bar.gif (1017 bytes)



bar.gif (1017 bytes)

2008 Annual Meeting

New York Marriott Financial Center
New York, NY
April 10-12, 2008

Thursday, April 10, 2008
 
11:30 a.m. Registration
Scott G. Delcourt, Secretary-Treasurer
 
1:00 p.m. Welcome
Susan Guma, President
 
1:15 p.m. Plenary Session I: "The University Infrastructure and the Graduate Dean"
Presenters: Daniel Denecke, Council of Graduate Schools; Nancy A. Busch, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Fordham University; Maurice Yeates, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Ryerson University
Moderator: Ronald S. Kane
      PowerPoint: Nancy Busch, Fordham University
      PowerPoint: Daniel Denecke, Council of Graduate Schools
      PDF: Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology
 
2:45 p.m. Break
 
3:00 p.m. Plenary Session II: “Special Symposium on Graduate Student Retention”
Moderator: Renetta Tull
      PowerPoint: Dennis Gornic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
      PowerPoint: Kerry Landers, Dartmouth College
      PowerPoint: Lynne Pepall, Tufts University
      PowerPoint: Clare Tattersall, University of Western Ontario
      PowerPoint: Wendy Carter, Renetta Tull, & Janet Rutledge, University of Maryland      
      Baltimore County
 
4:30 p.m. CGS Update: Patricia McAllister, Council of Graduate Schools
      PowerPoint: Patricia McAllister, Council of Graduate Schools
 
6:00 p.m. Reception
  
7:00 p.m. Banquet 
 
Friday, April 11, 2008
 
8:00 a.m. Executive Committee Breakfast
 
9:00 a.m. Plenary Session III: “Best Practices in Graduate Student Enrollment Management”
Presenters: Thomas Rock, Director of Admissions, Columbia University; Kristin Williams, Executive Director Graduate Student Enrollment Management, George Washington University; Brian Niles, President, Target X
Moderator: Mark Curchack
      PowerPoint: Thomas Rock, Columbia University
      PDF: Brian Niles, Target X
      PowerPoint: Kristin Williams, George Washington University
 
10:15 a.m. Break
 
10:30 a.m. Plenary Session IV: "Diversity in the 21st Century:  Building a Sense of Community in Graduate Education"
Presenters: Carol Duncan, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Religion and Culture, Wilfrid Laurier University; Elaine Kim, Professor, Asian American Studies, University of California at Berkeley
Moderators: Gary Boire and Terry Plater
 
12:00 p.m. Awards Luncheon
 
Graduate Teaching Award (Master’s-Level)
Recipient: Cristelle Baskins, Tufts University - Presented by: Mary Martin
 
Graduate Teaching Award (Doctoral-Level)
Recipient: Laurence Senelick, Tufts University - Presented by: James Schaefer
  
Geoffrey Marshall Mentoring Award
Recipient: Nalini Ambady, Tufts University - Presented by: Ellen Durnin
 
Dissertation Award
Recipient: Tali Ditman, Tufts University - Presented by: Terry Plater
 
Master’s Award
Recipient: Amanda Jernigan, Memorial University - Presented by: Dale Kinney
 
Please click HERE to view a photo of Award winners from Tufts University.
 
2:00 p.m. Plenary Session V: “Academic Freedom – New Realities”
Presenters: Nathalie Des Rosiers, Section de droit civil, Faculté de droit, Université d'Ottawa; Arthur Hochner, Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, Temple University
Moderator: Julia Halevy
      PowerPoint: Nathalie Des Rosiers, Université d'Ottawa
      PowerPoint: Arthur Hochner, Temple University
 
3:30 p.m. Break
 
3:45 p.m. Plenary Session VI: "In an Age of Science, What is the Role of the Humanities?"
Presenters: Catharine R. Stimpson, Dean of the Graduate School and University Professor, New York University; Marjorie Pryse, Dean of the Graduate School, University at Albany/SUNY
Moderator: Candace Hetzner
      PowerPoint: George Walker, Florida International University
 

Saturday, April 12, 2008

 
8:30 a.m. NAGS Business Meeting 
 
9:00 a.m. Plenary Session VII: "Keeping Your Eye on Privacy"
Presenters: Steven J. McDonald, General Counsel, Rhode Island School of Design; Mike Gurski, Director of the Bell Privacy Centre of Excellence, Bell Canada
Moderators: Chet Jablonski and James Schaefer
      PowerPoint: Mike Gurski, Bell Canada
      PowerPoint: Steven McDonald, Rhode Island School of Design
      PDF #1: Steven McDonald, Rhode Island School of Design
      PDF #2: Steven McDonald, Rhode Island School of Design
 
10:15 a.m. Break
 
10:30 a.m. Plenary Session VIII: Participant Open Exchange
Moderators: Martin Kreiswirth, Mary Martin, and Mick Thompson
      PowerPoint: Open Forum 
 
12:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Mary Martin, President-elect

 

nagshome.jpg (7775 bytes)
Return Home