Michigan Developmental Education Consortium

          A Voice for Michigan's Developmental Education

MDEC's History 

MDEC has grown out of a small group of Michigan educators who began meeting during the early 1980's to share information, strategies, research, and concerns about the future of developmental education. In 1984 MDEC became an affiliate of the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE).  

Past MDEC Officers & Conferences

Year Name Conference Location

 Presidents

2002 

Jo Warner

Eastern Michigan University

Kellogg Center, Lansing

2001 

Christine Rejniak 

Schoolcraft Community College

Sheraton Inn, Lansing

2000 

Barbara Jur

Macomb Community College

Sheraton Inn, Lansing

1999 

Irene Duranczyk

Eastern Michigan University  

(Now at the University of Minnesota)

Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth

1998 

Renée Mickelson

Lansing Community College

NADE National Conference-Detroit Westin

(Co-hosted by MDEC, OADE (Ohio), & INADE (Indiana))

1997 

Margaret "Mickey" Hay

Southwestern Michigan College

Detroit Westin, Detroit

1996 

Naomi Ludman 

Southwestern Michigan College

Clarion, Big Rapids

1995

Natalie Patchell

Kalamazoo Valley Community College

Kellogg Center, Lansing

1994 

Deborah Daiek 

Wayne State University 

(Now at Schoolcraft College)

Radisson, Kalamazoo

1993 

Sirkka Gudan

Schoolcraft College

Ponchartrain, Detroit

1992

Terrence Doyle

Ferris State University 

Ferris State University, Big Rapids

1991

John Corbin

Kalamazoo Valley Community College

Schoolcraft Community College, Livonia

1990

Ruth Goldman 

Wayne County Community College

Wayne County Community College

1989

Tom Franke 

Lansing Community College

Lansing Community College, Lansing

1988

Eva Fizette

 

1987

Marie Byrnes

 

198?

Jane Hooper

 

Newsletter Editors

1998-Present 

Leroy "Skip" Spiller

Delta College

1995-1998 

Margaret "Mickey" Hay

Southwestern Michigan College

1994-1995 

Ilene Abramson

Wayne County Community College

1989-1994 

Natalie Patchell

Kalamazoo Valley Community College

? - 1989 

John Corbin

Kalamazoo Valley Community College

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