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East Central-EIU Reading Council

Region 6 East-East Central Region
Regional Director: Ronda Mitchell-Brown


East Central-EIU Officers

Tina Golchert, President
(217) 234-8463

Dawn Paulson, President-Elect

April Flood, Co Vice President & Membership

Lucia Schroeder, Co Vice President

Carrie Dale, Secretary

Mildred Pearson, Treasurer

Linda Reven, Past President

Lynn Shaffer, Newspaper in Education

Tim Croy, Publicity/Historian

Nell Wiseman, Adult & Family Literacy

Glenda Fitzgerald, Parents & Reading

Denise Reid, Student Reading Council


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Upcoming Events

February 9, 2009: East Central-EIU Reading Council will host "Motivation Matters: Tools to Encourage Students to Become Engaged Readers and Learners" by Joy Russell from 7:00 - 8:00 PM in Arcola/Tuscola Room, Martin Luther King, Jr. University Union, EIU, Charleston, Illinois.

February 21-25, 2009: International Reading Association will host its 54th Annual Convention Beyond the Horizon featuring Two Great Events in Two Great Cities. In February, IRA will host Multiple, Pathways to Literacy in Phoenix, Arizona. IRA will host Reading, Writing, and Conversations from May 3-7, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. To find out more about these exciting conventions, check out the Annual Convention section at www.reading.org.

March 19-21, 2009: IRC Conference, Reading! Engage! Excite! Ignite!, in Springfield, Illinois. Please take a moment to peruse the Preliminary Program highlighting the ENGAGING authors and EXCITING speakers awaiting you at the 2009 Conference that are sure to IGNITE your passion for reading! The early Registration deadline is February 1, 2009. The Housing Form is due to the Springfield Convention Vistors Bureau (SCVB) by February 15, 2009.

April 14, 2009: East Central-EIU Reading Council will host a Spring Meeting featuring Sally Walker, the Recipient of the 2008 Prairie State Award for Excellence in Writing for Children, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, Buzzard Auditorium, EIU, Charleston, Illinois.

April 18, 2009: East Central-EIU Reading Council will participate in the "Leaders As Readers" at the Cross County Mall in Mattoon, Illinois.



Illinois Reading Council
an affiliate of the
International Reading Association

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