ADE Summer Seminars

Seminar registration fee: $450 for chairs of ADE-member departments; $600 for chairs of non-member departments. See the seminar brochure for information about seminar excursions, guest meals, and travel.

2012 ADE Summer Seminar West   SEE PROGRAM
4–7 June
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado

• Accommodations and most meetings are at the Hotel Boulderado, in downtown Boulder. Room rates are $154/night for a traditional queen or $174/night for a deluxe 2 queen (2 queen-size beds), plus tax. Ask for MLA booking ID 9033.
• A new chairs workshop, led by Neal Lester (Arizona State Univ.) and Karin Westman (Kansas State Univ.) takes place 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on 4 June.
• A workshop for directors of graduate studies, led by John Allen Stevenson (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder) and Sharon Aronofsky Weltman (Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge) takes place 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on 4 June.
• A welcoming dinner for participants in both preseminar workshops takes place on the evening of 3 June. There is a $100 fee for the workshops, which partially covers costs associated with the workshops.

2012 JOINT ADE–ADFL Summer Seminar East   SEE PROGRAM
18–21 June
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

• Accommodations are at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. The room rate is $169/night single or double occupancy.
• A new chairs workshop, led by Wyman Herendeen (Univ. of Houston) and Maureen Reddy (Rhode Island Coll.) takes place 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on 18 June; a welcoming dinner for workshop participants takes place on the evening of 17 June. There is a $100 fee for the preseminar workshop, which partially covers costs associated with the workshop.

Each June the ADE arranges two seminars where chairs of ADE-member departments share information and consult about issues facing their departments and the field.

Each seminar also features a workshop for new chairs, led by two seasoned administrators, where those about to start or just completing their first year as department chairs can glean practical advice and have questions answered about all aspects of chairing.

Directors of graduate studies are encouraged to attend Seminar West, where a preseminar workshop and sessions devoted to their concerns will take place.

The seminar registration fee of $450 for chairs of ADE-member departments ($600 for chairs of non-member departments) covers most meals.

You may view programs for past ADE seminars by following the links below:
ADE-ADFL Seminar Midwest 2011
ADE Seminar West 2011
ADE Seminar East 2010
ADE Seminar West 2010
ADE Seminar West 2009
ADE-ADFL Seminar East 2009
ADE Seminar West 2008
ADE Seminar East 2008
ADE Seminar South 2007
ADE-ADFL Seminar North 2007
ADE Seminar East 2006
ADE Seminar West 2006
ADE-ADFL Seminar East 2005
ADE Seminar West 2005
ADE Seminar Midwest 2004
ADE Seminar East 2004

If you are trying to secure funding from your dean to attend the ADE Seminar, we invite you to use a Letter from Deans on the value of attending the seminars and Endorsements from Seminar Attendees.

"I was very impressed to find such collegiality among everyone from huge universities to two-year colleges. The MLA is not out of touch with our needs."—Phillip A. Snyder, Brigham Young Univ.

"More than any other conference I have ever attended, the moderators and presenters were excellent at encouraging responses and ideas from the audience. There were genuine conversations and conferences. This was an extraordinarily well-run seminar."—Eric Hyman, Fayetteville SU

"I consider the seminars essential to my success and effectiveness in my position and a lifeline of best practices funneled through them back into my department."—Marion Hollings, Middle Tennessee State Univ.

"I take away from the seminar a huge amount of information, advice, and ideas. I feel more connected to the profession (and encouraged by that) and more able to make good things happen in my program. I also value greatly the people that I met and the relationships I found at the meeting. It is a great set-up. It was expertly organized and very efficient."—Laura Runge, Univ. of South Florida

"I learn a tremendous amount from the presentations and conversations with colleagues."—Irwin Weiser, Purdue Univ.