{"id":704,"date":"2026-07-13T03:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/?page_id=704"},"modified":"2026-07-26T02:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T02:44:23","slug":"keynote-speaker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/2026-mtsu-student-success-conference\/keynote-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2026 MTSU Student Success Conference<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-mtsublue-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2026\/07\/Conference-speaker-pic.jpg\" alt=\"Keynote speaker Kacie St. George smiling in a professional headshot with long brown hair, wearing a black blazer and silver crescent moon earrings\" class=\"wp-image-705 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2026\/07\/Conference-speaker-pic.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2026\/07\/Conference-speaker-pic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2026\/07\/Conference-speaker-pic-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1bfce846b825c14dec13343760e9fdf5 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Kacie de Saint Georges has dedicated her career to advancing student success through collaborative leadership, faculty and staff development, and initiatives that strengthen the student experience. As Executive Director of Student Success at Austin Peay State University, she leads university-wide efforts focused on coordinated care, student success technology, first-generation student support, and career readiness through strong cross-campus partnerships.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-01b4964081af8ff3f66c09227c3f39ee wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At the heart of her work is a commitment to scaling effective student success practices that build connected systems of support that make it easier for students to navigate college, access the resources they need, and maintain momentum toward their goals. Her work embodies the spirit of today\u2019s conference by emphasizing the importance of partnership, innovation, and a campus-wide commitment to helping students succeed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 MTSU Student Success Conference Dr. Kacie de Saint Georges has dedicated her career to advancing student success through collaborative leadership, faculty and staff development, and initiatives that strengthen the student experience. As Executive Director of Student Success at Austin Peay State University, she leads university-wide efforts focused on coordinated care, student success technology, first-generation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":705,"parent":553,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-704","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/704\/revisions\/818"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}