UNIVERSITY NEWS
Dr. Virginia Brackett; Randall Horton, Symphony poet; Susie Wolff, Harmon School (Kansas City, Kan.); R. Dwayne Betts, Symphony poet; John Murillo, Symphony poet; Marcus Jackson, Symphony poet; Dana Dixon, Grandview (Mo.) High School; and Chris Odam, Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts, Kansas City, Mo., at the creative writing workshop at the University’s Parkville Campus in March.
University receives Art Works grant from National Endowment for the Arts Park student assumes duties with Corps of Cadets at West Point Robin Duane, a senior social psychology major, assumed the duties as the command sergeant major of the United States Corps of Cadets. Duane participated in an Assumption of Responsibility ceremony in March at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Duane, who has served five tours of duty in Afghanistan in special operations forces, was instrumental in helping build a school at Bagram Air Base in eastern Afghanistan where Park Psychology Club, Park’s chapter of Psi Chi and Muslim Students Association members shipped supplies and clothing over the last five years.
Park University received a $7,500 National Endowment for the Arts “Art Works” grant to partially fund the “Poetry at Park” initiative established by Virginia Brackett, Ph.D., assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, associate professor of English and director of the Degree with Honors program. The grant will support writing workshops, performances at magnet high schools in the Kansas City, Mo., area, and a public reading by The Symphony, a group of four African-American and Latino poets. (Read a story about the initiative on page 18).
Park opens campus center in Southern California Park University and Barstow (Calif.) Community College have partnered together to increase educational opportunities for students at the community college and in the Barstow area. Park opened a campus center at BCC during the Fall 2012 semester to help guide students needing to finish their degree. Students are able to earn a bachelor’s degree by attending Park classes at the Barstow Campus or they can pursue a bachelor’s or master’s degree through Park’s online offerings. Park’s degrees at BCC are part of a 2+2 program, with an associate’s degree from the community college satisfying requirements for the first two years of a bachelor’s degree from Park. Bachelor degrees offered face-to-face include criminal justice administration, management, social psychology and education. Several options within each major allow for special concentration within those fields. Summer 2013 - 27