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WashburnInternationalAccentsSpring/Summer 2012Volume XI, Issue IIInside:Faculty International ActivitiesArea ReportsFrom the Desk of FeaturesNew International FacultyNew StaffCongratulationsBods on the Move Office of International ProgramsWashburn University1700 College AvenueTopeka, KS 66621, U.S.A.Phone: 785-670-1051Fax: 785-670-1067Email: iip
FacultyInternationalActivity ReportProfessor AlexGlashausser (Law) wasa Visiting Scholar atWaseda University inTokyo, Japan, where heparticipated in seminarsand helped teachcourses about Americanlaw.From May 14th-18th, Professor Michael HunterSchwartz (School of Law) conducted a week-longcourse design workshop for Iranian and TurkishLaw Professors in Istanbul, Turkey. He alsoconducted a week-long (May 21-25) course designworkshop for Georgian law professors in Tbilisi,Georgia (part of a year-long “Train-the-Trainers”curriculum designed and taught by Schwartz).Professor Dmitri Nizovtsev (Business) presenteda paper entitled "Game-theoretic Analysis ofStrategic Export Pricing in the Presence ofAnti-dumping Practices" at the Sixth InternationalConference on Game Theory and Management inSt. Petersburg, Russia, on June 28, 2012. Thisresearch project was co-authored with Prof. A.Skiba from the University of Wyoming andsupported by the Washburn Beatrice ResearchGrant.On May 31 and June 1, 2012, Professor VanessaSteinroetter (English) co-directed a translationsession and presented a paper on "Whitman'sGerman Reception and the Idea of an AmericanLandscape" at the Fifth International WhitmanWeek Seminar and Symposium, hosted by theUniversity of Szczecin in Pobierowo, Poland.Professor Mark Peterson (Political Science),under the guidance and direction of Dr. RobertBeatty, assisted in guiding, corraling, andinstructing 19 Washburn students during a 10 daylearning adventure in Cuba during the month ofJune. The group visited many sites during theirstay which was based at the Martin LutherKing Center located in the Marianao district ofHavana. Students had encounters and discussionswith individuals including writers, artists,academics, an American embassy staff person, acommunity physician, elementary school studentsand their instructors, shop owners, retiredrevolutionaries and the oldest living Cuban formerAmerican major league baseball player.Professor Marydorsey Wanless (Art) traveled andphotographed for six weeks in the Adriatic regionsof Europe, and spent two weeks making art at theBAU Artist Residency Program in Otranto, Italy.Dr. Bob Beatty (Political Science) spent 10 daysin May in Israel as a fellow with the Foundation forthe Defense of Democracies, studying responses tointernational terrorism. In June he was theco-faculty leader of the Washburn study abroadprogram in Cuba, supervising 19 Washburnstudents for 12 days as they studied Cuban politics,economics, and culture. Finally, in July Dr. Beattyspent eight days in Taiwan as part of the SeniorScholars Delegation hosted by the ForeignMinistry of Taiwan.Professor Marilyn Masterson (Nursing) touredItaly with the Flint Hills Masterworks ChoraleJune 14 - 27, 2012. Cities toured included Venice,Florence, San Gimignano, Perugia, Assisi, andRome. The group sang the mass in St. Mark'sBasilica (Venice), St. Mark's Cathedral(Florence), and St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican inRome) and a concert at St. Francis of Assisi. Dr.Masterson had soprano solos in the mass presented
in Venice and the concert in Assisi. The choir wasvery privileged to sing for the Sunday noon mass inthe Vatican.Professors Aida Alaka and Tonya Kowalski(Law) held a workshop on legal analysis andwriting pedagogy at Free University of Tbilisi inTbilisi, Georgia, June 11-15. This “train thetrainers” workshop was funded by a USAID grantawarded to Washburn Law School to assist indeveloping legal education and the rule of law inthe post-Soviet Republic of Georgia. Washburnand Free University of Tbilisi Law Schools arepartner institutions under the USAID program.Dr. Tom Schmiedeler’s (Political Science)“Sweet Sabbatical” focused on three topics relatedto the Geography of Europe, a course he teachesevery third semester at Washburn. The firstinvolved tracing the route of his father duringWorld War II who was a member of Troop B of