As you reflect on the current state of your department, how do you approach student recruitment and retention? How will you be impacted by demographic trends, such as trends in the diversity of incoming students and/or the predicted “demographic cliff” as fewer students graduate high school as a long-term result of decreasing US birth rates? Take a short break from the wonders of physics to join colleagues and authors of the Effective Practices for Physics (EP3) Guide for informal discussions around how to empower your department to be ready to face the challenges of the higher education landscape.