The Measurement in Higher Education Process Education Conference 2009 (www.peconf.com) was successfully held July 8-10 at Gaston College in NC. Based on the feedback received via informal conversations and the formal conference survey, it was a highly praised event. Participants felt strongly that the conference was mind-expanding, credible, values-based, and participant-based. Much of the thanks for this success needs to go to our gracious host Dean Virgil Cox and his team at Gaston. Thanks also to a job well done by our keynote, paper dialogue, and workshop presenters! (And from the rest of us, a most sincere thank you to Tris, for all his hard work and dedication!)

A few of the many highlights from the conference include the following:

• A highly interactive keynote address and follow-up workshop with Dr. Bonnie Mullinix. Participants constructed a rubric for rubrics which led to ongoing discussions throughout the day — even to dinner when Bonnie accepted an invitation to join a number of attendees.

• Fruitful networking opportunities at the locally catered lunches and at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens. One comment about the surprising level of collegiality and mutual interests across very different types of institutions sums up this interaction well.

• Valuable contributions from several newcomers to Process Education including Dr. Mary Peek (Measuring Professional Performance in Labs) and Dr. Peggy Geiger (Implementing Process Education Principles in Allied Health Courses).

• New, highly flexible, online tools (Team-Maker and CATME) developed by Dr. Richard Layton, Dr. Misty Loughry, Dr. Matt Ohland, and Hal Pomeranz for process educators who use teams for their courses.

Please check out the complete conference proceedings and session notes online at www.peconf.com, and start planning your own contributions to our conference next year in Chicago (look for announcements soon)!