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UNC-CH School of Education sponsors women educators' forum

CHAPEL HILL -- Do women educators invest energy in issues and projects different from those of their male counterparts? Are there female and male models of administration?

These questions and others will be the focus of a dialogue and brunch from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 9 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education.

The event, free and open to the public in 202 Peabody Hall, also will examine whether female and male educators differ in dealing with personnel, setting policy, building community relations and providing instructional leadership.

Dr. Madeleine R. Grumet, education school dean, will open the session with an address on "Opportunities and Ironies for Women in Education." Dr. Catherine Marshall, UNC-CH professor of educational leadership, will speak on "Viewing Women Administrators."

Panelists from North Carolina school districts, who will lead a dialogue on women in education, will be Teresa Davis of Chatham County, Anne Deegan of Wake County, Ann Hart of Catawba County, Susan Helmer of Chatham County and Kathryn Meyers and Susan Wynn of Durham County.

The program is supported by the Frances C. and William P. Smallwood Foundation of Fort Worth, Texas, which also provides fellowships for selected first-year students in the school's doctoral program in educational leadership. Forum panelists Davis and Wynn were 1999-2000 Smallwood Fellows.

Although there is no charge for the event, pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Sheila Wolfe at 919-843-6979 or wolfes@email.unc.edu.

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