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Article: TEXAS TECH EDUCATION TEAM TRAVELS TO UGANDA
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 16, 2009
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LUBBOCK, Texas, Oct. 15 -- The Texas Tech University System issued the following news release:
A team of eight educators and students from Texas Tech University's Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Sensory Impairment will make a nearly two-week trek to the African country of Uganda, Oct. 20-31. The Sowell Center is housed in the College of Education.
The motivation for the trip is twofold, said Amy Parker, research assistant professor in the center, and project leader.
One purpose builds upon a series of training and research activities in the United States with young adults who are deaf-blind, Parker said. To that end, the team will attend the Helen Keller World ...