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C-SC professor presents at international conference
Thursday, April 28, 2011

CANTON, Mo. -- Dr. Terry Sherer, Culver-Stockton College associate professor of education, recently presented “Choice, Access, Partnerships: Curbing the Summer Reading Gap” and a second presentation, “Rotary’s Worldwide Literacy Initiatives,” at the First Adolescent Literacy Summit in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

The summit attracted 450 participants from Canada and the United States to celebrate the United Nations’ Decade for Literacy. Dr. Sherer represented Culver-Stockton College’s ReadingPlus pilot initiative with Canton R-V and Lewis County C-1, the International Reading Association, and Rotary International, partners in implementing projects that meet the literacy needs of schools in their communities and around the world.

Barb Galassiere and Carol Hryniuk-Adamov, co-chairs of the MRA Adolescent Literacy Summit, wrote: “Many people commented in response to your recommendations for the improvement of adolescent literature and how generously you shared your insights and strategies with educators who attended the summit. Thank you to Culver-Stockton College and the Division of Education and Applied Arts for their support in sending you, as well. We urge you to consider submitting a written version of your presentation for an article to be shared with educators through The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (International Reading Association) and the Canadian journal of the Canadian Council of Teachers of Language Arts.”