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MONDAY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29 MARCH 1, 2016 | DAILYWILDCAT.COM |
UA plans to expand across the border The College of Education hopes to improve child literacy in Mexico
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Adjusting to the NBA may seem challenging in terms of size, game play, intelligence of the game or overall athleticism. Yet one of the most difficult challenges for former Arizona forward Stanley Johnson is the amount of free time. “There’s so much free time,” Johnson said. “What do I do with my off days? You have to find a hobby to keep your mind off basketball, but not something too wild, because you still need to think about basketball.” From the outside, it seems that a league player
would constantly be getting shots in the gym, working out or maybe running drills. An athlete’s body needs rest. Some of the ways that Johnson keeps busy is with massages or pedicures; something to stay relaxed on his days off from work. Aside from adjusting to the free time, Johnson is confident that his background at the UA helped him develop and adjust to the NBA. Arizona basketball is a program that concentrates on the team aspect and being specifically A Players Program. When Johnson
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The UA College of Education’s World of Words is growing its library and strengthening its literacy efforts by creating a visiting scholar program in Mexico in collaboration with Resplandor International. The program honors Richard Ruiz who died in spring 2015. Ruiz was a former honors college faculty member and head of the UA’s Department of Mexican American Studies. Kathy Short, professor in the College of Education and WOW program director, said the program hopes to bring cultures across borders together. “What’s powerful about this program is it’s a collaboration across so many different groups who are working together to establish a community resource and build connections,” Short said. WOW focuses on building intercultural understanding through global literature with a collection of global books. The book levels range from preschool to 12th grade. The program has a website containing several resources and journals that educators from over 180 different countries have access to, according to Short. She said this collaboration came about because the program aims to do a lot of outreach locally and globally, and Resplandor International had a desire to create a library as a community resource. The library is a way to reach out to children and adults in the community by focusing on literacy. Todd Fletcher, associate professor in the UA Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies and director of Resplandor International, said part of the idea to create this program came from his already-developed relationships in Mexico. Resplandor, which was founded in 2009, is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization here in the U.S. Resplandor’s goal is promoting social and economic development through education, according to Fletcher. “The reason this all came about is because of my experience in Mexico,” Fletcher said.
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