Annual Meeting Highlights 2012

Dear Colleague:

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges will gather for its 127th Meeting and Conference at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston on December 5-7, 2012. The theme of the meeting is “The Future Face of Learning” and will allow our speakers and presenters to blend the history of our profession with current themes, demands and needs. 

Some Commissions will hold pre-conference sessions on Wednesday, December 5. These pre-conference sessions are part of the Annual Meeting format, so attendance requires that you register for the Annual Meeting. Workshops and sessions will be available to all attendees and will focus on topics relevant to this year’s theme as well as the work of both the Commissions and the Association. We encourage everyone to attend and participate in them.

The Thursday plenary address will be delivered by Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics; Area Dean for Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Our reception on Thursday evening will include a performance by the Broadway stars of the Phantom of the Opera followed by our banquet speaker Soraya Darabi, Co-founder of Foodspotting and Digital Strategist to ABC News.  Ms. Darabi will address the importance of social and digital media on the future of learning. Our Friday luncheon speaker will be Governor Bob Wise, President, Alliance for Excellent Education and former Governor of West Virginia. Governor Wise has been a strong advocate for the Common Core State Standards as a mechanism for improving student achievement.

The Annual Business Meeting of the Association will be held on Friday morning, December 7 at 8:00 am. The Annual Business Meeting provides an opportunity for the membership to take action on issues pertinent to the welfare of the Association.

Please join your colleagues from throughout New England at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel on December 5-7, 2012. We look forward to seeing you. Conference registration materials are available online. If your school or college is a member institution, please be sure to properly identify two voting delegates and return the enclosed delegate credential form to our office.

Sincerely,

Cameron Staples