Wheelock College Promotes Programs on Campus to Create a Multi-Cultural Learning Community

(AANEWSWIRE)Boston, MA October 26, 2005 - Jackie Jenkins-Scott, the first African American President of Wheelock College, seems to have the students and faculty full of activities supporting the accomplishments of several black leaders, including two educators and an Emmy-nominated actress.

Wheelock's President is hosting two important consecutive receptions Thursday, October 27th and Friday, October 28th. The first special event is to honor the nation's First Haitian-American President, Dr. Carole Berotte Joseph of Massachusetts Bay Community College. The second event, welcomes actress, artist-in-residence, Victoria Rowell of the Young and The Restless, to help kick-off the 25th Anniversary of Wheelock Family Theatre. Ms. Rowell, a foster care advocate and founder of the Rowell Foster Care Children Positive Program has awarded some outstanding students of Wheelock College with scholarships from her organization. She will join in the prestigious theatrical company's anniversary festivities this weekend, as well as promote her efforts towards enriching the lives of foster children. Wheelock College's commitment to diverse cultural causes, the dramatic arts and the family does not end there. As the first of several international educators to visit from around the world and broaden the global outreach, distinguished visiting scholar Dr. Ambroise Medegan, travels from the Republic of Benin, to speak with the students about ethnically diverse social affairs beginning October 24th - November 19th.

Wheelock, a private college with a public mission, is recognized as a national leader in the professional fields of child life, social work, and teacher education. Wheelock has grown over the years providing academic programs which give students an education in the arts and sciences while enabling students to become informed not only about their own environment, and enriched by professionals and scholars from around the world. The college offers a diverse curriculum with a multicultural dimension which helps to prepare students to work with children and families to be responsible citizens, and to help create a just society. By bringing together these African-Americans scholars celebrating the arts, education and multi-ethnic advances Wheelock's curriculum includes educational programs that highlight diversity, families and the youth.

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Wheelock College: (http://www.wheelock.edu), founded in 1888 and located in Boston, MA, is a private institution with the public mission of improving the quality of life for children and their families. The College fulfills this mission by providing a strong education in the arts and sciences and in its professional fields - child life, social work, and education - for which its undergraduate and graduate programs are nationally and internationally recognized. Throughout its academic programs and student experience, the College reflects the multicultural dimensions of the countries in which it operates and fosters diverse learning communities - all of which contributes to the success, leadership, and impact that its graduates enjoy in a wide variety of careers.