Symposium on Early Childhood Education

November 8, 2012

ALBERT B. ALKEK LIBRARY

WITTLIFF COLLECTIONS GALLERY, 7TH FLOOR

Lady Bird Johnson Centennial

Symposium on Early Childhood Education

join us.

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Keynote Session

Albert B. Alkek Library Teaching Theater

Welcome

Dr. Eugene Bourgeois, Provost and Vice President for

Academic Affairs, Texas State University

Screening

A documentary film: Lady Bird Johnson & The Legacy

of Head Start

Remarks

Dr. Denise M. Trauth, President, Texas State University

Ms. Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of Lady Bird Johnson

Keynote

Ms. Vivian Gussin Paley, teacher, author and

MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant” recipient

“The Beginning of Community: A Nurturing Ground”

Closing

Dr. Bourgeois

“I do not ask the children to

stop thinking about play. Our

contract reads more like this: if

you will keep trying to explain

yourselves I will keep showing

you how to think about the

problems you need to solve.”

— Vivian Gussin Paley, Wally’s Stories, 1981

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Vivian Gussin Paley