5 th Annual Conference Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT April 9, 2011

Salamat po Oshe Thank You Dank ë Go raibh maith agaibh Efcharisto Grazie ありがとう 感谢

participants and Presenters Thank You!

Julie Dyson CT & RI Account Executive

Thank You! Robert Cosgrove Jon Gorman Owners/Managers

Graduate Society of reading Cara Mulcahy Advisor Thank You!

Central Connecticut Writing Project Lynda M. Valerie Director Thank You!

Aleks A. Peske Financial Advisor Thank You!

Helen R. Abadiano, Chair Reading and Language Arts Department

Colleen Kruger, Director Richard Cheney, Associate Director Heidi Huguley-Brown, Secretary Thank You! Continuing Education & Community Engagement

Anthony Rigazio-Digilio, Chair Thank You! Department of Educational Leadership

Mitchell Sakofs Dean Thank You! School of Education and Professional Studies

Thank You! Jack Miller CCSU President

Thank You! Carl R. Lovitt Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Thank You! Student Center

Jack O’Leary Manager CCSU Bookstore Thank You!

Julia Kara-Soteriou Advisor Thank You! Alpha Upsilon IRA Honor Society

Community Engagement Partner in “An Evening with Bryan Collier” Doris Kurtz, Superintendent Maydie Bombart, Language Arts Coordinator Thank You! New Britain Public Schools

Participating Schools: Duffy Elementary School, West Hartford Macdonough Elementary School, Middletown Mary Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford Preston Veterans Memorial School, Preston Thank You! “An Evening with Bryan Collier”

Jacqueline Woodson Thank You! Keynote Speaker

Bryan Collier Thank You! Luncheon Speaker

Wow! Congratulations! Kudos! Great Job! Excellent! Bravo!

Literacy Advocacy Award Congratulations! David A. Monti Educator and Scholar

Congratulations! Conference Chair Conference Co-Chair Catherine Kurkjian Kenneth J. WeIss

Save the date! 6 th Yetta M. Goodman March 31, 2012 Keynote Speaker Literacy Essentials Conference