FUN Talent Show

Trip to Kennywood

Trip to Amish Country

Trip to Amish Country

New Groups From Argentina and Spain.

New Groups From Argentina and Spain.

2010 Summer

New Groups From Argentina and Spain.

4 Groups

mixing Spain students and Argentina students

Culture Fest 2010

Brazilian Coffee Hour

Louise Figueira introduced us her home country, Brazil.

Philippines Coffe Hour

Conrad Aquino gave a presentation about his home country, Philippines.

Venezuelan Coffee Hour

Venezuela, the Little Venezia that made all conquistadores fall in love with it, is a promising land full of opportunities, beautiful landscapes, and excellent people. Yes, they live in a permanent political turmoil and yes, they are only known because of its oil and beautiful girls but as Cesar has shown us, Venezuela is more than that. Venezuela is, along with Brazil and Chile, the future of South America, a land who always receives people with open arms.

Cesar's superb presentation impressed everyone, and we are happy to have him around for a couple of months more.



The rest of the presentation can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytTc_jdepo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgouZkgUMNw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsJCh8kGIaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuLoM2ExaJU

Rwandan Coffe Hour

Clement, a Rwandan student that came to Wheeling Jesuit to get his degree in Respiratory Therapy, started the new Coffee Hour season talking about Rwanda, a country of ten thousand mountains. The presentation was full of beautiful pictures and stories about a country that has recovered from one of the biggest tragedies of the late 20th century.

YSS Honors Ron Mulholland With Good Samaritan Award

Ronald Mulholland, who teaches Criminal Ethics and Juvenile Justice in WJU and has also been teaching English at the ELI, has been awarded for his more than 30 years of service for Youth Services System Inc. The ceremony was held at Wheeling Park White Palace and for those who couldn't attend the event, here are Ron's grateful and humble words upon receiving the award:

Good Samaritan Award - Ronald Mulholland from tturk on Vimeo.

Ron Mulholland founded the Samaritan House, West Virginia's first emergency shelter for troubled and homeless children in Wheeling 34 years ago, under the auspices of Youth Services System Inc.

Youth Service System - Ronald Mulholland from tturk on Vimeo.

Living la vida loca

Summer is almost over and the high school students from Spain had to go back to their beloved land. They left, but they also left a remarkable imprint in our hearts, and the hearts of all those with whom they've shared this beautiful spiritual experience they had in Wheeling, West Virginia. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a youtube video must be worth a million:





[EDIT] More information about their stay in Wheeling in this article.

Don't cry for me, Argentina

All beginnings have an end, and in the case of our last guests from Argentina, what an end it was. Their five-week stay in Wheeling Jesuit University was superbly presented by the students themselves, in front of a crowded audience enjoying every piece of their experience in the United States of America.

Colegio San Pedro Apostol from tturk on Vimeo.

They are already back in Argentina, and they haven't gone empty-handed: their backpack is full of memories and anecdotes, and they created bonds within the US and its people which would last forever.

[EDIT]
The Intelligencer published an article about their stay in Wheeling
There's another one published in WJU's website.

ELI students at Rockhurst University

This year's Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education conference was held in Kansas City, MO. Wheeling Jesuit University sent two ELI students, Yoseba Urquijo and Urko Fernandez, to Rockhurst University to talk about their work in the Global Business Incubator under Ryan Wall's mentorship.

University-Industry linkages from tturk on Vimeo.

During the three days that the conference lasted, they shared their experiences in Wheeling with some of the most prestigious Jesuit universities in the United States, such us Loyola, Gonzaga and Marquette. We hope to see more ELI students promoting Wheeling Jesuit University and the English Language Institute not only all over the United States, but also all over the world.

A Captive Audience

Two highlights of this week were presentations by Jane at WJU'S Center for Educational Technologies and our very own Spanish student Alex. For her presentation, the funny and talented Jane at CET conducted a video conference in which our high school students from Argentina got to discuss their next NASA mission (making a shoebox "fly") with real NASA scientists in Mississippi. Needless to say, the students loved brainstorming with the folks at NASA.

For his presentation, Alex used PowerPoint to discuss the historical and political circumstances and outcomes of the U.S. Gulf War. Our high school students found Alex's talk edifying and interesting, and they responded with excellent questions. It was great to watch a "veteran" ELI student interact with our newcomers. Our students always have such creative and important things to say!