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St. Edward’s University • Wednesday, April 10, 2013 • Volume 33 • Issue 9 • hilltopviewsonline.com
Universities offer dual degree Kelsey Cartwright kcartwr@stedwards.edu
Undergraduates at St. Edward’s University and Asia Pacific University can enroll in a dual degree program in Fall 2013 and divide study in two countries. “I think this is an amazing opportunity to become immersed in two cultures. The personal and professional benefits are almost too numerous to imagine,” said Russell Frohardt, the interim dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences. This dual degree program will be offered for students majoring in International Business, Global Studies or Environmental Science and Policy. Students majoring in one of these three programs will have the opportunity to spend half of their years at St. Edward’s and half at Asia Pacific University, APU, to complete their degrees. The dual degree program is open to both St. Edward’s students and Asia Pacific students. St. Edward’s students would study here in Austin their first year and then study in Beppu, Japan at APU for their next two years. Students would then return back to Austin for their senior
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Donor to receive honorary degree Adam Crawley dcrawle@stedwards.edu
Courtesy of Russell Frohardt Students studying abroad at Asia Pacific University in Japan travel across the country.
year, Frohardt said. Students from APU would do exactly the opposite. They would study at their home campus for a year, attend St. Edward’s their sophomore and junior year and then return to APU for their final year, Frohardt said. Each university will provide
faculty for the courses taught at their respective university, said Marsha Kelliher, dean of the School of Management and Business. “[However], there might be some collaborative efforts between professors from both universities when it comes to senior projects and Cap-
stone,” Frohardt said. The courses at APU will be taught in English, but students would also acquire Japanese language skills while participating in the program. “Probably the most important aspect of successful business endeavors in other
The university will award an honorary degree to Bill Munday in recognition of his generosity to St. Edward’s University, and his success as a philanthropist and entrepreneur. At this year’s May 11 commencement ceremony, Munday will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters, university spokesperson Stephen Rodriguez said. The Doctor of Humane Letters award is given to one who has distinguished themselves in an area other than scientific study, literature, theological studies and government. These areas are rewarded with Doctors of Science, Letters, Divinity and Laws, respectively. Munday and his wife, Pat, are the university’s largest donors to date, having donated $36 mil-
lion to St. Edward’s since 2003. Additionally, Pat Munday is a member of the Board of Trustees. The Mundays’ first donation to St. Edward’s was a $500,000 endowment for scholarships in 2003. They followed this up with a $385,000 donation, which finished fundraising for the John Brooks Williams Natural Sciences Center–North. In 2011, they donated $13 million to fund the now under-construction Munday Library, scheduled to open in the Fall semester of 2013. Their latest gift was a $20 million donation. The donation brought the endowment to $76.8 million. The Munday scholarship is a need-based scholarship that funds 25 percent of a students tuition. The Munday scholarship currently benefits 51 students, and has been awarded 160 times.
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