Lawrence Journal-World 04-21-14

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But critics worry plan’s high-dollar nature could limit student diversity By Ben Unglesbee bunglesbee@ljworld.com

A new program at Kansas University aims to increase international student enrollment at the university by the hundreds in the next two to three years. The university has said the program will There are increase diversity at potential KU and ensure student success. But some problems at the university have when people questioned whether it are recruiting will ultimately benefit students into students and the unithe university versity. The KU Academic for money.” Accelerator Program, or KUAAP, will see its — Lisa Wolf-Wendel, first semester in the fall. It’s a jointly run education professor

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NDEYE MBAYE, OF SENEGAL, and Kennedy Elementary School preschooler Ayanna Brinson experience a book together Thursday. Mbaye, who is studying at Kansas University and student teaching at Kennedy, is looking for an employer to sponsor her so she can acquire a green card and remain in the United States to teach early childhood special education.

Senegalese educator needs green card to stay in Lawrence, doing what she loves By Giles Bruce Twitter: @GilesBruce

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deye Mbaye was reading a book about bugs to a group of preschoolers the other day, looking like there was no place she’d would rather be. “We’re going to talk about insects today!” she said in the library

of Lawrence’s Kennedy Elementary School, smiling broadly, her African accent prominent. She quizzed the students on their insect knowledge and showed them pictures of bugs. When she was done, the kids picked out books to check out. Some excitedly showed their choices to Mbaye. “Oh, my God,”

she responded in her sing-songy cadence, matching their enthusiasm. “I like that book!” The day’s activities mixed three of Mbaye’s favorite things: children, reading and education. There truly was no place she’d rather be.

program between KU and the Cambridge, Mass.-based company Shorelight Education. The 12-month, three-semester long program is meant to provide an intensive first-year experience for students, giving them an academic and experiential introduction to Kansas and the U.S. along with

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KU group creating videos to raise awareness about sexual assault By Ben Unglesbee bunglesbee@ljworld.com

It’s a widely cited but still frightening statistic: Nearly one out of five women in college will experience sexual assault. That number, along with high-profile cases of assault on campuses, has forced universities across the country to confront an issue that is still difficult for many to talk about.

At Kansas University, students have helped lead the charge to educate their peers on sexual assault, relationship violence, informed consent and related issues. A group working with KU’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, or IOA, is currently producing short videos for students with the goal of putting the topic front and center.

STUDENTS FROM KANSAS UNIVERSITY and Haskell University are improvising scenes to become part of short videos to educate KU students on sexual harassment and assault. The students are part of KU’s Interactive Theatre Troupe, a group of writers, actors and directors who use improvisation to confront difficult topics.

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The group hopes the videos will get a broad audience among students beginning next school year. KU student body vice president Emma Halling, who sits on the sexual assault training subcommittee of KU’s Title IX Roundtable, said the videos are meant to get information to students quickly, in about 30 seconds, before they can

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Gathering touts bonds The governor and other officials will gather today to extoll the bonds that will help build at $75 million health education building. Page 3A

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