Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the 14th annual Conference of the Learning Assistance Association of New England - LAANE, to be held October 24, 1997, from 8 to 3:30 p.m., at Northeastern University's Burlington, Massachusetts campus. CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 8:00 - 9:00 Registration, Continental Breakfast 8:30 Exhibits Open 9:00 - 10:00 Welcome, Announcements, Keynote Address Keynote Speaker: Jan Paschal, Deputy Secretary's Regional Representative, United States Department of Education Keynote Topic: "The Right to Higher Education" 10:15 - 11:15 Session One (Eight presentations available) 11:30 - 1:00 Luncheon, Networking and Exhibits 1:15 - 2:15 Session Two (Eight presentations available) 2:30 - 3:30 Session Three (Three presentations & five discussion groups available) REGISTRATION FORM Name _____________________________________________________ Position/Title ___________________________________________ Institution ______________________________________________ Mailing Address Home ____ Work ____ Street ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ City _____________________________State __________________ Zip Code ___________ Telephone ___________________________ Email _____________________________FAX ___________________ Area of Expertise ________________________________________ Special Interest Area(s) _________________________________ Check one: _____New Member ____Renewing Member PLEASE DOWNLOAD THIS FORM, FILL OUT, AND SEND WITH YOUR CHECK OR INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASE ORDER TO: Susan King, LAANE Treasurer University of Southern Maine P.O. Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104-9300 Phone: (207) 780-4383 FAX: (207) 780-5539 Voice: (207) 780-4681 TTY: (207) 780-5646 CONFERENCE FEES: $75.00 - Conference fee only, no membership $85.00 - Conference fee ($60.) and membership ($25.) [AFTER OCT. 15, THIS FEE RISES TO $95.00] $35.00 - Full-time student conference fee [AFTER OCT. 15, THIS FEE RISES TO $45.00] Please note: Conference fee includes continental breakfast, luncheon, directory of participants, conference materials. Membership includes LAANE Newsletters, Special Interest Groups. DIRECTIONS and ACCOMMODATIONS: The Northeastern Burlington Campus is off Route 128 (US 95). Get off at Exit 33A and follow South Bedford Street to the Northeastern Campus sign. Lodging is available near the Conference. Please call the following for rates and reservations: Days Inn Burlington Marriott 1 Wheeler Road Route 128 & 3A Burlington, MA 01803 Burlington, MA 01803 (617) 272-8800 (617) 229-6565 For a copy of the Conference brochure or more information about the Program, please contact Mary Leslie at the address below. This notice is being posted by Mary F. Leslie, University of Maine at Augusta (address below). Mary F. Leslie, Director of Developmental Skills University of Maine at Augusta 253 Augusta Civic Center 46 University Drive Augusta, ME 04330-4910 (207) 621-3151 [log in to unmask] http://www.uma.maine.edu