Bob and Juanita Raines

Bob and Juanita Raines
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Professors Bob and Juanita Raines, whom many of you will remember, are retired from Emory & Henry. Dr. Bob Raines will be honored at this year's Annual Education Forum at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center at Exit 14 in Abingdon for his many contributions to education in southwest Virginia and for his role in creating the Annual Education Forum eignteen years ago.

Be sure to register for the Forum so that you will be counted in attendance and to help us plan for seating and refreshments! The Forum is April 11th, with events beginning at 3:00 in the afternoon and the main event (Lyceum event) at 6:00 p.m.

Education Forum coming up in April

The Forum on April 11 will be important for a couple of reasons:

• We have Mary Abouzeid as our keynote speaker. She will be talking about Reading First in Virginia, a topic that will be of interest to all Virginia educators, especially to teachers in elementary grades.


• We will be honoring Dr. Bob Raines who recently retired from the Emory & Henry faculty in teacher education. Dr. Raines is the person who essentially created the Forum, and he has been an important figure in education in southwest Virginia for forty years.

There is a link on the Forum webpage for you to share your messages, anecdotes, stories, photos, and notes about Dr. Raines. When you use this link, you will be sending your information to Sarah Williams, who will post these to the web page.

As usual, the SVEA will be hosting the event, so you will be receiving information on that at your next meeting.