Fall Conference 2025 "Navigating Change"
Thursday, November 13th to Friday, November 14th
Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
Conference Schedule
Thursday, November 13th
12 – 1 pm: Registration, Exhibitor Tables Open, Light Snacks
1 – 1:50 pm: Session 1
1A: Managing the Modern Enrollment Management Team: Building Accountability and Strategic Thinking Amid Change
1B: Becoming Your Best Self: Resilience Strategies for Career and Life
2 – 2:50 pm: Session 2
2A: Hand-to-Hand Combat: Selling to Busy, Exhausted, and Distracted Working Professionals
2B: Roundtable Conversations: Navigating Change Together
3 – 3:50 pm: Session 3
3A: Secret Shopping Graduate Programs: Findings From the Inquiry Response Project
3B: Inside the OBBBA: Key Provisions Every Graduate Enrollment Professional Should Understand
6 – 7 pm: Social at Blackie’s
280 George Washington Hwy, Smithfield, RI 02917
Friday, November 14th
9 – 10 am: Registration, Exhibitor Tables Open, Breakfast
10 – 11 am: Session 4, Keynote
Navigating Change: Building Mental Fortitude in a Rapidly Evolving World, Dr. Stefanie Boyer
11:10 am – 12 pm: Session 5
5A: Pumpkin Spice & Persistence: Building Graduate Spirit to Boost Retention
5B: Grounded in Data: Designing Graduate Programs That Align with Market Demand
12 – 1 pm: Lunch, Exhibitor Tables Open, NEGAP Business Meeting
1:10 – 2 pm: Session 6
6A: The New Era of Student Search: Content Strategies for AI and Student Discovery
6B: Reinventing Low-Performing Programs through Strategic Initiatives
2 – 2:15 pm: Coffee Break, Exhibitor Tables Open
2:15 – 3:05 pm: Session 7
7A: The AI Cliff: Student Search Is Collapsing – NEGAP Briefing
7B: Resilience in Action: Leveraging the Enrollment Cliff to Expand Adult Graduate Pathways
3:10 – 4 pm: Session 8
The Power of Connection: A Networking Opportunity
Keynote Speaker Dr. Stefanie Boyer, Professor of Marketing at Bryant University
Navigating Change: Building Mental Fortitude in a Rapidly Evolving World
GMAC Insights & GradSelect Webinar
Maximizing Fall Recruitment: Using GMAC Insights & GradSelect to Target the Right Audiences
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Virtual Webinar
12 pm - 1 pm
NEGAP summer finale
NEGAP Summer Finale
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM until 7:00 PM
3 - 5 PM - The AI Cliff: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Student Search featuring Everspring
MGH Institute of Health Professions
2 Constitution Wharf, Room 106
Charlestown, MA 02129
5 - 7 PM - Social at the Blackmoor Gastropub
hosted by Everspring (walkable from MGH IHP)
1 Chelsea St, Charlestown, MA 02129
Whether you can come to the AI discussion, or just join us for the meetup, we'd love to see you there. Parking is free and available on-site for all event attendees.
NEGAP Summer Meet-Up
Come join chapter members in the NH/ME area in this opportunity to connect with your peers.
Whether you’re a long-time member or brand new to the field, we’d love to see you there.
This is a social meet up for informal networking, good food, and drinks - and they are free!
East Coast Super Summer GEM Conference 2025
"Collaborating for Success"
Wednesday, June 4 – Thursday, June 5, 2025
Rutgers University–New Brunswick, NJ
Colleagues from New England, Tri-State, and Mid-Atlantic states convened for an exciting and rewarding conference experience in New Brunswick, NJ. This inaugural East Coast GEM conference provided graduate admissions professionals with insights, knowledge, and new skills that added to their existing admissions toolkit.
Fall conference 2024 "Building Successful Teams"
November 15, 2024
University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH
Summer Conference 2024 "Your career in GEM"
On June 6, 2024, the MGH Institute of Health Professions hosted the NEGAP Summer Conference in Boston, MA.
The conference featured a day of individual and team-based professional development workshops and activities supporting the various career paths within Graduate Enrollment Management.
Sessions Included:
- Career Pathways in Graduate Enrollment Management Panel
- New GEM Professionals: Resume and Cover Letter Workshop
- GEM Leadership Track: Leading Teams (through Change) in GEM
- New GEM Professionals: Professional Networking Tips and Tricks
- GEM Leadership Track: Working with External Partners for Change
- Session Four: Navigating Campus Politics
- Afterward: NEGAP Social @ Blackmoor Bar & Kitchen!
The NEGAP Fall conference featured keynote speaker, Dr. John Labrie, Ed.D. Clark University. Presentations/panels were hosted by our NEGAP President, Andy Crawford, NEGAP Vice President, Alyssa Orlando, and NEGAP colleagues; Brett DiMarzo, John Fitzpatrick, and Jillian Baer.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. John LaBrie, Ed.D, Clark University
Defining "Digital First" Session
NEGAP Member and Past President: Brett DiMarzo
Summer 2022 NEGAP Summer Workshop
Photo Gallery: July 27th at Bridgewater State University
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