ROANOKE TIMES
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DATE: Tuesday, January 14, 1997 TAG: 9701140093
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV5 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG
The American Association of University Women, Blacksburg Area Branch, the Science and Gender Equity Program and the Women's Center at Virginia Tech present the 5th annual Educational Equity Conference Jan. 28. The event will be at the Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is open to the public. Teachers, parents, administrators and college students and faculty are encouraged to attend. Jan. 28 is a teacher's workday for Montgomery County Public Schools.
The program will focus on the topic of "girls in the middle: working to succeed in school." Workshops will include innovative teaching strategies, empowering our daughters, gender equity and the law and meeting the needs of gifted girls. There also will be round-table discussion. Keynote speaker will be Nancy R. Crouch of Wake Forest University.
The fee to the conference is $10 and includes lunch. Deadline is Jan. 21. For more information, call Susan Shome at 231-3765 or send email to sshome@vt.edu
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