Y2K NCTE/NWP Regional Conference: Creating Connections

August 4-6, 2000 with an optional evening reception on August 3

Holiday Inn (I-29 and 13th Avenue), Fargo, ND

Tentative Schedule

August 3  
7-10 pm Room A: Informal reception (cash bar) with authors, colleagues, speakers
August 4  
8:30-9:15 Continental Breakfast: Welcome by Millie Davis, NCTE Director of Affiliate and Member Services
9:30-10:30 Concurrent Sessions
10:45-11:45 Concurrent Sessions
12:00-1:15 Luncheon with Presentation by Anne Webb, Chair, NCTE Standing Committee Against Censorship
1:30-2:30 Concurrent Sessions
2:45-3:45 Concurrent Sessions
4:00-5:00 Idea Exchange
7:00-9:00 Opening Banquet: Keynote Speaker is Clay Jenkinson, Internationally Acclaimed Humanities Interpreter
August 5  
8:30-9:15 Optional Reunion Breakfasts for Writing Project TC's and Staff
9:30-10:30 Concurrent Sessions
10:45-11:45 Concurrent Sessions
12:00-1:15 Luncheon with Presentation by Mary Louise Defender Wilson, Dakotah Sioux Elder and Traditional Storyteller
1:30-2:30 Concurrent Sessions
2:45-3:45 Concurrent Sessions
4:00-5:00 NCTE State Affiliate Meetings
7:30-12:00 Optional Saturday Night Out
August 6  
8:30-9:15 Optional Continental Breakfast; Presentation to be Announced
9:30-10:30 Panel Discussion: Writing Project Directors, NWP Representatives, NCTE Representatives, Affiliate Presidents, and Humanities and Arts Council Chairs--Creating Connections Between the Y2K Conference and the 21st Century
10:45-11:45 Breakout Sessions: Small Group Discussions About the Conference
12:00-1:30 Luncheon with Presentation by Jean Hicks, Co-Author of the recent NCTE publication Metaphorical Ways of Knowing