WPUNJ Sigma Tau Delta in Portland
Our chapter president Jacqueline De Santo chairing a session at the Sigma Tau Delta annual convention in Portland, OR.
Congratulations, Jackie!
Labels: Convention, English Honor Society, Jacqueline DeSanto, Portland, Sigma Tau Delta, William Paterson University, WPUNJ
Irish-Language Quangos and Peter McGuire
Regarding
Peter McGuire's comment ("So Many Quangos, So Little Irish", 19th
March, 2013) that major International companies are hiring staff from
Continental countries rather than from Ireland "due to the lack of
qualified European-language graduates from within Ireland", I'd like to
remind him that Irish is actually a modern European language. Furthermore,
almost exactly as many students take Continental languages in the Leaving Cert
as take Irish.
On top of that,
Ireland hits well above its weight when it comes to employment in technology
and international business (for which English is the unquestioned lingua franca anyway). If Google is
employing Germans ahead of Irish people, it's only in cases where they need
native German speakers. Nothing in our education system will change that.
Regarding Quangos (a much-abused word) I'm
amused to see McGuire characterize Comhluadar, the wonderful and hard-working
Irish-language parenting organization, as "significant and powerful".
They employ three people and operate out of a single third-floor office in
Harcourt Street.Labels: AE, Aontas Eorpach, Brian Ó Broin, Comhluadar, Éire, EU, gaeilge, German, irish, Irish Times, Language Pedagogy, Languages, Peter McGuire, Quangos, Teangacha
Gorm i Meiriceá / Black in America
Pléann m'alt in Beo na míosa seo stair an Chine Ghoirm i Meiriceá agus na fadhbanna soisialta a bhaineann le cine sa lá atá inniu ann.
http://www.beo.ie/alt-gorm-i-meiricea.aspx
My article in this month's Beo deals with the history of African-Americans in the United States and the ongoing problems with race and racism in that country.
http://www.beo.ie/alt-gorm-i-meiricea.aspxLabels: America, Bán, Black, Brian Ó Broin, Cine, Ciníochas, Dubh, Geal, Gorm, Meiriceá, Race, Racism, Sclábhaíocht, Slavery, stáit aontaithe, United States, White
Sigma Tau Delta outreach to Manchester Regional High School, Haledon NJ
In the fall semester of 2012, Sigma Tau Delta members Jacqueline de Santo and Lori Hoffman gave a presentation to students at Manchester Regional High School, Haledon, NJ on how to write a successful college-entrance essay. Faculty advisor Brian Ó Broin was also present, as well as teachers from the school district.
Labels: Jacqueline DeSanto, Lori Hoffman, Manchester Regional High School, Sigma Tau Delta, William Paterson University, WPUNJ
WPUNJ Sigma Tau Delta read William Carlos Williams at Paterson Free Public Library
To mark the 50th anniversary of his death, the WPUNJ chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (the International English Honors Society), and several members of the library staff read from William Carlos Williams' "Paterson" at Paterson Free Public Library.
Monday 4th March, 2013
Sigma Tau Delta: Brian Ó Broin (faculty advisor); Jacqueline DeSanto (chapter president).
Paterson Public Library: Cynthia Czesak, Andrew Luck, Michelle Petrasek, Chelsea Woods.
Thanks to the librarian and language arts teachers of Eastside High School, and their enthusiastic students.
Labels: Brian Ó Broin, Jacqueline DeSanto, NJ, Paterson Eastside High School, Paterson Free Public Library, Sigma Tau Delta, william carlos williams, William Paterson University, WPUNJ
