Founding Members of The Alumnae of NU Continuing Education Program

Presentation of the 1998 Alumnae Award was unique in that it wasn't given to one outstanding alumna, but rather several alumnae who had taken the initiative to build on the Alumnae sponsored Woman's Day at Northwestern. - later known as NU Day.   Women who attended the first NU Day in 1964 were so taken with the faculty presentations offered that day, they "clamored for more."  Lecture options were increased, but in 1966 an attendee asked if we could "start classes like these throughout the year."  Two years later, in the fall of 1968, two non-credit courses were offered - a seminar in literature and a multi professor survey course, Contagion in Revolution, that examined the causes of revolutions in societies.

 

Over the years the Alumnae Continuing Education Program grew to a "year round enterprise"  with four courses during each of the 3 academic quarters and two in the summer.  One of the first programs of its kind, it was recognized twice by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) with the Exceptional Achievement Award for "significant contributions to the advancement of American education."