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A Texas Wesleyan University - Office of Communications Publication |
July 18, 2007 |
School of Education Awarded Grant from the U.S. Department of Education The Texas Wesleyan School of Education has been awarded a National Professional Development Project grant from the U.S. Department of Education to prepare 175 pre-service teachers and paraprofessionals for bilingual/ESL certification. With a total application request of $1.365 million, the grant begins in July and the first-year award is $273,083. The project runs for five years and most of the funding each year provides scholarship support for Wesleyan bilingual education students. However, the grant also will provide bilingual/ESL professional development training for more than 300 teachers and University faculty. Participating school districts include Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Hurst-Euless-Bedford, Lake Worth, White Settlement, Eagle Mountain-Saginaw, Castleberry, Mansfield, Birdville and Irving. |
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Rodriguez Receives SEED Grant
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Ricardo E. Rodriguez, chemistry professor, has received a $2,000 grant from the American Chemical Society SEED Program. The grant allows the chemistry department to hire a high school junior or senior for the summer to do research. This year's SEED student is Grace Woods (ACS-SEED Student Research), a high school senior from Calvary Christian Academy who is working under the direction of Rodriguez.|
Great Women of Texas Nominations
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Alumni Star in, Direct Regional Production of Guys and Dolls
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Alumna Produces Musical in NYC
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First Annual Wesleyan-Hughes Volleyball Classic
Hughes coached volleyball at Wesleyan from 1979-1991. She has already been inducted into the Wesleyan Hall of Fame for her contributions and success sustained during her tenure at the University. Hughes still holds volleyball coaching records for the best overall record of 369-194 and winning percentage .655 at Wesleyan. Her Wesleyan volleyball teams made nine appearances at the NAIA National Volleyball Tournament. She continues to contribute to Texas Wesleyan, the volleyball program and volleyball communities on a national level. Any donations (monetary, concessions, awards, trophies, prizes, gift certificates or raffles) are greatly appreciated. Donations of $25 or more to the Becky Hughes Endowment will be recognized on a "Banner of Appreciation" that will hang in the competition gym. For more information, call Christy Clawson at (817) 531-4850 or email her at cclawson@txwes.edu.
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Win a Prize: Take Our Quiz  Sure, you've been to Six Flags before. But did you know that "Throngs flocked to Six Flags Over Texas when the park opened in 1961. Six themed sections, modeled after the culture of the six countries whose flags flew over Texas during the state's colorful history, created a spectacular and magical setting for guests — and provided the park's name." [from the official Six Flags web site] Click here to take a quick quiz on those six countries. The winner will receive a prize! |
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Do you know a Great Woman of Texas? The Fort Worth Business Press is taking nominations for their annual list. If you'd like to nominate someone for the Great Women of Texas edition of the Business Press, click 
Meredith Lucio, BA '93, is producing Take Me America with Double Play Connections, LLC, for the Midtown International Theatre Festival July 16 through August 3. Take Me America, a musical by Bill Nabel and Bob Christianson, is a new musical about asylum in America, inspired by the P.O.V. documentary Well-Founded Fear. The musical follows nine refugees in their quest for asylum in the U.S. and the three INS agents who decide their fate. Do they stay or do they go? How would you decide? Get it wrong and you might as well sentence them to death...or worse. Inspired by true stories from the asylum process; stories of life and death. They are real, sometimes humorous, but always compelling. For more information about this NYC show, visit 
Melanie Bivens, BMEd ’98, was featured in a recent Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about the final production of Jubilee Theater's season, RUDY. The article appeared in Sunday's edition; click 
Texas Wesleyan Volleyball will host the first annual Wesleyan-Hughes Volleyball Classic Sept. 14-15, 2007. The tournament will support the Becky Hughes endowment, and will kick off with the Saturday Volleyball Alumni Reunion and conclude with the Annual Alumni Match.
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