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Program of Merit Designation Awarded for the Frank J. Manning Certificate Program
March 2009
From left to right: Bradley Fisher, Chair, Program of Merit Committee; Nina Silverstein; Marian Spencer; Judith Griffin; and Jerrilyn Quinlan (not pictured: Mary St. Jean)
The Frank J. Manning Certificate in Gerontology was awarded the Program of Merit Designation by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) at its annual meeting in March 2009 in San Antonio, Texas.
This is only the 10th program in the nation designated as such and just the 2nd Undergraduate Certificate Program. The designation provides gerontology programs with an AGHE "stamp of approval," which can be used to verify program quality to administrators, students, and the procuring of additional resources. This application was submitted to AGHE in March 2008 and underwent a thorough review involving faculty from about 7 campuses who considered how well our program met the published standards and guidelines for gerontology programs. This designation is even more meaningful now that our Manning certificate is fully on-line, and we are attracting students on a national and global level.