Spring 2024 Professional Development Week Opening Session
Monday, January 8, 2024
8:30 am to 10:45 am
Opening Session
Large Auditorium, BG-20
- Welcome-Danielle Liautaud-Watkins
- Greetings from the Board of Trustees-Rosalyn J. McPherson
- Address to the College Community-Dr. Donald Guy Generals
- Panel Discussion
- Break
- Introduction of Keynote Speaker- Dr. Sara Goldrick-rab
- Keynote Speaker-Frederick Shegog
BIO:
MR. FEDERICK SHEGOG, The Message LLC President, Motivational Speaker
Dumpster diving, panhandling, and drinking were once everyday activities for Frederick Shegog. Despite a decade of alcohol abuse and time spent homeless, Shegog transformed himself. First, he was a successful college graduate, now a public speaker passionate about sharing his transformational journey to recovery. Frederick has presented keynote addresses to educational conferences, colleges, and other venues nationwide, including Achieving the Dream (ATD), The National Institute for Staff Organizational Development (NISOD), and The Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (TACRAO). Frederick is a member of multiple boards that support various community outreach initiatives, including the Student’s Recovery Board, which provides online recovery support grounded in equity and justice, and the Board of BHI, which focuses on substance use disorders and related mental health conditions in teens. Frederick also consults with the Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy in Aurora, Colorado, promoting an entrepreneurial mindset for young minds.
MR. FEDERICK SHEGOG, The Message LLC President, Motivational Speaker
Dumpster diving, panhandling, and drinking were once everyday activities for Frederick Shegog. Despite a decade of alcohol abuse and time spent homeless, Shegog transformed himself. First, he was a successful college graduate, now a public speaker passionate about sharing his transformational journey to recovery. Frederick has presented keynote addresses to educational conferences, colleges, and other venues nationwide, including Achieving the Dream (ATD), The National Institute for Staff Organizational Development (NISOD), and The Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (TACRAO). Frederick is a member of multiple boards that support various community outreach initiatives, including the Student’s Recovery Board, which provides online recovery support grounded in equity and justice, and the Board of BHI, which focuses on substance use disorders and related mental health conditions in teens. Frederick also consults with the Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy in Aurora, Colorado, promoting an entrepreneurial mindset for young minds.
An exposé on Frederick’s life was published in the March 2022 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education, titled “The Redemption of Frederick Shegog,” it received the Education Writers Award for a feature story. He was voted a Philadelphia Region's Black Men Icon of 2020. A book of his life story is forthcoming, along with finishing his M.P.A. this spring. Frederick is a proud graduate of Delaware County Community College and served as the commencement speaker at West Chester University, where he graduated summa cum laude. Frederick states, “College should not only change my bank account but my soul as well!” To learn more, visit www.freddyshegog.com.