University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, August 18.1976
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Local Vietnamese adjust easily to new way of life
Having been in the United States for a year, Nighia Nguyen, who works in the cafeteria in Elsworth Hall, says she is glad that
everything is okay now and that she can work again. Nguyen and her family left Salign April 29, 1975.
Women mistaken in their beliefs about career potentials, dean says
The pressures foreseen in marriage, motherhood and coping within a male-dominated world are the reasons women account for less than one per cent of dentists, doctors and engineers, according to two University of Kansas researchers.
Walter Smith, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, and Kala Stroup, dean of women, have written a book that encourages women to enter medicine and engineering. Smith and Stroup said they hoped the book would help them find careers for teachers Foundation as a guide for high school and junior college counselors and teachers.
"The suffragettes of the 20s inspired
are presently being graduated. Smith and
Gilbert."
Research shows that girls with abilities in mathematics and science aren't choosing related fields or are "gearing down" once they enter the age range demonstrated by women between the ages of 16 and 24 who want to enter an elite program for a humanities degree. Stroum said.
Smith and Stropu's findings indicate "girls believe science is not compatible with a woman's desire to get married and raise children.
"I can't understand it," Stroup said, "Engineering and medical careers offer the opportunity to have your own hours or work on a part-time basis."
These opportunities are offered in professions in which women are rare: optometry, surgery, dentistry, research, occupational therapy, radiology, orthotics and eyeexercise. Stroup said,
"These jobs are not only conducive to raising a family." Stroop said, "they are also careers with openings everywhere; so they should be hired, as easily should her husband be transferred."
Stroup said careers in engineering and medicine were well-suited to the wife or mother returning to study after a short absence.
Another reason for the shortage of women in such areas is that girls are unaware of opportunities and aren't exposed to role models in the science area.
"We have found that parents and
educators alike don't encourage science to girls." Strup said.
Stroup said that parents usually expected three goals of their daughters: to marry, to bear at least two children and to settle comfortably in suburbia.
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Office of Education has found that when a girl comes to a high school she is not able to tell the science she's told not to worry while boys with the same problem are told that they better buckle down, Stroud said. Most science teachers are men, so there is a need to expose girls to women role models, she says.
"Even though parents will say that they want their daughter to do whatever she desires," Smith said, "the daughter says that she doesn't pursue a career in these areas because her parents don't encourage her."
"Parents must tell their daughter that there is more than just one track to follow." Stroup said. "Women have the same nature to achieve an男, men except that women think they are better at playing games, they may hurt someone with a husband or parents Men don't think like this."
The book will stress that women do not sacrifice their feminine identity by entering these areas, and will instil self-perception into the girl with science and math abilities, allowing her to make a stabilized choice in a career. Stroup said.
Smith and Stroup were cautious in
assessing whether most science teachers
Workshops for science teachers on science careers are poorly attended and have higher priorities than encouraging women's careers. Smith said.
"I don't know if the book will sell," she said. "Primarily, it will present how-to guides to students."
the idea for the book originated from Stroup's and Smith's involvement with a 1973 grant by the National Science Foundation. Workshops funded in Wichita, Shawne Mission, Topeka, Hutchinson and Lawrence were set up to encourage high school girls with high ACT scores in math and science, with these kids and how they know what to expect if they do enter, and how to overcome the barriers. The workshops also familiarized parents with the idea their daughters can enter non-traditional fields.
By CHARLOTTE KIRK
Lawrence's two Vietnamese refugee families apparently have made the transition to American life well, and will now welcome a third refugee family to the city.
Staff Writer
The Ngoe The Nguyen and Chieu Dinh Vuim families, who came to Lawrence last summer for a visit to evacuation, are expected to be joined soon by the Huong family. The Huongs are now waiting in Bangkok, Thailand, to fly to the town of Chiang Kwai, where the Lawrence Refuge Committee, said.
