Working with Adult Learners in North Carolina & Virginia:
Teaching and Career Development Conference
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Friday, October 19, 2007
A conference for current and future professionals dedicated to the education and career development of adult learners. |
Keynote Speakers:
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Joyce Richman is a career counselor, consultant and coach. She is a National Certified Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Personnel Consultant, and has a Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In addition, Richman is a graduate of Harvard University's Program on Negotiation. Joyce appears frequently as a guest on Greensboro television, is a regular columnist for Greensboro's News & Record, and is the author of Roads, Routes, and Ruts: A Guidebook to Career Success. |
Justin Catanoso has been the executive editor of The Business Journal, a weekly newspaper that covers local business and economic trends across the Triad, since 1998. He came to Greensboro in 1987, where he worked for 11 years at the News & Record as a reporter covering Winston-Salem, medicine and science and regional issues. Justin is also a visiting lecturer at Wake Forest University, where he has taught writing and editing since 1993. He is a graduate of Penn State University and has a masters degree from Wake Forest. |
Lee W. Kinard, Jr., Ed. D is the Executive Assistant to the President at Guilford Technical Community College where his duties include marketing, information, and public relations. Lee came to GTCC in 2000 after a fifty-year career in radio and TV. He is widely known as the founding producer-host of "The Good Morning Show" on WFMY-TV News 2, the CBS affiliate in Greensboro. Lee received his BA and MA in English and a Doctorate in Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has been honored as a Distinguished Alumni by UNCG and Pfeiffer University. Lee Kinard devoted his career to promoting education and all topics associated with literacy. |
| Workshops & Presenters |
| Workshops | Presenters |
| Overcoming Alienation in the Service Economy: Understanding Women's Educational Needs by Listening to their Life Stories | David Ayers, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Cherrel Miller-Dyce, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Integrating Instruction: Making the Adult Educational Experience Seamless | Happy Gingras, Mt. Olive College |
| Best Practices in Assessing Adult Learners | Fred Bolton, Averett University |
| Academic Integrity Issues. An Information Exchange Workshop | John Motsinger, Guilford College Bobby Hayes, High Point University Amanda Rivers, Guilford Technical Community College |
| What's Your Plan? What's Your Story? Career Positioning Questions for Adult Undergraduate Students | Clive Muir, Winston-Salem State University |
| Motivating Students to Learn | Tony Makin, Guilford Technical Community College |
| Enhancing Adult Learning Through Web-Based Assignments and Activities | Dave MacInnes, Guilford College |
| 3 R's for Adult Students | Geri Cochran, North Carolina School for the Arts |
| Coaching Self-Determination: Using On Course Principles with Students in One-to- One Sessions | Melissa Daniel, Guilford College |
| An Overlooked Minority: Adult Baccalaureate Degree Students | Rita Serotkin, Guilford College Thomas Coaxum, Guilford College |
| Cultivating the Art of Lifelong Learning in Your Community | Arnessa Richbourg, Guilford Technical Community College |
| Adult Student Panel | Vivian Owens, Guilford College |
| Passion and Purpose | Cheryl Bridges, Guilford College Leslie Essien, Guilford College |
For more information, please contact Vivian Lutian at 336.316.2135 or vlutian@guilford.edu
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