JAPANESE STUDENTS TO LEARN AT TWU
TWU STUDENTS DANCE FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AT TWU: Feb. 23-March 7, 2004
Volume 26, Number 11, Feb. 23-March 7, 2004
JAPANESE STUDENTS TO LEARN AT TWU
Thirty-three students and two professors from Mukogawa Women’s University in Japan will spend two weeks, beginning Feb. 27, at TWU learning English and absorbing American culture as part of the Living America Program.
During their stay, the students will spend their mornings in class and their afternoons practicing English with tutors. The students also will visit churches, shop at Stonebriar Mall in Frisco and the Galleria in Dallas, visit the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth and spend time with American families during their stay.
“The Living America Program at TWU has been popular with Japanese students for many years,” said Dr. Hugh Burns, chair of the TWU Department of English, Speech and Foreign Languages. “It’s always a pleasure to host them.”
After leaving Denton the students will visit Disney World in Orlando, Fla., before returning home.
Mukogawa Women’s University is located in Nishinomiya, Japan.
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TWU STUDENTS DANCE FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS
TWU students will take to the dance floor Friday, Feb. 27 to raise money for Children’s Medical Center in Dallas and Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth. The dance marathon will begin at noon in the Student Center.
Students participating in the event received pledges to stay on their feet for 12 hours. Games and other activities also are planned during the dance marathon to help students stay on their feet.
Money raised by the TWU students will help pay for high-tech radiology equipment
at Children’s Medical Center and an eight-bed cardiac intensive care unit
at Cook Children’s. The event is part of a Children’s Miracle Network
fundraiser.
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Hosting the event at TWU are the Helping Hands student organization, the TWU
Campus Activities Board and Sigma Lambda Alpha sorority.
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Career Services will hold its spring career day Thursday, Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Hubbard Hall South. More than 40 companies will participate. A listing of participating employers can be found at www.twu.edu/o-cs. For information, call 8-1-2950.
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Dr. John W. Flohr (music) was elected and took office as president of the Texas Music Educators Conference on Feb. 12 at the organization’s state music conference. He is also co-chair/past president of the Texas Coalition for Music Education and presented a research paper titled “International Society for Technology in Education and the National Educational Technology Standards – What the Music Educator Needs to Know” at its conference.
Dr. Bill Cissell (health studies) presented “U.S./Mexico
Border Initiatives In Education & Training of Providers of HIV/AIDS Care”
during the AIDS Education and Training Center Directors Meeting in Washington,
D.C., Feb. 4. Dr. Cissell has resumed the role of principal investigator of
the Texas Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need Project. He had served as
PI of the Texas Department of Health-funded project from July 1997 through August
2001.
Jillian Collins (COPE) is the recipient of the ASSET spring
2004 scholarship. She is working on her master of arts in teaching degree. ASSET
(Association of Service and Support Employees of Texas Woman’s University)
established its scholarship program in 1989.
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THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AT TWU: Feb. 23-March 7, 2004
Feb. 23-26
Mon., Feb. 23
Wed., Feb. 25
Thur., Feb. 26
Fri, Feb. 27
Sat., Feb. 28
Sun., Feb. 29
March 1-4
Fri., March 5
Sat., March 6
Sun., March 7