Centennial Speaker Series: Debra W. Stewart

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"Past as Prologue: Lessons from the Reinventions of Graduate Education for Our AI Future"

Join The Graduate School for a special guest lecture with Debra W. Stewart, President Emerita of the Council of Graduate School for a talk on the past and future of graduate education. 

This event is hosted as part of The Graduate School's Centennial Speaker Series.

About our speaker

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Debra W. Stewart is president emerita of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and senior fellow, Education & Child Development, NORC at the University of Chicago. She is a nationally recognized specialist in graduate and professional education as well as higher-education policy research. 

Dr. Stewart served as the fifth president of CGS from 2000 to 2014, a presidency marked by initiatives strengthening universities’ capacity to prepare graduate students for twenty-first-century challenges.  She became NC State’s first female dean when she was appointed interim dean of the Graduate School in 1986; the appointment became permanent in 1988. 

At NC State, Dr. Stewart appointed the Commission on the Future of Graduate Education, which led to the development of the Graduate Student Support Plan (GSSP) and the creation of the Graduate School Advisory Board. In 2016, the CGS Board established the Debra W. Stewart Award for Outstanding Leadership in Graduate Education in her honor. 

Dr. Stewart completed her doctorate at UNC-Chapel Hill and also served a faculty member at NC State.

About the Event

"Past as Prologue: Lessons from the Reinventions of Graduate Education for Our AI Future"  | Debra W. Stewart | 4–5 p.m

Optional cocktail reception and networking opportunity to follow | 5–6 p.m.

Registration is required to attend. Please use this form to register by Wednesday, September 30.