STUDENTS
FROM THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE
ATTEND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT
WENZAO URSULINE COLLEGE OF LANGUAGES IN TAIWAN
Event Attracted 86 Student Leaders from 23 Colleges Worldwide
Helen Wolf,
Director of Campus Ministry, accompanied two CNR student
representatives to the International Student Leaders Symposium held at
the Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in late
October. The CNR students, Gabrielle Carrasquillo, SN’08, and Megan
Skrip, SAS’07 joined eighty-six student leaders from twenty-three
universities and eight different countries who met to discuss issues of
global concerns. Pictured above (l. to r. ): Helen, Sr. Christine Liu,
Mother Theresa Lim, Sr. Fidelas Wang (former president of Wenzao,
current President of the Board of Trustees), Megan, and Gabrielle.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY, November 2, 2005 -- The
College of New Rochelle (CNR) today announced that two of its students
were invited to participate in the first International Student Leaders
Symposium (ISLS) that took place last month at the Wenzao Ursuline
College of Languages in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Helen Wolf, Director
of Campus Ministry, accompanied students Gabrielle Carrasquillo
(Plainville, CT), a sophomore in the School of Nursing and Megan Skrip
(Oxford, MA), a junior in the School of Arts & Sciences, majoring
in biology/ environmental studies. They were among 86 student leaders
from 23 universities and eight different countries who met to discuss
issues of global concerns categorized in five subdivisions: youth
development, culture, human rights, poverty & ethics, and
environmental issues.
The goal of the symposium
was the Fulfillment of Global Citizenship. Wenzao Ursuline
College, who organized the conference, believes that globalization is a
profound and influential reality for young adults and those future
leaders must center their efforts on global responsibility. The
conference sought to promote academic and cultural interaction while
establishing stronger, substantial links with affiliated universities
and colleges of Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages. The ultimate goal
of ISLS was to raise awareness and advocacy towards global concerns.
In addition to written
research papers on issues related to the conference’s five major
topics, ISLS students presented oral reports at the symposium to
students, faculty, and administration. Ms. Carrasquillo and Ms.
Skrip each presented on an issue of global importance. Ms.
Carrasquillo spoke about the Texas/ Mexico colonias the CNR’s Campus
Ministry has been supporting with community service activities for the
past two years. She raised awareness about the lack of decent health
care to the colonia residents. Ms. Skrip’s research focused on
the need to change the design of urban centers in order to accommodate
the integration of society and its sphere of influence into
consideration of natural processes.
The student leaders
culminated their week of academic discourse on global issues by
developing an action plan each will take back to their schools in an
effort to improve the world. The action plan was signed by ISLS
participants, who promised that they would bring the action plan to
their respective schools. The students sent to this conference
not only learned more about global issues of social concern, they were
challenged to take up the call to make this world a better place.
Twenty-six students from
twelve universities and colleges outside Taiwan were represented at
ISLS. In addition to CNR, the following schools included:
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Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
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Brescia University, USA
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Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages
& Information Technology, Viet Nam
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Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University, Japan
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Meisei University, Japan
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Seisen University, Japan
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Shigakukan University, Japan
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Universität Hamburg, Germany
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Université de Provence, France
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University of Alcala, Spain
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Ursuline College, USA
Seventeen student representatives from ten local catholic and southern
league universities and colleges in Taiwan also participated,
including: Chung Hua University, Fu Jen Catholic University,
National Dong Hwa University, National Pingtung University of Science
& Technology, National Taichung Institute of Technology, National
Taichung Nursing College, National Taipei College of Business, National
Taipei University of Education, National Taiwan Normal University, and
Taipei Municipal University of Education.
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The first Catholic
college for women in New York State,
The
College of New Rochelle was founded in 1904 by the Ursuline Order.
Today,
it comprises the all-women School of Arts & Sciences, and three
schools
which admit women and men: the School of New Resources (for adult
learners),
the School of Nursing and the Graduate School. The main campus of
the College is located in lower Westchester County, 16 miles north of
New York City. The College maintains six other campus locations
in New York
City. Visit the College’s website at www.cnr.edu
