Announcing:  the anxiously awaited NERALLD Spring Meeting!!!

As mentioned in our last newsletter, the Neralld Spring Meeting will be held 
on Friday, April 26, 1996 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, 
Massachusetts.  Our host will be Curt Broderick..  The program topic will be 
"Approaches to Self Instruction" and will include an expert panel of both 
Neralld members and non-members. The panel will address topics ranging 
from the philosophical basis to the psychology of self instruction and will offer 
examples of some of the methods used at their respective institutions.  As 
always there will be plenty of time allotted for informal networking, and 
discussion on the latest developments at our member institutions.  Make sure 
to get there early to mingle with old friends and to meet new  ones.  Lunch 
(menu below) is available at a charge of $5.50 per person.  If you intend to 
eat, you must notify Curt by phone or e-mail no later than April 18.  Checks 
should be made out to Holy Cross College, and may be brought with you on 
the 26th.  You can RSVP to Curt at:  (508)793-3797 or 
broderick@holycross.edu

Meeting Agenda (see also:  http://mrc.holycross.edu):
      8:30am - 9:15am:  Coffee/tea, Networking [Stein Hall room 102]
      9:15am - 9:45am:  Multimedia Resource Center (MRC) tour
                                    [SteinHall room 324]
      10:00am - 12pm:  Panel "Approaches to Sellf Instruction in
                                   Language Learning"  [Stein Hall room 103]
Panelists:  Rosa Volpe, Director, Self-Paced Language Programs, Holy Cross
                   Dick House, Director, Language Laboratory, Marlboro College
                   Michael Nieckoski, Director, Educational Tecnology Dept.,
                                            School for International Training
                   Debra Weisenthal, Language Program Coordinator, 
                                            School for International Training
      12:15pm - 1:30pm:  Lunch [Hogan Conference Center room 320]
            Lunch specifics:
                  Cost: $5.50  Table service (not buffet) round tables of 8 people
                  Menu:  Cream of Broccoli Soup
                              Half sandwich each: Tuna, Smoked Turkey w/Havarti
                              Pasta Salad
                              Ripple Potato chips
                              Seasonal Fruits and berries.
                              Coffee, tea, or milk included.
      1:30pm - 3:00pm:  Business Meeting [Hogan Conference Center room 320]
      4:00pm - 5:00pm:  Additional MRC tours for people who didn't make the
                                   morning tour [Stein Hall Room 324]

Announcements:
Wanted:  Ideas for topics for our Fall meeting, please donÕt leave these at 
home when you come to Holy Cross!

Wanted:  Volunteers to host our Fall meting.  Our pattern has been to hold 
Spring meetings in the Metro Boston area and our Fall meetings anywhere 
else, and we LOVE to go anyplace weÕve never been.  Please consider hosting 
a meeting.

Thanks to Michael Nieckoski for doing a great job creating the Neralld 
home page at: http://www.marlboro.edu/~neralld/ !

IALL planning council in Victoria in June:
Since Beth will be unable to attend, a substitute representative must be 
selected.  Please consider people, including yourself, whom you would like to 
see representing Neralld on the council.  Also, since the planning of the IALL 
conference is such a mammoth task, additional hands and minds are always 
needed.  You may volunteer, and even specify the level of assistance you are 
able to give, by submitting your name to our representative at the meeting.

Directions - From I-290- get off at the 'College Square' Exit.  Go up 
to the top of the hill (College St.) as indicated on the map.  You can 
find the map at the mrc website-http://mrc.holycross.edu, or you 
may contact Curt directly for instruction on where to go once you 
reach campus Park behind the Hogan Center.