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Capital Area Writing Project sponsors WordFest 2008

WordFest 2008, an evening conference for educators in kindergarten through college, comes to the Capital Area Intermediate Unit in Summerdale from 5 to 8:30 p.m. October 23.

Designed to celebrate teachers helping others as they write and teach writing, the event is sponsored by the Capital Area Writing Project headquartered at Penn State Harrisburg. WordFest is free and open to all educators and writers.

‘Busy’ is an understatement for education major Megan Kopp

To say Middletown resident Megan Kopp was “busy” would be an understatement.

Married and expecting her first child on Christmas Day, excelling in a demanding major at Penn State Harrisburg, student teaching, and a member of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, Megan “hasn’t had a day off in four years. ” But she adds, “It’s all been worth it.”

Heard on campus – the lessons of the Little Rock Nine

A smile covered the face of Minniejean Brown Trickey as she said, “History is not dead as long as I am alive.”

With that direct statement, Trickey framed her presentation to more than 150 assembled in Penn State Harrisburg’s Student Center as she profiled the historic events in Little Rock, Ark. more than 50 years ago.

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