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Feb. 22, 2008

Antioch Seattle's Horace Mann Awards March 27

State Sen. Paull Shin (D-Edmonds) is keynote speaker for the fifth annual Horace Mann Awards from 5:30 to 8 p.m., March 27. The dinner event, a benefit for the Antioch University Seattle Scholarship Endowment, will be at Seattle Center's McCaw Hall. 

Those to be honored with prestigious Horace Mann Awards for their victories for humanity are:

Tracy Rector, executive director of the award-winning Longhouse Media/Native Lens program, which introduces Native American youth to the art of writing and filmmaking

Larry Hobbs, an Antioch alumnus who has reached more than 15,000 adult learners in pursuit of a systemic approach to sustainable life on the planet

Christie Kaaland, an Antioch educator who devotes her energies to Washington's school libraries and those who staff them

Candiss Eickelmann, an Antioch staffer whose volunteer efforts with the Women's Education Project for homeless and formerly homeless women are key to its success

Tickets are $100 per person, $75 for Antioch alumni and students. March 20 is the deadline to reserve seats for this public event. Call 206-268-4114 for reservations. To learn more about the Horace Mann Awards and see videos of the award recipients, visit http://www.antiochseattle.edu/about/mann_awards.html.

About Antioch
At Antioch University Seattle, adult learners find innovative, individualized programs with a commitment not only to academic excellence, but also to community service and social justice. Antioch is an accredited university in downtown Seattle. You'll find numerous master's degrees, a B.A. completion program in liberal studies, a doctorate in clinical psychology plus teaching and other certificates.

Antioch was founded in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Horace Mann, noted abolitionist and first president of Antioch College, gave a charge to the class of 1859 that is repeated to each Antioch graduating class: "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."

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