Nationally known student assessment expert Jillian Kinzie will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Student Success Summit, a professional development opportunity designed around the use of assessment to inform efforts to address important issues related to student success.

Formerly known as Assessment Day, this year’s summit, “Strategies to Promote Student Retention,” will take place from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 25 in the Student Union Theatre, North Campus.

The event is free for UB faculty, staff and students. Registration is now open.

The summit is sponsored by the Office of Educational Effectiveness, Student Life, the Graduate School and the Office of Institutional Analysis.

Kinzie, associate director of the Center for Postsecondary Research and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Institute in the Indiana University School of Education, conducts research and leads project activities on the effective use of student engagement data to improve educational quality. During her keynote, from 9-10:30 a.m., she will present evidence-based strategies to promote student retention based on nearly 20 years of research with the NSSE.

Following the keynote, a panel will discuss “UB Initiatives to Promote Student Retention.”

For more information, visit the Office of Educational Effectiveness website or contact the office at uboee@buffalo.edu.