Office of Communications

Contact: Laura Hanna

Director of Communications

Office: (817) 531-4498

lhanna@txwes.edu

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY RECEIVES NEARLY $2 MILLION FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Texas Wesleyan University has been selected to receive nearly $2 million from the U.S. Department of Education's Strengthening Institutions Program. Texas Wesleyan was the only university in the state to receive this award and was one of 20 institutions nationwide. Congressman Michael Burgess’ office notified Texas Wesleyan of the award.

The grant award will be approximately $400,000 per year for 5 years, beginning October 1, 2007. The Strengthening Institutions Program funding totals $1.98 million over five years and includes money for instructional technologies, academic programming using the Learning Community Model, and transforming the advising process.

For more information, contact Michelle Stein, communications director for U.S. Representative Michael Burgess, at (202) 225-7772 or Deborah Roark, director of grants at Texas Wesleyan University, at (817) 531-5845.