1. 5 th Annual Conference Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT April 9, 2011

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

3. participants and Presenters Thank You!

4. Julie Dyson CT & RI Account Executive

5. Thank You! Robert Cosgrove Jon Gorman Owners/Managers

6. Graduate Society of reading Cara Mulcahy Advisor Thank You!

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

8. Aleks A. Peske Financial Advisor Thank You!

9. Helen R. Abadiano, Chair Reading and Language Arts Department

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

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

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

13. Thank You! Jack Miller CCSU President

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

15. Thank You! Student Center

16. Jack O’Leary Manager CCSU Bookstore Thank You!

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

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

19. 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”

20. Jacqueline Woodson Thank You! Keynote Speaker

21. Bryan Collier Thank You! Luncheon Speaker

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

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

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

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