the88th Reconnaissance Division. The route wasprimarily from Limburg, Netherlands, through thenorthern Ruhr District and into former EastGermany. A second part of the sabbatical wasTown and Country of Lowland Scotland in whichhe did a comparative study of Glasgow andEdinburgh and explored the Borders Region. Athird part of his study was “Rural Landscapes ofSouthern France” in which he explored thegeography of the Camargue, the delta region of theRhone River, and Landes, a region of theAquitaine Basin whose early 19th century culturalecology of shepherds, sheep and dunes wasdestroyed by the introduction of pine forests andspas. Transformations of this landscape continuewith evolving agri-business operations. Dr.Schmiedeler will be presenting a brown bag lectureat the International House on one of the abovetopics in the spring semester.In June, Zach Frank (School of Applied Sciences)traveled to Savonlinna, Finland to meet withrepresentatives from Mikkeli University ofApplied Sciences. Washburn will begin sendingPTA students to Mikkeli University this spring forclinical rotations.Professor Lisa Sharp Ellis (Chemistry) spent sixweeks in Rome, Italy on a “Sweet Sabbatical”. Shespent her time touring the sites and attendedcooking classes to learn about Italian food. Shewill incorporate some of the recipes and techniquesthat she learned in her spring course, Chemistry ofFood and Cooking.Professor Miguel González-Abellás (ModernLanguages) spent both June and July in Paraguay,thanks to a “Sweet Sabbatical”. Among otheractivities, he attended Asuncion’s InternationalBook Fair, and visited the Jesuit ruins in thesoutheastern part of the countr,y and theMennonite colonies on the Chaco region tocompile materials for his SP326 class, Civilizationof Latin America. As a plus, he had a first-handexperience on the impeachment process ofParaguayan President, Mr. Fernando Lugo, whichtook place at the end of June; he also visitedUNIDA, a local private university, to explore thepossibilities of an exchange program withWashburn.Miguel at the ruins of Trinidad del Paraná in SouthernParaguay.
Linda D. Elrod (School of Law) and Richard S.Righter, Distinguished Professor of Law, attendedthe ABA International Law Section Conferenceentitled International Families: Money, Childrenand Long Term Planning in Washington D.C.,May 24-26, 2012. The 75 invited participants andspeakers came from several Canadian provinces,France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden,Switzerland, Tunisia, as well as the United States.Carol traveled with a variety of Washburn’skinesiology and art faculty/students. They focusedon ancient and modern Olympic Games and therole art plays in the Olympics. She has recentlyadded three high resolution videos segments ofGreek sights and sounds to the mix, and invitesvisitors to her online travel /ForeignTravel/greece/In addition, Prof. Elrod resented a paper on“Searching for the Best Interest of the Child inRelocation Cases: The ABA Model RelocationAct,” at the International Society of Family LawRegional Conference and Midwest Family LawConsortium, June 14-17, 2012, at the University ofIowa in Ames, Iowa. In additional to Americans,there were scholars from Australia, Canada,France, Israel, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Scotland,Serbia, and Spain.Tony Silvestri (Lecturer, History) spoke this Juneat LSO St. Luke's in London along with composerEric Whitacre at an event entitled "Soaring Leap",a master class for choral singers, conductors andcomposers.She also attended activities and read a poem at theGerard Manley Hopkins 25th Anniversary Festivalin Newbridge, Ireland, July 20-24, 2012. PresidentJerry Farley received the Hopkins award forsupporting faculty, staff and students participatingin the Hopkins Festival. Other Washburnpersonnel attending were John Hunter (Theatre)who conducted a class for the youth program andread a poem; Ed Navonne (Emeritus) who showedhis art work and conducted a workshop; and JimKelly, (KTWU) who participated in the conferenceand took pictures.Lastly, Prof. Elrod vacationed with Washburnalumni and the WU basketball team on the AlumniAssociation’s Baltic trip to Stockholm, Sweden;Helsinki, Finland; St. Petersburg, Russia; Tallin,Estonia; and Copenhagen, Denmark. InCopenhagen, she reconnected with