The Michigan Education Policy Fellowship Program and The Education Policy Center at Michigan State University are pleased to invite you to the Annual EPFP Alumni Seminar on Thursday, May 22, 2003, at the MSU Kellogg Conference and Hotel Center, Big Ten Room C.

Agenda

8:30 a.m. Registration

9:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions, Dan Schultz, Co-Coordinator, Michigan EPFP

David Plank, Co-Director, The Education Policy Center at MSU

9:45 a.m. Setting the Policy Context, David Plank

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Introduction of Speaker: Jacquelyn Thompson, Co-Coordinator, Michigan EPFP
Keynote Address: Nannette Bowler, Director, Michigan Family Independence Agency

11:45 a.m. Recognition & Presentation of the Institute for Educational Leadership's 2003 National Leadership Awards to:

· Nannette Bowler (EPFP 1992-93) Director, Michigan Family Independence Agency

· Barbara Markle (EPFP 1993-94) Director, Office of K-12 Outreach,

College of Education, Michigan State University

· Jacquelyn Thompson (EPFP 1992-93), Director of Special Education & Early Intervention Services, Michigan Department of Education

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Introduction of Speaker: Argelio "Ben" Perez, Co-Coordinator, Michigan EPFP
Keynote Address: David Hollister, Director, Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services

2:30 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. Discussion: The New Policy Landscape & Implications for the Future

4:00 p.m. Alumni Reception (Cash Bar)

6:00 p.m. Adjourn