Northeastern Regional Conference



The Fierce Urgency of Now: Black Scholars in a Rapidly Changing World
November 14-16, 2008
Bloomsburg University
Pennsylvania, PA

The Northeastern Regional Conferene will be held November 14-16th, 2008 at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA.  If you have any questions, contact Edward "Eddie" Summers at nerep02@nbgsa.org.

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Registration Fee

The conference registration fee is $35 for everyone, members and non-members. This fee can be paid online, on-site or mailed.

  • If you register by mail, use one registration form for each conference registrant.
  • Please write your name as you wish it to appear on your badge.

Pay online here:

(please use the link below until our problems with the original form are solved)

Click here for a printable version of the regional conference application.

If you would like to become a member of NBGSA please fill out the online membership application or download a printable version and mail it in.

Hotel Information

The official hotel for the Northeastern Regional Conference is the Holiday Inn Express. The hotel address is 14 Mitchell Drive; Bloomsburg, PA, 17815.. The rooms are $99 per night. You can contact the hotel directly at (877) 863-4780. In the event that rooms are no longer available at the Holiday Inn Express, please contact Eddie Summers at 845-235-9619 or nerep02@nbgsa.org regarding alternative accommodations.

Call for Papers

We invite you to join the Northeast Region as we reflect and repair, acknowledge and ascend, prepare and produce, envisage and encourage, and boldly blaze new trails!  We are calling for posters addressing any ACADEMIC topic of interest to the diverse membership of the National Black Graduate Student Association.

Poster Submission Guidelines

Posters are ideal for presenting speculative, late-breaking results or for giving an introduction to interesting, innovative work.  Posters are intended to provide authors and participants with the ability to connect with each other and to engage in discussions about the work.  Poster sizes are not specified; however, they should be at least 17” by 22”.

Proposal Submission Instructions

The following information is required for poster submissions:

  1. Proposal Submittal Form: This includes the title of the paper, poster, panel, or presentation, authors(s)/ presenter(s), phone number, category, presentation format and length, and audiovisual requirements.
    Download form: Word 2003     Word 2007     PDF
  2. Poster Abstract: The abstract text must contain the title and a 250-word (maximum) detailed description of the poster presentation.  If submitted electronically, the abstract should be in Microsoft Word format.

The information above may be submitted electronically via email to nerep01@nbgsa.org or nerep02@nbgsa.org.