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2008 Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies and International Education Conference
"Planning for Our World: Our Dreams and Our Actions"
Overview
This conference will offer stimulating sessions, thought-provoking keynote speakers Greg Mortenson and Harvey Kaye, and workshops that focus on teaching social studies and international and global education.
Date(s)
3/31/2008- 4/1/2008
Location
Madison Marriott West Hotel
1313 John Q. Hammonds Drive
Middleton, WI 53562
(608) 831-2000
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Cost
Register by 3/1/08
$130 for two days
$90 for one day
$50 students and retirees for two days
$30 students and retirees for one day
Late and At-the-door Registration:
$150 for two days
$90 for one day
$60 students and retirees for two days
$35 students and retirees for one day
Registration
Online at http://education.wisc.edu/elpa/conferences/iec
Registration includes two continental breakfasts, two plated lunches, refreshments, parking, exhibits, special hotel rates and WCSS membership.
Target Audience
Educators and individuals focused on promoting international and global education.
Additional Information
Please make a hotel reservation with the Madison Marriott West at 608/831-2000 (Ask for WCSS rates) or online at www.marriott.com/msnwe (code: MSSMSSA).
Contact Information
Dean Bowles (608) 239-1799 bdbowles@wisc.edu
Speaker Biographies
Greg Mortenson is the co-founder (with Dr. Jean Hoerni) and Executive Director of nonprofit Central Asia Institute. Since a 1993 climb on Pakistan's K2, he has dedicated his life to promote community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mortenson is also founder of Pennies For Peace and co-author of New York Times best-seller, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School At A Time.
Harvey J. Kaye is the Ben & Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Social Change and Development and the founding director of the Center for History and Social Change at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. An award-winning author and editor whose newest book is "Thomas Paine and the Promise of America" (Hill and Wang/FSG), Kaye is a member of PEN and the National Writers Union/UAW. He is a proud fan of the community-owned Green Bay Packers.