B.G. Raines Education Forum

Georgette Yakman

Grand Hall, Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Tuesday, April 16, 5:30pm

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The Neff Education Center of Emory & Henry College will present the 25th Annual B.G. Raines Education Forum Tues., April 16, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Grand Hall of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, Va. The forum is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

STEAM Up Education - a substantiated and reality-based framework
for teaching across the disciplines for FUNctional literacy!

Georgette Yakman, an advocate for STEAM education  

About Georgette Yakman:
Ms. Yakman holds a master's degree from Virginia Tech in Integrated Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics Education and is near completion of a terminal degree also from Virginia Tech.  Her work has been recognized by educational groups both nationally and internationally. 

About the B.G. Raines Education Forum:
In August 1988, the Jessie Ball duPont Religious, Charitable and Educational Fund awarded Emory & Henry College a grant to develop a model program for collaboration and cooperation between the College and public schools.

One goal of this grant was to develop an annual education forum to bring together individuals from Emory & Henry, surrounding schools, business, and industry to establish an on-going dialogue regarding educational needs and opportunities. The yearly forum is intended to initiate and foster this dialogue, to address these needs, and to make plans for continued collaboration to bring about improved education in the region.

In 2006, the forum was renamed the B.G. Raines Education Forum in honor of Dr. Bob Raines for his lifetime of service to education in our region.

For further information contact
Laree Hinshelwood
Telephone;  276-944-6218
Email: lhinshelwood@ehc.edu