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Do you volunteer and find you benefit as much as or more than anyone?</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>While volunteering can help create positive change in your community, the personal benefits are many! Volunteering can build your skills and your resume; build connections and friendships; and bring fun and fulfillment to your life.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join Seminars@Hadley as our panel discusses how volunteering has enhanced their own lives while benefiting others and their community. Panelists include Hadley colleagues Sharon Howerton, Patti Jacobson, and Colleen Wunderlich. Ideas for stepping out and stepping up will be shared!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><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.</span> <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=728913&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D238"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Register for Volunteering in Your Community on July 23.</span></a><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> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p><a name=2></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seminars@Hadley Presents: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An Insider's Overview of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tuesday, July 29, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10:00 AM CDT, 15:00 GMT</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are you aware that the United Nations recently held a convention on the global issue of the rights of persons with disabilities? Would you like to hear a first-hand account of the proceedings and learn more about the perspectives of the United States delegation?</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join Seminars@Hadley as Dr. Christie Gilson, noted academic and fifteen-year veteran of the disabilities rights movement, shares her story of being one of the U.S. delegates to the United Nations Convention.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><p><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=728913&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D239"> Register for an Overview of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on July 29.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><a name=3></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Spring into Braille Reading Winners</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>162 students read a combined total of over 170,000 pages in the 2014 Spring into Braille Reading drawing. First place winner of a braille Scrabble game and a $50 gift certificate to The Braille Superstore was Annely Rose. Nicole Hugues, Jill O’Connell, Angela Randall and Jamie Taylor each received a $50 gift certificate to The Braille Superstore. All participants earned a Certificate of Participation.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Congratulations to our Spring into Braille readers! </span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p><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=728913&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 style='margin-left:64.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subscribe to Seminars@Hadley Podcasts! </span></strong><span 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