BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Central Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261002T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261002T090000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:2026 - Workforce Week State of Education DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick off the new school year with an update on the state of both public K-12 education and higher education in McLean County\, presented by Regional Office of Education #17! Attendees will hear directly from local superintendents and university presidents as they share successes\, discuss challenges ahead\, and explore new ways to strengthen collaboration between business and education.Schedule:7:00 AM | Breakfast & Networking \n\n7:30 9:00 AM | Panel Discussion \n Panelists:Bryce Hanson Bloomington Career AcademyDr. Mouser District 87Dr. Weikle Unit 5Jeff Baughman -- LeRoy CUSD #2President Keith Cornille - Heartland Community CollegePresident Andover Tarhule - Illinois State UniversityPresident Sheahan Zenger - Illinois Wesleyan UniversityEducation leaders are eager to celebrate recent accomplishments\, grow partnerships with the business community\, and work together to identify opportunities that support continued academic excellence.Please note\, food and beverage is NOT allowed in the auditorium. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us as we kick off the new school year with an update on the state of both public K-12 education and higher education in McLean County\, presented by Regional Office of Education #17! \;

Attendees will hear directly from local superintendents and university presidents as they share successes\, discuss challenges ahead\, and explore new ways to strengthen collaboration between business and education.

Schedule:

7:00 AM | \; \;  \;  \;  \; \;Breakfast &\; Networking \;

7:30 &ndash\; 9:00 \;AM | Panel Discussion \;
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Panelists:

Education leaders are eager to celebrate recent accomplishments\, grow partnerships with the business community\, and work together to identify opportunities that support continued academic excellence.

Please note\, food and beverage is NOT allowed in the auditorium.

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