Dora and the Quad Go Wireless

Information & Communication Technology (ICT) has completed the final phase of a project designed to bring wireless network access to the Brown-Lupton Campus Center and Dora Roberts Dining Hall on the Historic Campus. Students and employees are now able to access e-mail and other Internet resources inside each building using a wireless-capable notebook computer.

 “The completion of the Brown-Lupton/Dora Roberts wireless expansion project brings us a step closer to one of our major goals: a wireless network that can be accessed by each student and employee from anywhere on the Historic Campus,” said SW Hollingsworth, CIO.

Texas Wesleyan Bar Pass Rate Continues to Soar

Texas Wesleyan University School of Law achieved another high performance on the Texas Bar Exam and improved its first-time bar passage rate to 87.94 percent, scoring higher than the state average. This is the highest bar passage rate in the history of the law school.
The performance on this bar exam ranked Texas Wesleyan fifth out of Texas' nine law schools. Three of the four schools that ranked higher scored just two percentage points better than Texas Wesleyan. Those schools were the University of Texas, the University of Houston, and Southern Methodist University. Texas Wesleyan continues to regularly score at or above the statewide average.
      Interim Dean Cynthia Fountaine said that this performance directly correlates to the emphasis the school's distinguished faculty has placed on quality of instruction. "Our faculty is a group of very active and engaged scholars who are committed to excellence," Fountaine said. "They have dedicated themselves to ensuring that our students are prepared for the bar by the time they graduate, and the bar results affirm they are indeed doing the right things both in and out of the classroom to ensure that our students succeed."

Third Annual Thanksgiving Basket Program

Your help is needed to provide needy families with a Thanksgiving dinner. Each bag will contain the following items; please collect and donate any or all of the items per basket:

Please bring to the Student Life Office by Monday, Nov. 20.  For more information, call Jenny Houze at (817) 531-4872. Sponsored by Student Life.

Holiday Craft Sale Nov. 14

The Texas Wesleyan University Second Annual Holiday Craft Sale will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the Brown Lupton Student Center. Private vendors will display crafts such as jewelry, purses, quilts, and various embroidered items. For more information, contact Jenny Houze at (817) 531-4872 or email her here.

School of Law Moot Court Team Wins Another Competition

Texas Wesleyan University School of Law's moot court team has won another championship!  The team, which included Chris Norris, Anndi Queenan, and Justin Sisemore, and was coached by Professor Jana McCreary, won first place at theTwenty-Fifth Annual John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law and received the Best Petitioner's Brief award. This international competition took place in Chicago, Illinois Oct. 26-28. 

     Chris Norris, who argued both sides for the Texas Wesleyan team and wrote the brief, said, "For me, the most rewarding experience was arguing complex legal issues in front of jurists from every level of the state judiciary, in addition to judges from the federal district courts and court of appeals. We earned their respect to the point that one state supreme court justice told me he would hate to argue a case opposite us in the real world, which made me all the more proud to tell him we represent Texas Wesleyan."

     The Texas Wesleyan team competed against twenty-five other teams from American law schools, as well as against teams from law schools in Australia and India. 

Paris Trip in May Still Open for Travelers

The Texas Wesleyan Music Travel and Enrichment tour of Paris and neighboring sights, still has some places available for the tour scheduled for May 15-23, 2007. If you are interested in going or learning more about it, please contact Julie McCoy or Steve Simons for further information. A great tour is scheduled, including a tour of Paris, the Louvre, Chartes Cathedral, Palace of Versailles and much more.

Student-Centered Practices Workshop Nov. 17

The Office of the Provost will host two workshops presented by Dr. Kim Rynearson of Tarleton State University. The first workshop, from 12 to 12:55 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, will focus on the origins and evolution of student-centered instruction (SCI), institutions in higher education that currently practice SCI, and why SCI is important for improving student engagement and achievement. The second workshop, from 12 to 12:55 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, will cover practical applications of SCI in the university classroom.

    Both workshops will be held in the Bobby Bragan Fellowship Hall (PUMC). A light lunch will be provided for all in attendance.

University College Day April 3

The University College Day Committee encourages you to mark your calendars for the upcoming University College Day, Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Begin now to plan for student presentations and student/faculty presentations. We are already looking forward to the unique opportunity this day brings!

     Our theme will center around Decisions and Knowledge Needed for a Diverse Learning Community, with topical strands that involve ethics, history, law, literature, science, religion, biology, business, economics, physics, math, scuba, chemistry, art, mathematics, international studies, humanities, music, marketing, theatre, sports, kinesiology, women's studies, sociology, accounting, computer science, languages, psychology, nurse anesthesia, law, education, and counseling.
      Did we leave your discipline out? We don't mean to! We want any and all students and combined faculty/student presenters to feel welcome to share papers, expertise and understandings on University College Day. Applications for presentations will be available online by Dec. 5. Questions? Please contact any member of the UCD Committee:

Twyla Miranda, chair; Jesse Sowell, Tom Tolleson, Aileen Curtin, Stan Rummell, Tom Smith, Stacia Neeley