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Wittenberg hosts benefit fashion show April 1
Wittenberg University’s American International Association (AIA) will host its 3rd annual Fashion Show fundraiser at 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, in the Center Dining Room of the Benham-Pence Student Center.
All proceeds will go toward the international non-profit organization Doctors Without Borders.
Models from across the Wittenberg community will present a range of fashionable clothing, including sleepwear and “Do You” — a category designed to allow the models to express themselves.
The event will culminate with the “International Jetsetters” category, which has included fashionable clothing items from such nations as India, Ghana, South Korea and Sweden in recent years.
“We wanted to raise funds for a truly international organization this year,” said AIA president Sopheap Khun, class of 2010 from Columbus. “This way many nationalities can benefit from the proceeds.”
Tickets for the AIA Fashion Show are $3 and may be purchased at the door.
Doctors Without Borders is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. It provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care or natural disasters.
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TweetWright State adopts new academic calendar
Wright State University will change its academic calendar from quarters to semesters, possibly starting in Fall 2012, according to university officials.
Wright State’s Board of Trustees approved the proposal on Friday, March 27.
Wright State is one of four Ohio public four-year institutions still on the quarter system, along with Ohio University, University of Cincinnati and the Ohio State University.
The University System of Ohio’s “Strategic Plan for Higher Education” calls for a common academic calendar across all colleges and universities in the state. A common calendar would facilitate shared academic programs, ease of transfer between institutions, and students’ ability to undertake internships and co-ops.
More than 90 percent of universities in the U.S. are currently on semester calendars.
A quarter at Wright State is 10 weeks of instruction, followed by a week for final exams. A semester is typically 15 weeks of instruction and a week for finals. An academic year generally consists of three quarters or two semesters. Under either system, there are about 30 weeks of instruction in one academic year.
Wright State’s Exploratory Committee on the Transition from Quarters to Semesters recommended the semester calendar for consideration by the Board of Trustees. With the board’s approval, it will produce a transition plan and timeline for completing the steps of the plan.
The committee will work with representatives from Sinclair and Clark State Community Colleges to create a unified regional approach to the transition.
Ohio University and University of Cincinnati recently voted to adopt the semester calendar. Ohio State will be asked to vote on the issue next month.
“The earliest we can expect to make the conversion is Fall 2012,” said Thomas Sudkamp, professor and chair of computer science and engineering, and president of Wright State’s faculty. “An important part of our process is to guarantee that the calendar conversion does not adversely affect either the time to graduation or the cost for students who entered Wright State on the quarter system.”
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TweetUniversity announces plans to reduce Asian admissions
The University of California has announced it will change its admissions criteria in order to admit more whites, slightly more blacks and Hispanics while reducing the number of Asians on campus.
Asians make up 37 percent of UC’s incoming freshman, while only 12 percent of California’s population is Asian, according to the Mercury News article.
Opponents of the change say it unfairly discriminates against Asians who want to attend the prestigious UC system. Those in favor of the change say it will create more opportunities for students who once struggled to get into UC.
I’ve pasted a couple of paragraphs below, however the full story will give you a better view of both sides of the issue.
… an analysis of the change predicts that the number of Asians admitted to UC could decrease (after the change) because Asians tend to excel on the “subject tests,” which are no longer part of the application.
Many students - especially low-income and/or minority students - become ineligible to apply because they do not take the subject matter tests, a university spokeswoman said.
The number of admitted whites could increase, because more weight will be given to the “reasoning SAT,” which favors American natives.
African-Americans and Latinos could benefit slightly from the expanded class-ranking criteria because top students from troubled schools such as San Jose’s Lick High School could be UC-eligible.
Critics say they are frustrated because UC has not made public the statistical analysis on which their decision was based.
One blogger suggested if the UC system wanted its population to better reflect the state’s, it should ditch its attempts at race diversity and focus on admitting more in-state students, regardless of race.
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