Auditions for V-Day 2007

Auditions will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, and at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Martin Hall for the 2007 benefit production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, part of the V-Day Worldwide Campaign. The goal of V-Day is to raise awareness to stop violence against women and girls, and locally, to raise funds for The Battered Women’s Foundation (http://www.bwf1.com) and V-Day Spotlight. The performance will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17, 2007, in Martin Hall.

     Scripts for the audition and more information are available at http://www.vdayfortworth.com/2007/auditions.html. Please contact Layne Calabro at (817) 925-1339 or vdayfortworth@hotmail.com if you have any questions. Sponsored by the Firehouse Art Gallery and Delta Theta Tau Sorority Inc., Xi Omega Chapter.

Discount Tickets to Holiday Performances

Student Life is looking at getting discount tickets to the following Christmas Performances. Please let Jenny Houze know as soon as possible if you are interested in attending any of these events. Contact Jenny at (817) 531-4872 or email her here.

Toy Drive for Children in Mexico

The Interested Ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. are hosting a toy drive; all items will be donted to children in Mexico ages 1 month to 15 years old. Look for the boxes throughout campus and drop your donation there by Dec. 6, including items such as toys, clothes, shoes (all new or used in good condition), and blankets. For more information, contact Yuridia Valenzuela at (817) 298-0268 or yevalenzuela@mail.txwes.edu, or visit www.myspace.com/mexicotoydrive.

Bear Hunt: Donate a Teddy Bear

The School of Arts and Sciences is collecting new toy bears for the Fort Worth Police Department East Division. Officers use the bears with children in crisis situations. Deliver captured bears to the Dean's Office, PUMC #256, by Thursday, Dec. 7. Contact Trisha at (817) 531-4247 if you have any questions.

Thirty-Seventh Annual Omega Chi Christmas Party: Donations Needed

The Thirty-Seventh Annual Omega Chi Christmas party for underprivileged children is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13. This has become a very important and worthy tradition on our campus—one that needs your support in order to continue. For some children in the Polytechnic community this may be the only Christmas party they will have and the only gifts they will receive. Your help is needed to support the children.

     A list of names of about 100 needy or underprivileged children from the Polytechnic area, ranging in age from four to twelve, has been obtained from the Community Center. Omega Chi will assign names from this list to participating sponsors. Sponsors will act alone or in teams. If you cannot afford to sponsor a child by yourself, find a friend to help sponsor along with you. The Sponsors are asked to do the following:

Please send your name, phone number, email address, and mailing address to Jesse Sowell via email or deliver to PUMC 308. Omega Chi will get you the information on your child as soon as possible.  Contact Jesse Sowell at (817) 531-4914 with any questions.

Christmas Gifts for Meals on Wheels Clients

This holiday season, the West Library is once again collecting Christmas gifts for Meals on Wheels clients. If you would like to participate:

1. Come by the library and select a name from the Christmas tree on the first floor.
2. Purchase the gift listed on the card.
3. Wrap the gift (optional).
4. Attach the tag to the gift.
5. Bring the wrapped gift to the Circulation Desk before Wednesday, Dec. 6.

     Examples of gifts include blankets, pajamas, disposable cameras, robes, and thermal underwear. If you should have any questions, please contact Sheri Parker at (817) 531-4821.

100% Passage Rate for First Graduating Class of Professional Counseling Program

Texas Wesleyan’s first graduating class (August 2006) in the M.A. in Professional Counseling program had a 100% passage rate for the National Counseling Exam (NCE) to obtain their LPC licensure. Because this is a national certification, these individuals can now practice in any state in the U.S. A quarter of these students have already been accepted in Ph.D. programs at nearby universities.

     The counseling program has grown each year; future plans include two new faculty members at the Burleson site in June 2007 when the counseling program begins offering classes there.

Bookstore Closing for Renovation

On Friday, Nov. 17, the Texas Wesleyan Bookstore closed for renovation. There will be a mini-store set up in the hallway, for scantrons and other essentials, though the end of renovations (Dec. 7). The mini-store will also be buying back textbooks. Thank you for your patience during this process. Mini-store hours for Nov. 20 through Dec. 7 are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Alumna Featured in Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Hilda Valencia Hagar, MEd '05, was featured in the Sunday, Nov. 18, northeast edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Valencia Hagar came to the United States from Colombia as a second-grader, and is now assistant principal at Binion Elementary School. She is a "living role model" for the nearly 40% of Binion students who are bilingual or learning English. Read her story here. For more about Valencia Hagar, click here to see an interview filmed by Richard Massey, media coordinator at Texas Wesleyan.

Alumna Appointed Managing Director of Westpost Country Playhouse  

Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, BA '93, will join Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, CT, as managing director in early December. Schoenbrun Carter will be responsible for overseeing development, marketing, finance and general operations, and guiding the strategic thinking for the organization’s future. Schoenbrun Carter has been general manager for several of off-Broadway’s most-acclaimed shows including the original productions of Wit, Fully Committed, and Avenue Q, as well as recent revivals of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, John Guare’s Landscape of the Body, and August Wilson’s Seven Guitars.   

    Schoenbrun Carter most recently worked with the award-winning Signature Theatre Company where she was both the general manager and transition and capital projects director. In addition to traditional general management duties, she was responsible for Signature’s strategic business plan for a performing arts center located at the redeveloped World Trade Center site.