1:30pm       Lunch Provided (CCH 5th floor kitchen)
  • 1:30pm-2:00pm         Activity Blast! (CCH 5280)
  • 2:15pm-4:00pm         Workshop - Beck Sexton (CCH 5280)
  • 4:00pm-4:15pm         Coffee Break (CCH 5th floor)
  • 4:15pm-4:45pm         Exhibitions (vendor & VR booths) (CCH 5th floor)
Cassandra Glynn is wearing glasses and a black jacket. She has long brown hair.

 Dr. Cassandra Glynn is an associate professor at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where she also serves as the director of the graduate programs in education. She received both her M.A. and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Glynn’s research focuses on the experiences of underrepresented students in the world language classroom, and on the experiences of world language educators. 

  • 8:00am-9:00am         Registration & Networking (CCH 5th floor)
  • 9:00am-10:30am       Keynote with Q&A Session - Julio Torres, PhD, "Critical Tasks"  (CCH 5280)
  • 10:30am-10:45am     Coffee Break (CCH 5th floor)
  • 10:45am-11:15am     Activity Blast! (CCH 5280)
  • 11:15am-12:30pm     Keynote Speaker Workshop - Julio Torres, PhD (CCH 5280)
  • 12:30pm-1:30pm       Lunch Provided (CCH 5th floor kitchen)
  • 1:30pm-2:00pm         Activity Blast! (CCH 5280)
  • 2:15pm-4:00pm         Workshop - Na Li (CCH 5280)
  • 4:00pm-4:15pm         Coffee Break (CCH 5th floor)
  • 4:15pm-4:45pm         Exhibitions (vendor & VR booths) (CCH 5th floor)
Julio Torres is looking up at the camera with a smile.

A professor in Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California Irvine, Dr. Torres also directs the AREYTO Lab for Second Language Acquisition and Multilingualism research.

Dr. Torres' research interests include task-based language teaching, applied linguistics, and heritage and second language acquisition.

  • 8:00am-9:00am         Registration & Networking (CCH 1140) - Note the floor/room change for Day 3
  • 9:00am-10:00am       Workshop - Elizabeth Proctor, EdD (CCH 1140)
  • 10:00am-10:15am     Coffee Break (CCH 1st floor lobby)
  • 10:15am-10:45am     Activity Blast! (CCH 1140)
  • 10:45am-12:00pm     Roundtable Discussion - "Bilingual Pathways": Linda Egnatz (Global Seal of Biliteracy), Andres Bernal (Avant), Kathleen Shelton (ODEW and ACTFL), Sarah Morales (CPS)
  • 12:00pm                      Lunch provided after workshop

Travel Information

The CEDAR LRC is pleased to offer a discounted group rate at the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Cincinnati Uptown/University Area for attendees of the Summer Language Institute. The address is 2500 S Market St, Cincinnati, OH 45219. Attendees will have until May 20th to book at the Fairfield Inn with the discounted rate. To reserve your room, you may either: 

  1. Click the booking link: Book your group rate for the CEDAR Summer Language Institute or
  2. Call the hotel directly at 513.281.2200 and reference group name: CEDAR Summer Language Institute   

Please note that reservations are with the Fairfield Inn and not under the jurisdiction of the CEDAR LRC.