University Daily Kansan / Friday, May 5. 1989
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Support group tries to attract students
by Alan Morgan Kansan staff writer
Mac Hermreck, organizer of the Douglas County seizure Support group, to attract more KU students from groups of people
The support group, which meets in Lawrence on the third Thursday of each month, discusses concerns, problems and other issues among seizure sufferers.
"I want to get the KU crowd involved in the group," Hermckreed said. "I know there are a lot of people who are students and have seizures. This is an issue that we have problems and discuss how they can help themselves."
Hermreck, who has epilepsy, said the support group not only helped people deal with their own
problems but also helped friends and families understand and discuss problems.
"The support group allows people to share problems they might have getting jobs, dealing with society or general frustrations they might have." Hermcreck said. "It used to be that if you had epilepsy, you were labeled, and people would not accept you, or avoid you. That's changing, and I want younger kids to be educated about seizures and understand them."
The group meets at Independence Inc., 1910 Haskell Ave. The group has met for more than a year and has had as many as 20 members. Friends and parents are welcome to attend.
"Anyone can walk in off the street and attend the meetings, but normally I get a call before the
meeting from someone interested in attending the meeting." Hermreck said. "I can see a real need for a group of this kind in the community.
"When the group first started, there were a lot of KU students who attended. Now, there is only one who attends the meetings. I know that on a campus you can have a large group of people who could benefit from this support group."
Paul Reith, an endocrinologist at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that support groups could help people if directed by a competent group leader. Reith directs a diabetes support group.
"Support groups are very important in helping people deal with their problems," he said.
Students awarded grants for graduate studies
by a Kansan reporter
Six KU students have been awarded grants for graduate studies, a University official said Wednesday.
Mary Elizabeth Debicki, director of the office of study abroad, that 600 students nationwide had received the opportunity to study in more than 60 different countries next year.
"Two of the very best awards
possible went to KU students," Debicki said.
She said that 422 applications were received for 25 awards.
John Brobst, Overland Park senior majoring in history, received a Melon Fellowship in Humanities. Karen Gerhart, Lawrence graduate student at the University of Dissertation Fellowship to study 17th century Japanese art in Tokyo.
Matthew Bell, Galesburg, Ill.
senior, will attend the German academic exchange service in Bonn,
West Germany, where he will be
studying biology. Mary Alice Schroere-
overland Park graduate student, received a grant to teach English in France.
Eldon Wagler, Partridge graduate student, received a German teaching award to teach English in Germany.
David Walsh, Creve Coeur, Mo,
senior, received a grant to study
architecture in Zurich, Switzerland.
Debiicki said that applications were now available for candidates who wished to study abroad the following year.
"I think the opportunity to study abroad provides an excellent beginning of a career in an ever-shrinking world," Debicki said.
Foreign language courses near enrollment capacity
by Brett Brenner
Kansan staff writer
Incoming freshmen expecting to enroll in foreign language courses may find themselves at the end of long waiting lists.
"That's pitiful," he said.
Don Watkins, chairman of the department of Germanic languages and literature, said only about 100 foreign students in the first semester German class.
That's piritu, he said. The situation is much the same in other language classes.
Robert Spires, chairman of the department of Spanish and Portuguese, said that his department could have helped students who wanted to take Spanish.
"It has a wave effect," he said. "If they don't get in their first semester then they come back. We're in a novemin situation."
Davin" Dinnen, professor of French and Italian, said space also was tight in French classes. He said the classes are too small not experiencing the same problems.
He said that in addition to a shortage of money to pay for additional
teachers, space was also a concern.
"When we can do a switch, we have a hard time finding a room." he said.
a hard time finding a room," he said. James Carothers, associate dean of liberal arts and sciences, said classes were closing because of a lack of money, teaching talent and rooms.
"We can't supply foreign language classes on demand," he said. "We have to keep the introductory language classes at a reasonable size. If the class goes over 26 or 27 students, then it loses its effectiveness. We couldn't begin to staff the introductory level courses."
Carothers said the University often relied on graduate teaching assistants in this situation.
"That is fine," he said. "Most teachers begin their careers that way."
He said that even if the University had the money available to staff the positions, there was a lack of qualified teachers for the job.
"We can only go to a certain point if we are going to put them in front of a classroom," he said.
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