President John Marsden and his wife Margaret gave a welcoming reception at their home, Pinkerton-Rouse Place, in March for the second group of Panamanian students, 26 of them. (College photo) |
By Bridget Slone
University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications
A second group
of students from Panama is studying at Midway College, under an agreement the
college signed with a Panamanian government agency in December.
Under the agreement, the Panamanian government awarded
scholarships, including tuition, room and board, for Panamanian students to
study at the college, according to Ellen Gregory, the college’s vice president
of marketing and communications.
The college said in a press release that it hosted Sonia de
Luzcando, general director, and Itzel Hubbarb, chief international cooperation
officer of Panama’s Institute for Training and Development of Human Resources,
on campus for a tour, strategy meetings and an official signing ceremony.
The first Panamanians to arrive on campus under the partnership was a
group of eight teachers and three school administrators, according to the college’s
director of multicultural and international Affairs, Rosa Ponce-Sanabria.
“The teachers were on campus four weeks and the
administrators for six weeks,” Ponce-Sanabria said. “They attended education
courses with the help of an interpreter and have now returned to Panama to put
their newly acquired skills into practice at their schools.”
The second group to arrive was students who are
participating in a college readiness program, which began in March and goes
through mid-December, Gregory said in an email.
The students previously attended a center funded by the
Institute for Training and Development of Human Resources. Through this center,
the institute provides room and board to students from rural
areas who would
otherwise not be able to regularly attend school, Gregory explained.
She said all the students were selected because of their strong
academic background, and at this point 26 scholarships have been funded. “We
anticipate this to be just the beginning of a long relationship going forward,”
she said.
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