You are cordially invited to the Fall 2025 Professional Enrichment Day, a day full of learning and movement. 

Hybrid In Person and Online Event

September 11, from 9:00am to 3:00pm
OAK Bechtel Room and Online


Destiny Arts Center

The exists to inspire and ignite social change through the arts. They offer hands-on and embodied arts education training to educators, school administrators, teaching artists and community leaders. 

Our PED activity will offer information and interactive activities both demonstrating and practicing the connection between the arts and somatic/community and individual health. 


Continuing Education Units

For information, scroll down and expand the accordion for Continuing Education Units.


Event Schedule 

Join the General Session


9:00 鈥 9:15

Opening Announcements, Faculty Development Co-Chairs
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote, Provost Brian Clocksin

Michele Santilhano

Michele Santilhano, RN, DNP
Assistant Professor, Chair of Faculty Development '25-26, College of Nursing, 海角直播

Catherine Tanner

Catherine Tanner, DNP, APRN, FNPC
Assistant Professor, Co- Director of the FNP Program, Family Nurse Practitioner Program; Chair of Faculty Development Committee '22-24, Co-Chair '24-25, Co-Chair '25-26, College of Nursing, 海角直播

PED-2025, Portrait of 海角直播 Provost, Brian Clocksin

Brian Clocksin, Ph.D
Provost and VP for Academic & Student Affairs, 海角直播


9:15 鈥 10:00

Keynote Speakers

PED-2025, Portrait of Keynote Speaker, Somalee Banerjee, MD, MPH

Somalee Banerjee, MD, MPH
Physician, Artist, Researcher; Director of Global Health, Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Kaiser Permanente Oakland; Lecturer, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley; Volunteer Clinical Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, UCSF 

PED-2025, Portrait of Keynote Speaker, Archana Nagraj, M.P.H., M.S.W., Executive Director, Destiny Arts Center

Archana Nagraj, M.P.H., M.S.W.
Executive Director, Destiny Arts Center


10:00 鈥 10:15

Break


10:15 鈥 10:45

Movement and Arts Rotations (Bechtel and Zoom) 
Join the Movement Session

PED-2025, Portrait of Samra Atkins, Destiny Arts Center


Teaching Artist, Destiny Arts Center



Join the General Session

10:50 鈥 11:20

Movement and Arts Rotations (Bechtel + Atrium) 

PED-2025, Portrait of Tesfaye Tekelu, Destiny Arts Center


Martial Arts Director, Destiny Arts Center 

PED-2025, Portrait of Marjorie-Ortiz, Destiny Arts Center


Director and Creative Lead of DJC & Teaching Artist, Destiny Arts Center 


11:30 鈥 12:00

Check-in/ wrap up (Bechtel)


12:00 鈥 1:00

Lunch in Bechtel


1:00pm 鈥 2:00

Breakout Focus: TBD
    鈥 Faculty
    鈥 Staff/ HSSC/ community


2:00- 2:30

Summary: Takeaways and Sharing


2:30 鈥 3:00

Wrap up and Closing Remarks, Faculty Development Chair


PED Feedback Survey

 


Continuing Education Units

The Faculty Development Committee is pleased to offer continuing education units to nursing and occupational therapy attendees at this event. If you wish to receive CEUs for attendance at Professional Enrichment Day, please complete the 鈥渟ign in鈥 and 鈥渟ign out鈥 surveys for your respective profession.  To receive CEUs, you will be required to complete the feedback surveys at the end of the day.  Your certificates will be emailed to you within 90 days after the event.

Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 11258, for 5.0 contact hours. Attendance at this event is free of charge.

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