English Education Reunion June 22 - 24, 2007 ·Registration ·Professional Development ·Social Events ·Accommodations ·Around Iowa City ·Additional Resources
Professional Development Free Licensure Renewal Course Amy Shoultz (MA ‘90, PhD ‘02), clinical assistant professor in English Education, will lead a three-day AEA Professional Development Program designed for practicing teachers of English at the junior/middle/senior high school level. The program will discuss the current trends in the teaching of literacy and will provide participants an opportunity to explore ways reading and writing can be enhanced in the 21st century. Topics to be discussed include: critical literacy, reading instruction, media literacy, technology, and the teaching of writing. For course objectives and course content, click here Participants will earn 1.0 credit toward licensure renewal at no cost. Limited seating available—register early.
Participants must attend all sessions to receive licensure renewal credit.
Iowa Summer Writing Festival Iowa City and The University of Iowa have long been a haven for writers. The University is the home of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the Nonfiction Writing Program, the Playwrights Workshop, the Translation Program, the International Writing Program, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, The Iowa Review, the Iowa Center for the Book, The University of Iowa Press, and WSUI’s Live from Prairie Lights. In recent years, Iowa City dedicated the Iowa Avenue Literary Walk, which celebrates, in bronze relief panels, some of the singular voices that have come together here, from Flannery O’Connor and Kurt Vonnegut to John Irving and James Tate. Everything here is closely observed—now, even the sidewalks. The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is an opportunity for you to share your work in a community that wishes it well. It’s a long conversation we’ve been having in Iowa City. We invite you to pull up a chair. Visit www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/iswfest/ to learn more about available sessions and to register for the Festival.
Friday, June 22 Welcome Reception Kick off the reunion weekend at the Welcome Reception in the Iowa Memorial Union. Enjoy the newly renovated Terrace Patio with its beautiful river views and reconnect with former classmates. Saturday, June 23 Reunion Lunch Lunch is open to everyone. It conveniently takes place during the professional development programming class and Iowa Summer Writing Festival lunch breaks. Join fellow alums and make plans for the evening.
Participants are responsible for their own accommodations, but for your convenience rooms have been reserved at the Iowa House Hotel, located in the Iowa Memorial Union. Interested participants should contact the hotel directly: Iowa House Hotel Sheraton 210 S. Dubuque St. 337-4058 Hotel Vetro 201 S. Linn St. 337-4961 Brown Street Inn 430 Brown St. 338-0435 Golden Haug Bed and Breakfast 517 E. Washington St. 354-4284 Bostick Guest House 115 N. Gilbert St. 354-2453
Theater: The Riverside Theatre will host its annual summer Shakespeare Festival at City Park during the reunion weekend. The festival will feature the Merry Wives of Windsor and King Lear. For show times and ticket prices, call 319-338-7672 or visit www.riversidetheatre.org. Old Creamery Theatre in Amana will be showing “I Hate Hamlet” at the Price Creak Main Stage. Show times are 3 p.m. Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets cost $24 for adults, $11 for those under 30, and Saturday matinees are $20. For more information, call 319-622-6194 or 800-35AMANA or visit www.oldcreamery.com.
Other area live performance venues: The Englert Theatre 221 E. Washington Street, Iowa City 688-2653 Hancher Auditorium Iowa City Community Theatre Johnson County 4-H Fairgrounds, 4265 Oak Crest Hill Road SE, Iowa City 338-0442 www.iowacitycommunitytheatre.com Friday night free concert series www.culturalcorridor.org/calendar_details.asp?R=170305
Museums:
The Heritage Museum of Johnson County The 1876 Old Coralville Public School, 310 5th Street, Coralville 351-5738 Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Old Capitol Museum 24 Old Capitol, Iowa City Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Thursday & Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday. UI Art Museum www.uiowa.edu/uima www.culturalcorridor.org/calendar_details.asp?R=172673
Iowa City/Coralville Visitors and Convention Bureau www.iowacitycoralville.org/
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