11:55 a.m., March 30, 2009----The University of Delaware will host the 34th annual conference of the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools on April 2-4 on UD's main campus in Newark.

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The conference will bring together graduate deans and administrators from universities and educational institutions in the northeastern U.S. and Canada to discuss challenges and opportunities in graduate education and research, from student recruitment to e-learning.

The theme of the conference is “Advancing the Goals of Graduate Education in a Time of Transition.” Patrick Harker, president of the University of Delaware, will deliver the keynote address.

“This is a time of transitions in the advancement of graduate education as evident by the U.S. presidency and the stimulus package, to the e-learning technology available in the delivery of graduate education, to the increased advancement of global dual degrees, and to the attention on professional science master's degree programs,” said Mary Martin, assistant provost for graduate and professional education at UD.

Martin is the first UD administrator to serve as president of the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools, which is one of four regional affiliates of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). After her tenure as the association's president is completed in April, Martin will become a member of the CGS national board.

“The University of Delaware is pleased to welcome our colleagues from across the Northeast,” said Debra Hess Norris, vice provost for graduate and professional education, chairperson of the Department of Art Conservation, and Henry F. du Pont Chair in Fine Arts. “We share a common goal in developing the intellectual leaders of tomorrow.”

The conference is being held at the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware Hotel, with a dinner Thursday evening at Longwood Gardens including a student presentation from the Longwood Graduate Program, the awards luncheon on Friday at Clayton Hall, and a Saturday morning session at Gore Hall.

The Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools includes member universities from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, D.C., and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec.

The University of Delaware has an enrollment of nearly 3,500 graduate students across 43 doctoral and 115 master's degree programs. Many of these graduate programs are regarded among the very best in the nation, from chemical engineering, ranked among the top-ten by U.S. News and World Report, to art conservation, which is one of only five programs of its kind in the United States.

Graduate programs are targeted for growth and development in the University's Path to Prominence^TM strategic plan, which seeks to build UD's strengths across the research, teaching, and community service spectrum, as a “premier research and graduate university.”

Article by Tracey Bryant