MEDIA CONTACT: Cara C. Perry

772-873-3339, ccarlton@fau.edu

FAU and Campus Corporate Partners to Host Celebration for Beginning Teachers

            PORT ST. LUCIE, FL (April 19, 2005)- Florida Atlantic University’s College of Education and FAU’s Treasure Coast Campus Corporate Partners will host a “Celebration of Excellence in Beginning Teaching” on Saturday, April 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at FAU’s Treasure Coast Campus, Port St. Lucie.  The program will begin in the campus library. The event honors FAU alumni and educators working in the Treasure Coast area.

           The keynote speaker for the event will be Kerri Ann Walukiewicz ’95, the 2005 Florida Department of Education Burdines/Macy’s Teacher of the Year and member of the FAU Alumni Hall of Fame.  Presentations will also be made by graduates of FAU’s Accelerated Induction into Teaching Program, recipients of the Outstanding First-Year Teaching Awards in St. Lucie County and FAU alumni who have been named Teachers of the Year in their respective schools and counties.

            For more information or to R.S.V.P., contact Dr. Mary Lou Goldberg at 772-873-3352 or mgoldber@fau.edu .

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