friends met onWashburn’s Semester in Copenhagen program in1967.Carol Yoho (Art) packed over 950 photos onto sixweb pages of thumbnails linked to a slide show ofher trip to Greece over spring break, March 2012.Mary Ann Wittman (Lecturer, Intensive English)published her third children's book: “Clemmie andthe Mail Man” in May of 2012. This is the secondbook in her Dog Tales series about real dogs andtheir adventures. She also continued presentationsto civic organizations, including the Sertoma Cluband the Topeka Literacy Council, on her researchin Drop-Out Prevention.Professor Bill Roach (School of Business) wrote apaper with Ben Nelson, the Chief InformationOfficer for SRS, on globalizing the teaching ofstatistical process control. The paper,“Globalizing Statistical Process Control andRestoring Shewhart’s Methodology”, is availableas a School of Business Working Paper and hasbeen submitted to a journal.Nancy G. Maxwell (School of Law) was inBarbados May 16-June 3 to set up and administerthe law school's Summer Law Program inBarbados.Dr. Pamela J. Schmidt (Accounting) presentedher research entitled “Acquiring ERP BusinessProcess Knowledge: A Network StructureAnalysis” at the International Hawaii Conferenceon System Sciences (HICSS) Conference held inMaui, Hawaii in January 2012.
Professor Judith Lynne McConnell-Farmer(Education) presented a Keynote Address entitled“Reflections and Applications: Piaget andKohlberg, a Relationship to Philosophy forChildren” at the First Annual Student LearningConference at Saint Xavior’s School, Kathmandu,Nepal July 21, 2012. She presented two workshopsin Lalitpur, Nepal entitled “Preschool Literacy:Strategies and Techniques for CreativeInstruction” and “Integrating Learning andLiteracy in the Preschool Curriculum” at theMadhyamik Vidyalaya School, Lalitpur, July 25and 26, 2012. She coordinated two Oxford RoundTables (ORT), five day international conferences atHarris Manchester College, Oxford University,Oxford, England. The first ORT, July 29-August2, 2012 focused on Childhood Education whereshe presented a paper on July 29, 2012, entitled“The Changing Face of Childhood” and anotherpaper on August 2, entitled “A Wish for myGrandson: Childhood and Beyond”. The secondORT focused on Women in History, anInterdisciplinary Perspective where she presenteda paper on August 5, 2012, entitled “Women inHistory, an Interdisciplinary Perspective” andanother paper on August 9, 2012, entitled, “AWish for my Granddaughter: A History ofDetermined and Skilled Women”.the proceeds of which have now been published ina short monograph. He later travelled to Honolulu,Hawaii, to present a paper on Japaneseconstitutional law at the Annual Law & SocietyConference in June.Professor Craig Martin (School of Law) travelledto Sarajevo, Bosnia, in February to providetraining in oral advocacy and human rights law to amoot court team preparing for the Munro E. PriceInternational Media Law Moot at Oxford. Thetraining was funded through a grant from USAID,and coordinated by the University of PennsylvaniaAnnenberg School for Communication. While inBosnia, Professor Martin also gave a talk on thetension between hate speech and freedom ofexpression to students and faculty members fromthe faculties of law and journalism at theUniversity of Tuzla. Professor Martin also spoke inApril to a panel at the Woodrow Wilson Center forInternational Scholars in Washington D.C., on theissues surrounding possible amendment of the warrenouncing provisions of the Constitution of Japan,Area ReportsProfessor Rob Weigand (School of Business)taught a seminar on Financial Markets TradingStrategies in the Executive MBA program of theInternational School of Management in Paris inMay, 2012.Sangyoub Park (Sociology) spent approximatelytwo months in South Korea on a summer “SweetSabbatical”. He examined recent demographictrends including the growing number of agingpopulation and immigrants in Korea.From May 4th to May 25th, 2012 Dr. RobertBoncella (School of Business), presented a lectureseries on Global Information Systems to IBAstudents of Wuhan University Science &Technology in Wuhan, China. In addition he wasreappointed for another three years as guestprofessor in the Wuhan University School ofManagement. School of BusinessRuss Smith, Associate DeanThis year the School of Business continued tostrengthen partnerships and relationshipspreviously reported in Romania and China. InRomania, in March 2012 the School signed awide-ranging “Memorandum of Understanding”with Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (ULBS).This follows on the signing of a similar agreementwith Lower Danube University of Galati (ULDG)last fall. Dean David Sollars and ProfessorsMichael Stoica and Liviu Florea visited bothuniversities in June 2011. Both agreements result