The Nguyen and Vinh families said although they had adjusted to American life, the family's views were different.
NOGC THO Niugen, his wife Nghia, and their four children came to Lawrence July 14 of last year. They lived with the Harold Siegert family for two weeks until they moved into an apartment at 1600 Haskell Drive.
"Not much is different in my country so we have had it to adjust to the language,"
Ngyen and his wife said they gained proficiency in reading and writing English as a result of jobs they held in Saigon. Ngyen was an associate professor of English at the University of Nghia translated captured Viet Cong documents for the U.S. Defense Attache.
Nghia, who works in KU residence halls as a housekeeper, speaks English quite often. She said her husband, who works in KU's culinary lab, was shy about speaking English.
"ENGLISH is not so hard to read, but it is very difficult to pronounce," she said. "Mrs. Siegler has worked with us to learn English splee we came here."
Nguyen said sometimes he heard words
and worried about making an in-
correct choice.
Although the language has posed a large barrier, Nghia said some things were very familiar. Nghia wears flowered blouses, and Nghia shoes at work, much like our coworkers.
"We wore the same clothes in Saigon. Our money matters are the same here also. We planned how we would spend our money every month like we do," she said.
"The FOOD is different, but we still eat Vietnamese food when we get the chance," Haia said. "For our kids, Vietnamese food is the best prep we can since I am working, I usually just have time to fix American food, which is a lot faster." She said her children really liked it.
The four Nguyen children, 7, 10, 12 and 13 years old, have completed one year at Lawrence schools. They did so well this summer and they are allowed to skip a grade fall, she said.
"The children used to learn French in Saigon schools, but they adjusted to conversational English faster than my husband and I did." she said.
"I'm GLAD that God has helped us and I think everything is okay now," Nghia said. She said they hoped to become naturalized U.S. citizens in a few years.
Although the Lutheran Church supported them when they first came to Lawrence, they are self-supporting now and have purchased a station wagon. They also hope to move out of their apartment and into a house.
The other Vietnamese refugee family has not done quite as well with English as the Nai Thai.
Mrs. Dykes
--member of a women's golf group, she said. "I'm not very good, but I enjoy it," he said.
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BUT THIS year, she will have a new experience as a member of the Heart Association's state board, which allocates the money in the Heart Fund.
She is also a volunteer at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City.
Even though her days can be filled easily with University and community activities, Mrs. Dykes said she managed to always resume time to do things she wanted to do.
At home in her free time, she said, she enjoys reading and needlepoint.
SHE'S AN avid sports fan, but strict), as a spectator, she said. Her two sons' participation in school athletics prompted much of her interest in all sports, she said.
Despite the family's busy schedule, Mrs. Dykes and they always take a vacation each summer as a family. This summer Tennessee, Tennessee, visiting friends and family.
Mrs. Dykes grew up in Tennessee and graduated with a degree in elementary education from Memphis State, where she met her husband.
1973 from Knoxville, Tenn., where Dykes
becameancestor of the University of Tennessee.
But Mrs. Dykes is not a spectator on the golf course. This summer has given her a chance to win.
During their three years at KU, Mrs. Dykes said, she has tried to play a "supportive role" that would complement her husband's administrative duties. She has proven herself to be a gracious hostess and an invaluable social asset to the University.
THE DYKESES moved to Lawrence in
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Vinh and his children speak English fluently, but his wife speaks no English.
"The English training class my wife was in was discontinued and we haven't been able to find a place for her to learn," he said.
done well. They have been self-supporting since April, when Vinh got a job at the Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association. Then they were supported by private donations.
Financially, the Vinhs said, they have
"WHEN I lived in Saigon I had many possessions, but when I came over here, I came empty-handed." Vinh said. "I have tried to protect me, but I have tried my best to proceed."
Because this is the first anniversary of the families' arrival in Lawrence, the Lutheran Churches plan to sponsor a reunion and picnic.
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