UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 35, Page 6
June 23, 1994
First southern Delaware MALS grads recognized

     The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) Program in southern
Delaware honored its first graduates at a reception May 18 at the
Higher Education Building in Georgetown.
     The MALS program is an interdisciplinary graduate degree program
for adults already established in careers and who are not interested
in conventional graduate degrees but, instead, wish to pursue an
interest in the humanities in a structured format.
     According to Ray Callahan, MALS director and professor of
history, the program has been highly successful. The program began in
September 1988 on the Newark campus with 14 students and was launched
in southern Delaware the following year.
     There are now 114 students enrolled statewide, with approximately
one third in southern Delaware.
     Each graduate has completed a MALS synthesis project, which is
similar to a master's thesis but is interdisciplinary in nature.
     The MALS graduates range in age from 31 to 70, and their
occupations are in the fields of journalism, nursing, homemaking and
anesthesiology, among others.
     The graduates and their project topics are
     
     Esther Grossi, formerly Dover, now retired to Florida, "Machismo
          in Mexico: Its Effect on Family Relationships," adviser John
          Deiner, political science and international relations;
     Charlotte Hudson, Georgetown, "Changes in Sussex Country during
          the 20th Century," adviser Bill Williams, professor,
          University Parallel Program in Georgetown;
     Louise Klaus, Milford, "The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 and Its
          Impact on Philadelphia," adviser Bill Williams;
     Donald McHugh, Felton, "Criminal Justice Alternatives: Thinking
          about the Future of Changing America," adviser John Deiner;
     W. Philip Portz, Milford, "Is Virtue Ethics Enough?" adviser
          David Norton, philosophy and
     Mary Pat Kyle, Fenwick Island, "Fenwick-From the Ice Age to the
          Jet Age," adviser Bill Williams.
                                                   -Sue Swyers Moncure