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(Nov. 13, 2001)--Diversity Week, Grad Fest, extended education offerings, San Antonio College journalism lecture

Dunya Divani, Turkish/Middle Eastern band

UTSA Diversity Week is Nov. 13-16

As part of UTSA Diversity Week, Disability Services announces that Tuesday, Nov. 13 is Note Taker Appreciation Day. Thanks go to the class note takers who help students with disabilities.

SOLEIL, an international pop-dance band will perform at the Sombrilla on the 1604 Campus from 12-1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Dunya Divani, a Turkish/Middle Eastern band, and Karavan Dance Studio will also perform this week at the Sombrilla from 1-2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15.

For more information call Multicultural Programs at 458-4770.

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Alumni Association sponsors first biannual Grad Fest Nov. 12-13

The UTSA Alumni Association is holding its first biannual Grad Fest from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12 and Tuesday, Nov. 13 in the University Center, first floor, on the 1604 Campus. The event will provide fall graduating seniors the opportunity to make all their necessary commencement purchases at one time. Papa John's pizza will be served between the hours of 11 am and 6 pm both days.

Career Services, Graduate Programs and Financial Aid representatives will all be available to assist students with their post-baccalaureate endeavors. Along with the opportunity to speak with these campus representatives, seniors can order an official UTSA ring, order announcements, purchase their caps and gowns, order a diploma frame, sign up for Alumni Association membership and pose for a graduation picture.

For more information contact Stephanie Miller at (210) 458-4133.

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Department of Extended Education offers fast Web-based certification courses

Interested in pursuing a career in the travel or medical office support industries? You'll want to take advantage of some innovative, Internet-based certification courses offered through the UTSA Office of Extended Education.

UTSA , in conjunction with Gatlin Education Services, will offer four programs in these fields this spring. Students can work at their own pace using their own computers at home. While the work is self-paced on a daily basis, all requirements must be completed within a 12-week period.

The travel counselor training program is designed for individuals seeking entry into the tourism industry. It uses the most popular commercial computer reservation software to introduce students to domestic and international air travel, vacation packages, tour operations, ticketing, cruises, sales methods and job-search skills.

The medical transcription certificate and the administrative specialist certificate programs are designed to deliver immediate job skills in areas experiencing rapid growth, including training in medical coding and billing.

While these programs are offered online, each student is assigned an instructor to work one-on-one with them to provide evaluation, support and career guidance. The cost of each course is $1295. Upon completion of these programs, students should have the required training to apply for full-time jobs.

Registration for all programs is now available. To register or for more information, call the UTSA Office of Extended Education at (210) 458-2411.

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Journalism Pulitzer Prize winner to present Nov. 19 lecture on INS at San Antonio College

San Antonio College will present the 24th Annual Edith Fox King Lecture featuring Brent Walth, a senior reporter from The (Portland) Oregonian newspaper, at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19 at San Antonio College McAllister Auditorium.

Walth and others on the investigative team of The Oregonian won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for "Liberty's Heavy Hand," the newspaper's six-part series which exposed problems in the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and resulted in significant changes. See the series at The Oregonian's Web site.

The prize was awarded for "its detailed and unflinching examination of systematic problems within the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, including harsh treatment of foreign nationals and other widespread abuses, which prompted various reforms."

During Walth's 17 years as a journalist, he has covered environmental issues, business and politics, including working as a correspondent in Washington, D.C., covering Congress and the Clinton Administration. He is the author of the 1994 book, "Fire at Eden's Gate: Tom McCall and The Oregon Story," a biography of Oregon's environmental governor - a book that President Clinton called a "remarkable biography."

Walth's work won several national awards, including the Gerald Loeb Award for Business and Financial Journalism, and he was a finalist for the Edward Meeman and the John B. Oakes awards for environmental reporting.

In 2000, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism for stories that profiled the Environmental Protection Agency's struggle to protect children and farm workers from pesticides.

Two Pulitzer winners who have spoken in the Edith Fox King Lecture series and began their photojournalism careers at San Antonio College are Ron Cortez of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Rodolfo Gonzalez of the Rocky Mountain News.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call Chet Hunt, San Antonio College journalism and photography chair, at (210) 733-2870.

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