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| International professor links
Appalachian students with world |
by
Leslie Rasimas
Staff Writer |
Josh Brown | Chief Photographer
Dr. Marek Szopski is currently
teaching an international communications class during
summer school at Appalachian State University. He is functional
in five languages and considers himself to be a “philologist.”
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In this vast, expanding world, it is important
for Appalachian State University to gain knowledge of cultures
and people that are not so familiar.
Dr. Marek Szopski, a visiting professor
of communications, has brought that knowledge to Boone from
Warsaw, Poland.
Szopski is a patient, intelligent and very
busy man who is currently teaching intercultural communication
for the second summer school session.
In 1999, he first came to the university
for one year to teach classes in the department of communication
and popular culture in the department of sociology.
In Warsaw, Szopski teaches at three schools:
Warsaw University, the Warsaw School of Social Psychology
and the Communication and Media College.
Before he became a teacher himself, Szopski
followed the road of education from Warsaw University, earning
a master’s degree in English literature and beginning
his Ph.D in sociology, to the University of Notre Dame where
he earned his Ph.D in sociology and graduated in 1993.
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| 17th annual Rosen Outdoor
Sculpture Competition and Exhibition |
by
Ashley Hawks
Contributing Writer |
The winner of
the 17th annual Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition
was named last Saturday.
John Hooker from Chicago, with his sculpture
“O,” took home first place along with $5,500. The
concrete and steel sculpture is located in front of the Broyhill
Music Center. Gentle praised the sculpture for its molecular
like quality.
The annual sculpture competition features
emerging artists from across the United States. The competition
was one of the last events of An Appalachian Summer Festival.
Denise Ringler, director of marketing and
public relations in the Office of Cultural Affairs was pleased
with the Appalachian Summer Festival.
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