from Professor Florea’s activities in Romania aspart of his Rotary exchange fellowship and hissubsequent summer “Sweet Sabbatical”. TheULDG report on its activities with us appears assection two of its most recent internationalactivities report, which can be found as section (To view a rough translation of the web page, openthe page: translate.google.com and then copy andpaste the above link into the translate box and thenpress enter.) Most recently, in August Dr. AncaGata, Vice President for International Relationsand Student Life and Professor of French at LowerDanube University, visited the WashburnUniversity for a week and met with faculty andadministrators across campus and in the School ofBusiness.In China, the new development in the School ofBusiness’s relationship with the School ofManagement at Wuhan University of Science andTechnology (WUST) is the first-ever study tour ofthe United States by a class of students in theWUST Executive MBA program in early April. Inaddition to their three days in Topeka, the classvisited New York, Washington, D.C., and SanFrancisco, as well as Kansas City, Missouri andLawrence, Kansas. In Topeka, the visit includedthe Kansas Department of Commerce and theTopeka Chamber of Commerce, as well as theirprogramming at Washburn University. AtWashburn, the group’s programming wasorganized by Washburn’s MBA Director BobBoncella. Associate Dean Russ Smithaccompanied the group for a portion of its visit inWashington, D.C.Ongoing faculty and student exchange activitiesincluded the sixth visiting scholar from WUST,Professor Yong “Sophia” Zhou from theorganizational behavior and human resources area.Professor Zhou was at Washburn frommid-February through mid-May observingteaching and pursuing her research andprofessional development activities. In theundergraduate X Y program for WUST studentsseeking the Washburn BBA degree, there are twostudents in the third and final year, two students inthe second year, and five newly arrived candidates.The current first-year cohort is the first recruitedunder the articulation agreement signed in July2011. In May 2012, for the sixth year, ProfessorMichael Stoica’s BU 406 International Businessand Entrepreneurial Experience class visited anumber of cities in China before completing theirfirm-based research projects with their Chinesestudent partners at WUST.College of Arts and SciencesGordon McQuere, DeanA highlight of international activity for the Collegeof Arts and Sciences this past summer was theten-day study trip to Cuba for 19 students led by Dr.Bob Beatty and Dr. Mark Peterson of theDepartment of Political Science. As a part of theexperience, each student was required to completean International Washburn TransformationalExperience project related to Cuba, in some areasuch as culture, politics, or history. Studentsreport that the experience was indeedtransformational. On the value to the students, Dr.Beatty remarks that Cuba was an especiallyinformative country to study because of theextreme political and economic systemicdifferences between it and the United States.In all, seven College faculty members traveledabroad on “Sweet Sabbaticals” last summer.Destinations varied widely and included Paraguay,Central America, China, East Asia, and severaldestinations in Europe.School of LawNancy Maxwell, DirectorInternational Legal ProgramsThe Law School’s Summer Law Program inBarbados finished its third year on the Cave HillCampus of the University of the West Indies
