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March 28, 2008

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8:30				Opening Remarks, Lysa Hagan, CEO, Stephen F. Austin State University Charter School
				Welcome by Dr. Richard Berry, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Stephen F. Austin State University
				Greetings from Dr. Baker Pattillo, President, Stephen F. Austin State University
				Speaker, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, Texas Congressional District 1, “The Role of Congress in Rural Education”
				Letter from President George W. Bush, “The Importance of Education in America”
				Speaker, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Senator, “Meeting the Education Needs of Children and Families in Rural America” (video)
				Speaker, Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education, “A National Rural Education Dialogue” (video)
				Speaker, Dr. Michelle Chin, Education Policy Advisor, Office of U.S. Texas Senator John Cornyn, “Rural Education in America”
				Speaker, Dr. Rachel Tompkins, President, The Rural School and Community Trust, “Why Rural Matters”
10:45				Break
11:00				Dialogue I “Rural Education: P-12 Perspectives” (Panelists: Mary Kusler, Assistant Director of Government Relations, American Association of School Administrators; Larry Bradley, President, National Association of Secondary School Principals; Seth Adams, President, National Rural Education Association; Susan Luinstra, Teacher of the Year, National Rural Education Association)
12:00				Lunch
1:00				Speaker, Frank Cantu, Field Director, Health Resources and Services Administration, “Rural Initiatives within the Departments of Education, Agriculture, Health and Human Services and Other Federal Agencies”
1:30				Dr. Rachel Tompkins, “Responding to Rural Education Challenges”
2:00				Break
2:15				Dialogue II “University Initiatives in Supporting Rural Education” (Panelists: Dr. Christine Ormsbee, Associate Dean, College of Education, Oklahoma State University representing the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; Dr. Lynn Vernon-Feagans, Co-Director, The National Research Center on Rural Education Support, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dr. Robert Hall, Chair of Education Leadership, Western Illinois University; Dr. John E. Jacobson, Dean, James I. Perkins College of Education, Stephen F. Austin State University)
3:00				Closing comments from Dr. John Jacobson and Lysa Hagan
3:15				Adjourn

Presenters

Adams, Seth
President of the National Rural Education Association

Berry, Dr. Richard
Provost and Vice-President of Academic Affairs,
Stephen F. Austin State University

Bradley, Larry
President, National Association of Secondary School Principals

Bush, President George W.
President of the United States

Cantu, Frank
Field Director, Division of Border Health, HRSA

Chin, Michelle
Office of Senator John Cornyn

Cornyn, John
U.S. Senator, Texas

Gohmert, Louie
U.S. Representative, Texas, District One

Hagan, Lysa
Director, Stephen F. Austin State University Charter School

Hall, Dr. Robert
Chair of Education Leadership, Western Illinois University

Hutchison, Kay Bailey
U. S. Senator, Texas

Jacobson, Dr. John
Dean, James I. Perkins College of Education, Stephen F. Austin State University

Kusler, Mary
Assistant Director of Government Relations, American Association of School
Administrators

Luinstra, Susan
Teacher of the Year, National Rural Education Association
Teton County, MT

Patillo, Dr. Baker
President, Stephen F. Austin State University

Ormsbee, Dr. Christine
Associate Dean, Oklahoma State University

Spellings, Margaret
U.S. Secretary of Education

Tompkins, Dr. Rachel
President, The Rural School and Community Trust

Vernon-Feagans, Dr. Lynn
Co-Director, The National Research Center on Rural Education Support,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill