Recent News

10/15/2009 2010 Conference Announced

The 2010 annual conference will be held at the Sturbirdge Host Hotel and Conference Center in Sturbridge MA. Centrally located for all travelers, this facility located on Cedar Lake is also adjacent to Old Sturbridge Village making it a great location for our summer conference.

08/21/2009 Conference Survey Winners!

We're happy to annouce that the winners of the Amazon.com giftcards are Karen West from Meredith College (Raleigh NC) and George Nikola from Dean College (Franklin MA). They were randomly selected from all attendees who completed a conference survey. Thanks to all for completing the survey!

07/25/2009 NERDug 2009 - Here We Come!

We look forward to seeing everyone this week as the 2009 edition of NERDug draws near.

06/15/2009 Early Bird Registration hits milestone

As of 6/15 (close of Early Bird registration) we have registered almost 150 people for NERDug!

04/15/2009 Registration is Open!

As of 4/15, registration for the 2009 conference is open for all.

04/08/2009 Happy DUG!

Many NERDs got together at the annual Datatel Users' Group conference held at the new Gaylord National outside Washington DC. We raffled off some gift cards and other free stuff for those who will be attending NERDug 2009.

01/01/2009 Happy New Year

The 2009 annual conference will be held Wednesday 7/29/2009 through Friday 7/31/2009 at the Holiday Inn in Holyoke MA.

09/05/2008 2009 Conference Announced

The 2009 annual conference, hosted by Hampshire College with assitance from Amherst and Mount Holyoke Colleges, will be held at Holiday Inn in Holyoke MA. Centrally located for all travelers, this proves to be yet another great venue for NERDug.

08/18/2008 Conference Survey Winners!

We're happy to annouce that the winners of the Amazon.com giftcards are Lorei Dawson from Community College of Vermont and David Barrowclough from Saint Michael's College. They were randomly selected from all attendees who completed a conference survey. Thanks to all for completing the survey!

07/26/2008 A Fabulous Event

The 22nd annual NERDug conference was a fabulous success with the largest attendance ever due to the hard work of all the volunteers from Vermont State Colleges as well as the many presenters, sponsors and Datatel, Inc

06/14/2008 Record Breaking Attendance

The Early Bird deadline has passed and registration is breaking all previous attendance records, running more than 30% ahead of the largest attended year (2007)

04/29/2008 Tenative Schedule To Be Published

The tentative schedule of events for the 2008 conference will be published. Meanwhile, conference sessions are being confirmed but if you have ideas for session topics you'd like to propose be sure to submit them soon!

04/11/2008 Session Planning Well Underway

Session planning for the 2008 conference is well underway. If you have ideas for session topics you'd like to propose be sure to submit them soon!

03/18/2008 NERDug Meeting at Datatel Users' Group

We met with nearly 40 people at the DUG Conference in Washington DC to discuss the events surrounding this year's NERDug conference to be held in Burlington VT on July 24-25, 2008.

08/18/2007 Conference Survey Winners!

We're happy to annouce that the winners of the Amazon.com giftcards are Denise Zarlengo from Springfield Technical Community College and Sue Dodson from Mount Holyoke College. They were randomly selected from all attendees who completed a conference survey. Thanks to all for completing the survey!

08/02/2007 2008 Conference: Vermont State Colleges

The 22nd annual NERDug conference will be hosted by the Vermont State Colleges in Burlington, VT on Thursday, 7/24/2008 and Friday, 7/25/2008.

07/28/2007 2007 Conference: A Success

The 21st annual NERDug conference was a fabulous success due to the hard work of all the volunteers from Springfield Technical Community College as well as the many presenters, sponsors and Datatel, Inc.

07/10/2007 2007 Conference Sessions Scheduled

The conference sessions have been finalized and the schedule is now available. Please note the session times were adjusted slightly.

05/25/2007 2007 Conference Sessions

The session planning for the 2007 conference is nearly complete. We're still waiting for a confirmation of Datatel-contributed sessions, but we already have almost 30 sessions contributed by members and sponsors. If you have a session idea, please submit it soon as we're running out of space!

03/05/2007 2007 Conference Planning

For those attending DUG 2007 in Washington DC, be sure to drop by the NERDug planning session CV4171, 5:10pm on Monday, 3/12/2007.

01/03/2007 2007 Conference Planning

For 2007, NERDug will embark on an attempt to more carefully plan and schedule sessions meeting a broad range of criteria and attain a better balance between end user, Datatel and other sponsor sessions. If you have ideas for conference sessions, feel free to email us.

11/03/2006 2007 Conference Planning

We've already begun to plan the 2007 annual conference at Springfield Technical Community College. If you have ideas for conference sessions, feel free to email us.

08/25/2006 2007 Conference Announced

The 2007 annual conference will be held at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield MA. Centrally located and near many fabulous attractions like the Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Tech will offer yet another great venue for NERDug.