[Reading-hall-of-fame] REMINDER: RHoFame nomination of new members due Friday, December 12, 2015

[Risko, Victoria J]

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From: Risko, Victoria J
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 2:39 PM
To: reading-hall-of-fame at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: RHoFame request for nomination of new members

Hi everyone,

I hope this note finds you well!

It is time to nominate new members to the Reading Hall of Fame.  Please email your nominations to me directly by Friday, December 12, 2014 at: victoria.j.risko at vanderbilt.edu   Please do not send your nominations to our group email address.

The deadline for nominations will allow us to complete the primary and final balloting in time to notify those elected so that they can make arrangements to attend the IRA convention and the Reading Hall of Fame meeting in St. Louis, Missouri in July 2015.

We will elect seven members; at least three will be International members.

The current Reading Hall of Fame membership list is attached.  A list of members who are deceased is available on the Reading Hall of Fame website.  (see website address below)

For your nominations:

1. Submit the name and affiliation of each person you are nominating and a 150 - word description of the nominee's contributions to the field.
2.  Our bylaws include the following criteria:

 - at least twenty-five years of active involvement in the field

- Reputation: widely known and respected by people in the profession.

- Contributions:
… authorship of publications, including reports of significant research;
… performance in positions of responsibility;
… preparation of leaders in the field through his/her teaching;

3. Nominee may be a person who is alive or deceased.

Thank you for your work on this.  If you have any questions, please contact me by email or phone (615-498-3739).

Best wishes to you and I look forward to hearing from you and moving forward with this nomination process,

Vicki

Secretary, Reading Hall of Fame


Professor Emerita, Language, Literacy, Culture
Vanderbilt University
2011-2012 President, International Reading Association
http://www.readinghalloffame.org/victoria-risko-inducted-2011
Co-author, Be THAT Teacher: Breaking the Cycle for Struggling Readers:Teachers College Press (Risko & Walker-Dalhouse, 2012)
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