Events Calendar

Fiesta Navideña - Tamale Sale, Salsa Dancing Lessons, Lecture

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) at Texas Wesleyan University will host a Fiesta Navideña during free period on Tuesday, Dec. 4, in the Sid Richardson gymnasium. There will be tamales, rice and beans for sale, as well as free salsa dancing lessons and a short lecture on the Mexican Posada.

The lecture on the Mexican Posada, a tradition during which Mary and Joseph's search for a room is reenacted, will begin at approximately 12:15 p.m. in the gym. The free salsa dancing lessons will follow the lecture.

     The Fiesta Navideña will raise money so that the Texas Wesleyan LULAC interest group can become an official LULAC council next semester. LULAC is the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the United States. LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide. The organization involves and serves all Hispanic nationality groups.

Book Signing: Grace & Gumption: Stories of Fort Worth Women

Brenda Taylor Matthews, professor of history at Texas Wesleyan, will sign copies of Grace & Gumption: Stories of Fort Worth Women during the annual TCU Press Autograph Extravaganza from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Building. Matthews has contributed a chapter about Our Lady of Victory for the book, which is a history anthology including artists, African-American women, children’s advocates, cowgirls, club women, entertainers, Hispanic women, Jewish women, journalists, nuns, philanthropists, pioneers, politicians, professional women, and temperance leaders. The Fort Worth Botanic Garden Building is located at 3220 Botanic Garden Drive, Fort Worth. The event is free and open to the public.

President Harold and Marie Jeffcoat cordially invite you and your family to the Texas Wesleyan Holiday Party, to be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Louella Baker Martin Pavilion on the historic campus, 1112 Wesleyan. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be there! Casual dress; parking is available. Please RSVP by Dec. 11 to (817) 531-4401.

Faculty/Staff Information Session Tuesday, Jan. 15

All faculty and staff from the main campus and law school should the Faculty/Staff Information Session to be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, in Martin Hall - Ann Waggoner Fine Arts Building on the historic campus.

Thirty-Eighth Annual Omega Chi Christmas Party: Donations Needed

The Thirty-Eighth Annual Omega Chi Christmas party for underprivileged children is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. 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 one month to twelve years, 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:

• Purchase gifts (one toy and one article of clothing with a total value of no less than $30 and no more than $50) for the child. 
• The gifts are to be left UNWRAPPED and turned in to Omega Chi by 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5 (and no earlier than Monday, Dec. 3). Please take your gifts by the religion department or the chaplain's office on the 3rd floor of Polytechnic United Methodist Church on the Wesleyan campus.
• Please put the child’s full name and your name on the bag containing the gift.
• All are welcome to attend the party (Omega Chi can use your help there, too).  If you know you can help, please call Katie Slaten, Omega Chi president, at 512-868-7458 or email her at omega.chi.twu@gmail.com or here.

Please send your name, phone number, email address, and mailing address to Katie Slaten via email (here or here) or deliver to the chaplain's office, PUMC 317. Omega Chi will get you the information on your child as soon as possible. Contact Katie Slaten at (512) 868-7458 with any questions.

SEA Offers Gift Wrapping Service

Exhausted from shopping over the holiday weekend? Let Student Education Association wrap your Christmas gifts for you. Donation prices range from $2.50 to $10 (really big package). All donations benefit the college fund for Lauren Gambort, granddaughter of Sue Passmore, professor of education. Let us make your gifts extra special! Bring them to DWH 104 (dean’s office) Nov. 26 through Dec. 12.

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. 5.

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