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Call for Proposals 
The Multicultural South:  A Graduate Student Conference

The Graduate Association of Multicultural Studies at UGA is sponsoring a
conference, The Multicultural South:  A Graduate Student Conference, on
March 30, 2001 here on campus.  Papers examining all areas of
multicultural study are welcome, and the deadline for submission is
December 15, 2000.  For more information contact gamsuga@yahoo.com

CALL FOR PROPOSALS/PARTICIPATION

 “Confronting Challenges: Bridges Over Barriers”

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION 7TH ANNUAL

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE

19 April 2000

Athens Holiday Inn, Broad Street

Sponsored by The Task Force for Multicultural Education(MCTF),

with support from The College of Education

 Background

The 7th Annual Conference on Multicultural Education will bring together faculty, staff and students in the College of Education who are involved or interested in activities or research related to enhancing and promoting diversity and equity.  Sessions during the conference will provide information on how bridges have been built to confront challenges. Conference sessions will also inform discussions about barriers to overcoming the challenges facing diversity and equity.  We hope this conference will help establish directions for further activities and research to promote and foster diversity and equity in education.

 Topics of Interest

The central theme of the conference is confronting challenges.  Topics of interest for presentations during the conference include, but are not limited to:

·     Diversity

·     Equity

·     Policy

·     Practice

·     Recruitment

·     Reform

·     Research

·     Retention

·     Admissions

 

Types of Sessions

Several types of sessions will run throughout the conference, including discussion sessions (50 min.), panels (50 min.), roundtables (50 min.) and posters (30 min.).

Important Dates

Monday, 20 March 2000:  Proposal submission deadline

Monday, 31 March 2000:  Proposal acceptance notification

Proposal Submissions

Proposals should be no longer than 2 pages.  The following information needs to be included in the proposal:

·     Title of your session

·     Presenter name(s), with department affiliation, office number(s), E-mail address(es), phone and fax number(s)

·     Type of session (discussion, panel, roundtable, poster)

·     Description of your session (no more than 500 words)

All proposals should be submitted electronically to at mrichmon@coe.uga.edu. (PDF and Word formats are preferred) or hand delivered to Marsha Richmond in G-3 Aderhold.  If you have any questions about proposal submission, or would like additional information about the conference, please contact Tom Clees (tclees@coe.uga.edu) or Jenny Oliver (jpo@coe.uga.edu).

Review

All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, significance, soundness and clarity. A committee of five members from the MCTF will review each submission.

7th Annual Conference on Multicultural Education

Committee Members

 

 

 

Program Committee

Angela Callaway, Tom Clees, Mark Faust, Janette Hill,

Carolyn Howell, Joan Laughton, Karla Moller,

Jenny Oliver, and Pam Paisley

CALL FOR PAPERS: 

Alliance for Multicultural Education, The Alliance is now seeking contributions for  the next issue of its monograph series  Multicultural Education:Critical Issues. 

Deadline for submission:  January 15, 1999