“the gods bring threads to webs begun”: african-americans
“the gods bring threads to webs begun”: african-americans
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GRADUATE STUDENT SESSIONS. The OAH has put <strong>to</strong>gether several sessions<br />
which will be of particular interest <strong>to</strong> graduate students. Friday, April 23—Curriculum<br />
Vitae Workshop: What Do Institutions Want from Graduate Students?-page 53; What<br />
Community College His<strong>to</strong>rians Do: Careers in Two-Year Colleges-page 64. Saturday,<br />
April 24—The Art of the Lecture-page 73; Graduate Students and the OAH-page 85;<br />
Part-Time Teaching and the State of the Profession-page 96. Graduate Student Sessions<br />
are denoted by the symbol GS<br />
throughout the Program.<br />
FOCUS ON TEACHING DAY. Sessions on the 1999 program specifically related <strong>to</strong><br />
the teaching of American his<strong>to</strong>ry at the middle and high school levels are part of the<br />
Sixteenth Annual Focus on Teaching Day, Saturday, April 24. Focus on Teaching Day<br />
registration includes attendance at OAH sessions on that day as well as admittance in<strong>to</strong><br />
the Exhibit Hall. For information check out the OAH web site (www.indiana.edu/~oah)<br />
or contact OAH Preregistration Coordina<strong>to</strong>r Amy Stark, OAH, 112 North Bryan Avenue,<br />
Blooming<strong>to</strong>n, IN 47408-4199; e-mail amy@oah.org; or telephone 812-855-7311.<br />
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SESSION. A session entitled “The Joint AHA-OAH<br />
Publication Community College His<strong>to</strong>rians in the United States: A Status Report from the<br />
OAH Committee on Community Colleges” will be held Saturday, April 24, at 1:00 p.m.<br />
The session will discuss the new report and will feature Nadine Hata, as modera<strong>to</strong>r, and<br />
panelists James Lorence, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County; David Mock,<br />
Tallahassee Community College; George Stevens, Dutchess Community College; David<br />
Trask, Guilford Technical Community College; and Charles Zappia, San Diego Mesa<br />
College.<br />
INFORMAL SESSIONS AND OTHER MEETINGS. The OAH program will use<br />
nearly all the meeting space in the Shera<strong>to</strong>n Centre Toron<strong>to</strong> during the morning and<br />
afternoon session periods. Groups that wish <strong>to</strong> hold informal sessions, committee<br />
meetings, meal functions, reunions, etc., should select times that will not conflict with<br />
sessions already listed in the Program. Limited space might also be available during the<br />
noon hours. For information on scheduling these activities contact Sheri L. Sherrill,<br />
Convention Manager, OAH, 112 North Bryan Avenue, Blooming<strong>to</strong>n, IN 47408-4199;<br />
812-855-9853; sheri@oah.org. If requested, functions open <strong>to</strong> the public may be listed<br />
in the Pocket Program, which is distributed <strong>to</strong> all registrants at the Annual Meeting.<br />
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