Announcing the Townsend Press Reading Scholarship Program

Townsend Press is offering cash scholarships to developmental college students who read a number of paperback books during the current semester. To be eligible, a student must be enrolled as a full or part-time student at a two or four year college. The student must also be taking a developmental course in reading. (ESL courses do not apply.) The books must be read by the end of the current semester and no later than six months after the start of the contest.

Steps to join this program.

• Go to the GCC Library Media Center and check out one of the Townsend Press paperback books in the Literacy Library. Use the following url to search for Townsend Press titles  http://lib.gccaz.edu/lmc/collections/literacy/index.html or use this link to browse all Townsend titles (including the popular Bluford Series - if you want to view only Bluford titles, delete "Townsend or" from the search box).
• Read the book.  If you take up reading the Bluford Series, please know that reading them in order is best (characters reappear throughout the books).  Here is the list of Bluford titles in order.
• Contact one of the TP Reading Program monitors (Book Buddy).
• Meet with the monitor and discuss the book you have read to verify that you have read the book.  Your name and book will be recorded.
• Check out another book. 
• Repeat the steps above.

Awards

• Ten books completed - $ 100
• Twenty books completed - $ 200
• Thirty books completed - $ 300

Here are the Townsend Press Reading Program Book Buddies :

Book Buddy	Contact Information	Photo
David Nelson	Times of Availability:  Mondays - Thursdays from 8:00-9:00 am.  Or call for an appointment. My office is located in HT2 114, along the south wall of the lower level. English Faculty (623) 845-4775 HT2-114 david.nelson@gcmail.maricopa.edu
Mark Floor	Times of Availability:  Usually Tuesdays from 2:00-3:00 pm & Thursdays from 2:00-3:00 pm. Or call for an appointment.  Ask for Mark at the Library Media Center Information desk; or visit his office (L-144), which is directly across from the Circulation desk, next to the hallway that leads to the restrooms (bottom left corner on this map). Librarian Faculty (623) 845-3165 L-144 mark.floor@gcmail.maricopa.edu
Dave Gallett	Times of Availability:  Monday, Wednesday, & Friday up till noontime Monday, Wednesday, & Friday from 8:00-noon to call 623-845-3812 for an appointment, or e-mail david.gallett@gcmail.maricopa.edu. Glad to meet you anywhere on campus, the library, the Center for Learning, to name but two. Or we could go for a walk around campus and book talk. You call it. Active Retiree - Center for Learning (623) 845 3381 or (623) 845-3812 david.gallett@gcmail.maricopa.edu
Christine Moore	Times of Availability:  Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and (most) Fridays from 8:30-9:30 am OR call for an appointment Christine's door is always open, so come find it on the north side of the library between the current periodicals display and the Media desk (on this map, her office is the lower white box at the left of the blue Media Viewing Area).  Librarian Faculty (623) 845-3425 L-115 christine.moore@gcmail.maricopa.edu

Mary Jane Onnen	Times of Availability:  Mondays & Wednesdays & Fridays from 8:00 - 8:50 am and 11:00 - noon. Mary Jane's office is located in the 05 building (next to the 2-story Business building), and her office number is 150.  Drop by anytime during the hours listed above. Reading Faculty English Department, Chair (623) 845-3664 05-150 mary.jane.onnen@gcmail.maricopa.edu
Any RDG instructor	Any Reading instructor may volunteer to participate in this program.