Nov 182008
to Dr. Kay Hamlin, an assistant professor and coordinator of distance learning in the Birth – Kindergarten program in the School of Education and Human Performance, who was named to the Yadkin Valley Economic Development District, Inc. (YVEDDI) Board. YVEDDI is a community action program that serves Yadkin, Surry, Davie and Stokes counties. Her seat on the board is mandated by the reauthorization of Head Start, a national program for families of young children, which started in 1965 to help eliminate the cycle of poverty. The mandated reauthorization requires that an Early Childhood specialist be included as a member of all local boards of directors which serve Head Start programs across the nation.

