[OPLINLIST] FW: Virginia Hamilton conference at Kent State---second announcement

[FILIPAN, RHONDA]

The 24th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature
for Youth

 

April 10 and 11, 2008

act or Fiction-Read!

Join us on April 10 and 11, 2008, for the 24th Virginia Hamilton
Conference,

a forum on multicultural themes and issues in literature for children
and young

adults. Russell Freedman, winner of the 10th Annual Virginia Hamilton
Literary

Award, will deliver the keynote address on Thursday evening. Friday's
full-day

program features presentations by Patricia McCormick, Jerry Pinkney and

Gloria Jean Pinkney, as well as workshop sessions on a number of topics

 

 

The registration deadline is Friday, March 21, 2008. We will accept late
registrations on a space-available basis only, and pre-registration is
required. Seating is limited, so register early!

 

The Thursday evening program cost is $30 and the Friday program is $100,
which includes conference materials, continental breakfast, luncheon,
featured speakers, two workshops and parking. Certificates of attendance
will be available the day of the conference. For disability
accommodations, call 330-672-3237. We will send you an e-mail
confirmation one week after we receive your registration and payment. We
will send confirmation letters two weeks prior to the conference.

 

*Register for both programs (Thursday & Friday) and receive

a FREE copy of "Art and Story: The Role

of Illustration in Multicultural Literature

for Youth" (A.L. Manna and C.S. Brodie,

editors). Books will be available the day

of the conference, while supplies last.

 

To register: 

Visit us online at http://www.yourtrainingresource.com
<http://www.yourtrainingresource.com/> 

(click on Programs, then Education)

 

Phone in your registration to 330-672-3100 or toll-free in Ohio,
800-672-ksu2;

 

Make check or money order payable to Kent State University, or pay

by Visa, MasterCard, or Discover over the phone. 

 

Withdrawal/cancellation policy: Cancellations made on or after April 10
are subject to nonrefundable deposit fees of $15 for Friday's program
and $7 for Thursday's program. No cancellations will be accepted after
the conference begins. If the conference is canceled due to insufficient
enrollment, all fees will be refunded. If you are unable to attend, you
may arrange to have a substitute attend in your place.

 

Housing: A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Hampton
Inn, 4406sr43 (what?), Kent, OH, 330-673-8555, at a special rate of

$79 per night. To make your reservation, call the hotel no later than
March 30, and indicate that you are registered for the Virginia Hamilton
Conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Rhonda

 

Rhonda S. Filipan

Academic Program Coordinator

School of Library and Information Science

Kent State University

330-672-0013

 

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