(UWI), in St. Michael’s Parish, Barbados. Theprogram began on May 28 with a “Land and SeaTour”; students took 4-wheel vehicles to theeastern part of the island, going through sugar canefields and viewing the breath-taking Atlanticcoastline. The students then transferred to acatamaran for a traditional Barbadian lunch and anafternoon sailing along the famous Platinum Coastof the Caribbean Sea and swimming with the seaturtles. The next day the students began the firstthree-week course, Global Intellectual PropertyEnforcement Law, which was team–taught byWashburn Associate Professor Patricia Judd andUWI law faculty member Dr. Eddy Ventôse. Thesecond course, Comparative and InternationalTaxation Law, was team-taught by WashburnAssociate Professor Lori McMillan and Mr. TrevorCarmichael, an imminent Caribbean tax attorney.One of the enriching features of the law school’sSummer Law Program in Barbados is the additionof law students from the UWI. This summer’sprogram included four UWI students, all of whomhad earned their Bachelor’s of Law Degree andwill be attending their practical training schools inTrinidad or Jamaica this fall.This past academic year Washburn School of Lawsent four students as foreign exchange students tothe Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, in theNetherlands. Dustin Cook and Hannah Schrollerwere enrolled as exchange students for the fallsemester; Jerry Johnson was enrolled in the springsemester, while Robert Fitzgerald spent the fullacademic year in the Netherlands, earning aMaastricht Masters of Law degree simultaneouslywith his Washburn Juris Doctor degree.The law school also welcomed three law studentsfrom the Maastricht University. Two studentsattended the law school in the fall, Luke van deLaar and Lucas Brück and one student, LaurieBertholet, was enrolled in the spring semester.School of NursingMonica Scheibmeir, DeanIn the spring of 2012, the School of Nursing hostedtwo faculty from the Mikkeli University ofApplied Sciences, Finland, and three faculty fromthe University of Szeged, Hungary. The disciplineareas shared were in Evidence Based Practice,Nursing Leadership, and Nursing Ethics.In addition, we have nine Washburn studentsparticipating in the TransAtlantic Double Degree(TADD) in Nursing for the 2012-2013 academicyear. These students will study in three Europeancountries and complete an additional baccalaureatedegree. The students complete course work inFinland, Hungary, and/or Northern Ireland. Aswell, the School of Nursing welcomed 10 TADDstudents from these three countries.As part of our Direct Exchange program, theSchool of Nursing has five students who willcomplete their Community/Public Healthpracticum at the Mikkeli University of AppliedSciences in Savonlinna, Finland. From the Desk of Bassima SchbleyPresident of International Center of Topeka,Inc. (ICT)This year the ICT Board went overboard todemonstrate its commitment to the internationalstudents at Washburn University and to the Topekacommunity. Aside from the usual welcome meals,ESL tutoring and other support, we were able totake thirty international students to visit the TulipFestival in Wamego and tour a buffalo ranch.Words cannot describe the happiness and joy onthe face of every single student. For most, this wasan experience of a lifetime.
Another major highlight was our annual culturalevent titled “Japan: The Cherry Blossom Land”.Again, thanks to all the board members and theleadership of Dr. Phyllis Berry for making thisevent a huge success. Over 300 students andTopeka citizens attended. This cultural celebrationincluded presentations from two professors fromthe Washburn Law School on the Japaneseconstitution and education system; a presentationof Japanese archery and dance; sampling of foodsfrom different regions in Japan; doll exhibit;Japanese songs; and a video of the earthquake,tsunami and recovery process. This event was alsomade possible with the help and support of manypeople including the local Hyvee grocery store.Fukuoka University exchange group class that wastaught in March. This group really goes through anaccelerated intensive English course and awhirlwind sightseeing tour. Many of our currentWU students look forward to meeting the Fukuokagroup each year. Adjuncts during the spring wereMary Ann Wittman, Meg Atwood, Don Field, andTom Kennedy with Bobbie Anderson and DonField teaching the Fukuoka group. As we looktoward the future, we are anticipating greatchanges for the fall including a larger staff andstudent body. As always, this is an exciting placeto be on campus.Heidi StaerkelThe ICT Board is planning another cultural eventfor spring 2013. We are considering