MONDAY INTEREST GROUPS
9:30-10:30

Book Discussion:  White Dog Fell from the Sky by Eleanor Morse
Heritage Room
Great Decisions: Sectarianism in the Middle East
Presidents’ Hall
Handwork/Crafts: Beading
Dining Room
Writers’ Group
Library
When Memories Speak
Association Room

AUTHOR, AUTHOR: One Writer’s Journey: 
35 years of Creating Children’s Books
10:45-11:45
Presidents’ Hall

Speaker: Phyllis Root, Children’s Book Author and Writing Teacher
A lifelong lover and teller of stories, Phyllis Root has written 29 children’s books, starting with Moon Tiger in 1985 and including 1997 Minnesota Book Award winner, Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble. Her latest, Plant a Pocket of Prairie (2014), is illustrated by well-known artist Betsy Bowen. Root graduated with highest honors from Valparaiso University and currently teaches in the MFA Writing for Children program at Vermont College.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
11:45 – 12:00

LUNCHEON
12:00 – 1:15

EDUCATION: Making College Possible for Low-income Students
1:15-2:15
Presidents’ Hall

Speaker: Sara Dziuk, Executive Director, College Possible collegepossible.org
College Possible guides and supports low-income students on the path to and through college. It was founded in Minnesota in 2000 to ensure that every child’s future is determined solely by their talent, motivation, and effort. The program partners with 23 Twin Cities’ high schools and 300 colleges across the country to serve more than 11,000 Minnesota students. Overall, 98% of College Possible students earn admission to college. They are ten times more likely to graduate than their low-income peers.