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Seminars@Hadley is presenting the fifth of its quarterly series of seminars designed for you. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced user, this seminar series will fit your needs.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join Seminars@Hadley as Hadley instructor and iDevice trainer Douglas Walker offers tips and training on:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Checking the weather</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Setting and alarm</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Using the Voice Memos App</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Using the timer</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Larry Muffett, a member of Hadley's Seminars team, will moderate this 60-minute seminar. A question and answer session will be included as part of the seminar.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This seminar is an audio presentation. Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know you are available to attend so that others are not closed out. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=702159&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D223">Register for for iFocus 5 on February 26.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:64.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name=2></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seminars@Hadley Presents: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Soft Skills: The Missing Link In Contemporary Education Curricula: Part I</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, March 5, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2:00 PM CST, 20:00 GMT</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Independence and community integration are the primary objectives for teachers, schools and agencies serving the blind. Yet the skills most essential to achieve these life goals seem intangible and ill-defined. Join us as we give structure to the concept of soft skills and present its implications for the future of education.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join Seminars@Hadley as Robert Schulenberg, program manager for Junior Blind, and Caleb Van Den Cline, manager of Employment Services for Lions Center for the Blind, present on soft skills and their importance in education and in the workplace.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Colleen Wunderlich, Hadley’s director of the Forsythe Center for Employment and Entrepreneurship, will moderate this 60-minute seminar. A question and answer session will be included as part of the seminar.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This seminar is an audio presentation. Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know you are available to attend so that others are not closed out. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=702159&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D220">Register for Soft Skills: The Missing Link In Contemporary Education Curricula: Part I on March 5.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name=3></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hadley Instructor Receives IAER “Excellence in Education” Award</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hadley’s very own Donna Hernandez has been named this year’s recipient of the Illinois AER “Excellence In Education” award. She was recognized for her contributions to the field of education for individuals who are blind or visually impaired during the IAER annual conference held on February 13 and 14, 2014. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=702159&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hadley.edu%2FPR_detail.asp%3Ft%3D20140213-Hernandez-2014-IAER-Award">Read more.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mark Your Calendars! </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=702159&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarUpcomings.asp">Complete list of tentatively scheduled future seminars</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote 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