WKU Hosting Spanish Teacher
Academy June 24-28

Bowling Green, Ky. - Twenty teachers will participate in the Spanish Teacher Academy this week at Western Kentucky University.

Western and the Kentucky Department of Education are sponsoring the June 24-28 event at the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center.

The focus of this year's conference is providing the teachers with experiences and technology skills to make connections between their Spanish classes and the Hispanic communities in Kentucky, according to Dr. Deborah Paprocki, assistant professor of Spanish and on-site coordinator for the conference.

Guest speakers who work with the Hispanic communities in Kentucky will share information with the teachers. On Tuesday, the group will visit a farm near Owensboro to tour the farm and speak with migrant workers.

Teachers may also register for graduate credit through WKU. The directors of the academy are Spanish teachers Sharon Mattingly of Barren Country High School and Ginger Robinson of Apollo High School in Owensboro.

For more information, contact Dr. Deborah Paprocki at (270) 745-5906. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.

-WKU-