the followingcountries: Indonesia, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, orother countries in Central or South America.The number of international students continues togrow each year. During the coming academic year,there will be over 200 new and returninginternational students and about 170 study abroadstudents. Participation in each of these programs isin large part related to the ongoing commitment ofthe university administration and the staff ofInternational Programs; they continue to reach outto countries throughout the world.Kelly McClendonLecturer/Coordinator, Intensive EnglishProgramThe spring semester of this year was one of greatdiversity in our Intensive English Program.Students from 11 countries certainly made forauthentic use of their language skills during classes.I was particularly impressed with the way thestudents of that semester formed a cohesive groupand did many activities together outside of class. Isaw them studying or talking as a group in thelibrary as I strolled through, and I learned throughtheir writings of their other successes as a group.Additionally, I want to announce the success of theCoordinator of International Student ServicesIn early May, I had the wonderful opportunity totravel to Asunción, Paraguay, with Dr. Chris Kelts,Director of Orchestras at Washburn, to strengthenWashburn’s connection with the Comité-ParaguayKansas, a member of the Partners of the Americas.Washburn is one of eight participating Kansasuniversities within this exchange agreement.While there, Dr. Kelts and I visited the AmericanSchool of Asunicón (ASA), the InternationalSchool (Inter), the National Conservatory ofAsunción, the Liberty School, the School of Arts atthe National University, the School of Music atUniNorte, and Clave de Sol Conservatory. Wewere warmly received by the members of theComité-Paraguay Kansas and enjoyed sharinginformation about Washburn with interestedParaguayan students. During spring 2012, we had19 students studying at Washburn through thisexchange agreement, and we hope that many morewill choose to study at Washburn as a result of thisrecent visit!Our office would like to recognize andcongratulate our Spring/Summer 2012 graduates: Carolina Blair Gomez (Colombia) - MA inClinical PsychologyXi Cao (China) - MBA
Mariela Flores Barquero (Costa Rica) - BMin Instrumental PerformanceTeng Ge (China) - BA in SociologyLin Huang (China) - JD in LawShuang Jiang (China) - BA inMathematics/Actuarial ScienceXin Jiang (China) - BBA in Accountingand FinanceValeriya Kanaeva (Tajikistan) - BM inPianoRobert Kinyua (Kenya) - MBAAntonia Kirui (Kenya) - BSN in NursingTrang Le Nguyen (Vietnam) - MBALynton Macharia (Kenya) - BSN inNursingLeticia Perez (Paraguay) - BA inPsychologyXuejing Ran (China) - BA in Mass MediaJacki Tipping (Canada) - BA in SociologyJimena Vallejos Barriocanal (Paraguay) BSW in Social WorkLei Zhao (China) - JD in Law Lynton Macharia – Cum LaudeTeng Ge – Sociology and AnthropologyHonorsTina WilliamsStudy Abroad CoordinatorWashburn welcomes The University of Santiagode Compostela in Spain as the newest directexchange partner. The University is located in themedieval city of Santiago de Compostela in regionof Galicia, in the northern Spain. It has over 500years of history and is recognized for InternationalExcellence. Washburn students have over 25direct exchange program options to choose from.¡Bienvenidos Universidad de Santiago deCompostela!We would especially like to recognize theoutstanding accomplishments of thoseSpring/Summer 2012 graduates who receivedLatin and/or departmental honors: Jimena Vallejos Barriocanal – SummaCum Laude, Social Work Honors, andSibberson Award FinalistXin Jiang – Summa Cum Laude, School ofBusiness Scholar and Sibberson AwardFinalistLeticia Perez – Summa Cum Laude andPsychology HonorsShuang Jiang – Magna Cum Laude andMathematics & Statistics HonorsMariela Flores Barquero – Magna CumLaude and Music HonorsValeriya Kanaeva – Magna Cum Laudeand Music HonorsAntonia Kirui – Magna Cum Laude andSchool of Nursing HonorsUniversity of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.The International Programs ScholarshipCommittee awarded Scholarships to 79 studentsparticipating in study abroad programs in over adozen different countries during the summer andfall of the last academic year. Programs range inlength from one week to an academic year.Included were the following Faculty-ledTransformational Experiences: China: International Business andEntrepreneurship Experience – Dr.Michael Stoica Cuba: Modern Cuba – Dr. Bob BeattyIn addition, 22 students will spend their fallsemester or a portion of the semester studying in
