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About 250 students who are interested in exploring teaching as a career are expected to attend the event, which will be held in WCU’s A.K. Hinds University Center.
Professional educators will lead sessions about teaching at various grade levels, and information will be presented on topics such as “Teaching Fellows and Scholarship Information,” “Teaching Science,” “Teaching Diverse Learners and the High Need for Diverse Teachers” and “How to Choose a College.”
An opening address, “Today is Tomorrow,” will be presented by Western Region Teacher of the Year Jerome Hughes of Asheville High School. Hughes earned his master of arts degree in teaching from WCU in 2006. The closing session will be led by Michael Dougherty, dean of WCU’s College of Education and Allied Professions.
Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the event will end at noon. For more information, contact Lena Richie, associate director of WCU’s Office for Rural Education, at (828) 227-7353, or e-mail richie@wcu.edu.
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