The MERC Education Career Fair is an annual premier recruiting event, organized by the Massachusetts Educational Recruiting Consortium, dedicated to facilitating the hiring process in education and related fields. This partnership between higher education and school personnel from across the country produces one of the finest annual recruiting events of its kind. In our 44th year, this event is considered one of the best in show!The Consortium, made up of representatives from colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts. MERC strives to ensure that employers recognize the diversity of candidates, striving to select the best candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital and parental status, military status, and disability or physical appearance.

Registration is strongly suggested to create a simpler check in process during the Fair. Please confirm eligibility requirements and fees PRIOR to registration. Visit http://www.merccareerfair.com and click ‘Candidate Registration’ to register.
Candidate Eligibility: The fair is open to candidates in education and related fields (administration, school counseling/psychology, occupational therapy, social work, speech language, etc.)
MERC member candidates: Candidates from MERC member institutions may attend the event for free.
Non-member candidates: Candidates from non-member institutions are permitted to attend as long as they meet the education requirements above. The fee for non-member candidates to attend is $10.00, cash only, to be paid during check-in.

In an ideal world, you'd be able to visit every graduate school you were interested in. You'd see the campus and get your questions answered.
Since that isn't always possible, we have the solution: virtual fairs. Not familiar with virtual fairs? They're an easy way to connect with schools right from your computer or phone.
You can visit each program's "room" to have direct access to faculty, staff, and current students. Learn more about the 35+ participating Education graduate school programs, get application tips, and find out about admission http://requirements.The best part? It's FREE!
You can register at: https://www.careereco.com/Fair/EventDetails?fairId=0be200d5-77b9-4b42-a168-a84201107074

"Toxic Ivory Towers: The Health Consequences of Work Stress on the Health of Underrepresented Minority Faculty," a talk by Ruth Zambrana, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine.

Zambrana's scholarship applies a critical intersectional lens to structural inequality and racial, Hispanic ethnicity, and gender inequities in population health and higher education trajectories.

Neag School of Education's Center for Education Policy Analysis is hosting a CEPA Speaker Series.

The April 19 CEPA Speaker Series features Beth Schueler from Harvard University who will speak on "A Third Way: The Politics of School District Takeover and Turnaround in Lawrence, Massachusetts."

RSVP by April 18 at http://s.uconn.edu/CEPA

Each year, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress holds a reading and writing contest known as Letters About Literature for students in grades 4-12.

Students are asked to read a book, poem, or speech and write a letter to that author (living or dead) about how the text affected them personally. Letters are judged on the state and national levels. Tens of thousands of students from across the country enter Letters About Literature each year.

Nine winners will be honored at the State Capitol in April.