one of the following countries: Belgium, China,Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, andNicaragua. Twelve Washburn students will spendthe academic year abroad in Costa Rica, Finland,Ireland, Hungary, Nicaragua, the Netherlands andthe United Kingdom.Visit www.washburn.edu/iip to learn more aboutWU study abroad opportunities. FeaturesPresident Farley Honored with2012 Hopkins Awardby John HunterDesmond Egan and President Farley. Photo/JHThe Gerard Manley Hopkins International PoetryFestival presented Dr. Jerry Farley with theprestigious Hopkins Award in recognition of hisleadership and support of the Hopkins Festivalover the last 15 years. The award was presentedon July 22nd, at a banquet held on campus at theUniversity of Ireland, Maynooth and attended byover 100 poets, artists, politicians and literaryscholars,During Dr Farley’s introduction presented byTheatre Professor John Hunter, it was pointed outthat Washburn University has sent more faculty,students, staff and friends from the Topekacommunity to this summer event than any otherUniversity world-wide. Participants have included:the late Professor Bill Langdon, ProfessorEmeritus Edward Navone, and MarydorseyWanless, Dr. Karen Ray, Professor John Hunter,Jim Kelly with KTWU, Tess Wilson, a studentinvolved in our Irish exchange program with theUniversity of Ireland at Maynooth. Dr. Farleysigned the exchange agreement with MaynoothUniversity in 2000. The University Library atMaynooth houses a magnificent world-biblecollection that now includes a copy of the3-volume set of the Washburn College Bible inrecognition of our partnership.The Hopkins Festival was celebrating 25 years asan organization and is listed as one of the finestpoetry festivals held in Ireland. The internationalpoet Desmond Egan is the Artist Head of theFestival. Desmond has been coming to Topekaand presenting his poetry every year for the last 20years. He has lectured in numerous classes at theUniversity, presented in the International House,the Mulvane Art Center, and at various sitesaround Topeka.In addition to the scholarly presentations onHopkins poetry, the summer festival offers a youthprogram attended this year by over 40 teenagestudents from around Ireland who came toNewbridge College for this event. ProfessorHunter presented a lecture to these students on“Leadership – Becoming a Community ArtsActivist.”Wuhan University of Science &Technology MBA Delegation Visitby Bob BoncellaFrom Sunday April 8th to Tuesday April 10th, theWashburn University School of Business alongwith the International Housed hosted a three day
visit for five MBA students and two MBA facultyfrom the Executive MBA Program of the WuhanUniversity of Science & Technology.The Sunday’s events included a tour of theNelson-Atkins museum in Kansas City, dinner inLawrence, KS and dessert/tour of Professor BobBoncella’s home in Lawrence.Monday’s events started with an early morningvisit to the Kansas Department of Commercewhich included a presentation on Kansas businessand industry. The program was facilitated by Ms.April Chiang of the Department of Commerce.Following this presentation was a late morningvisit to the Topeka Chamber of Commerce andthen a tour of the construction site of the new Marsfacility under construction in south Topeka. Thiswas followed by a lunch and tour of Washburncampus. The delegation spent the afternoonresting or shopping for those who had an interest.Monday evening was spent enjoying each other’scompany and culture while having a relaxingdinner at the Blue Moose.Tuesday morning was used for late minuteshopping by members of the WUST delegationb
International Accents Spring/Summer 2012 Volume XI, Issue II Inside: Faculty International Activities Area Reports From the Desk of Features New International Faculty New Staff Congratulations Bods on the Move Office of International Programs Washburn University 1700 College Avenue Topeka, KS 66621, U.S.A. Phone: 785-670-1051
