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LIFESTYLES
Lifestyles Editor Lisa Ann Robertson 845-3313
Monday, September 17,1990
MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness
s programs
act as living legacy
By RUDY CORDOVA JR
The crisis in the Middle East has bolstered a
new way of thinking. With the invasion of Ku
wait, the world is now on the road to an interna
tionally unified conscience.
At Texas A&M, students have the opportunity
to learn about the world around them througn
the MSC Jordan Institute for International
Awareness.
Five years ago Jessie W. Jordan set up an en
dowment in memory of her husband Leland T.
Jordan to promote the knowledge and spirit of
internationalism in A&M students. The endow
ment gave way to the Jordan Enrichment Fund
which is used to subsidize international program
ming by the Jordan Institute.
“We like to expand the awareness of interna
tional cultures through informative programs
like the Jordan Fellows Program, the Living
Abroad Program, and the Enrichment Program,
as well as others,” David McGough, chairman of
the institute, says. The institute’s subcommittees
sponsor different programs.
The MSC Jordan Institute Fellows Program
provides students interested in international
leadership with enrichment and educational ac
tivities. Ten students are selected as Jordan Fel
lows each fall after completing an application
and interview process.
"This is a program for students that want in
ternational experience abroad,” McGough says.
Michael Burguieres, director of programs for
the institute, says “Jordan is unique in that we op
erate in a lot of areas.”
The Living Abroad Program sponsors ten stu
dents who are interested in living with host fami
lies in other countries. “This is probably our most
popular program right now,” Burguieres says.
^'Currently we are working on a living abroad
program with the Dominican Republic," Bur
guieres says. Students will live in the Dominican
Republic for one month and experience the cul
ture, bringing back with them memorabilia of
their experiences.
The MSC Jordan Collection, located in the
MSC Browsing Library, houses memorabilia that
the Jordans collected while living in countries
like Venezuela and Kuwait. The collection in
cludes jewelry, porcelain, silverware, paintings,
rugs and various pieces of furniture.
“The Jordan Collection is something we’re
very proud of,” McGough says. “Mr. and Mrs.
Jordan collected most of the exhibits while travel
ing around the world. A lot of it was given to him
by Queen Elizabeth herself.”
Luke Altendorf, adviser to the institute says,
“In this global society, we are trying to learn
about internationalism and be more imernation-
ally attuned,”
The institute is co-sponsoring a program Sept.
25 on Iraq with Political Forum for “students to
better understand what their culture is about and
why the people of Iraq think the way they do,"
Altendorf says.
“In a time of such crisis,” adds Altendorf, “it’s
important for us to study other cultures. It gives
us an appreciation of our own country and cultu
re.”
The MSC Jordan Institute has other programs
in store. “I want to do a program on comparative
religions of the world,” Burguieres says. “It
would be good if we knew more about other reli
gions
In the near future, though, the MSC Jordan
Institute is sponsoring a performance by the
1990 Youth Goodwill Mission from Taipei, Tai
wan. This is a group of aspiring and talented
young men and women from the Republic of
China.
The show consists of Chinese cultural song
and dance, including Chinese Opera. The per
formance will display many of the intricacies of
Chinese culture and folklore.
The institute’s continued emphasis on interna
tional culture is a tribute to the man for whom it
is named, Leland T. Jordan, bom in Lufkin in
1906, worked in the oil Fields of Kansas and Ok
lahoma before attending A&M. He was captain
of Batterv A in the Corps of Cadets and grad
uated in 1929 with a mechanical engineering de-
gree.
That same year. Gulf Oil Corporation hired
him as a production engineer in Venezuela, By
1945, he was General Manager of Gulf’s Western
Division in Maracaibo.
Three years later, he managed and directed
the newly created Kuwait Oil Company, Ltd.,
and by 1961 he hadtransformed the company
into a successful technical and commercial enter
prise.
Queen Elizabeth II appointed him Honorary
Commander of the order of the British Empire
in 1958 and Honorary Knight of the Most Excel
lent Order in 1961, in recognition of his service
to British interests in Kuwait. Jordan died in
1976.
The institute is located in MSC room 216. For
more information, call the MSC Jordan Institute
for International Awareness at 845-8770.
/nstitute sponsors
Chinese cultural arts
Looking for tradition? The
1990 Youth Goodwill Mission
Irom Taipei. Republic oT China,
will give Texas A&M the oppor-
tiinitx to experience the ancient
traditions and folklore of the
Chinese culture.
As part of its 1 (>th annual inter
national cultural mission.the per-
Tormance will survex the mam
lot ins ol Chinese folklore and
c ulture, inc luding opera, kung fu
and traditional costume. The op
era w ill demons! rate the Tour cat
egories ol traditional Chinese op
era: the masculine role, the
feminine role, the painted face
and the c low n.
Students from colleges and
universities in Taiwan make up
the Youth Goodwill Mission.
1 hi ough the use of Chinese w it
and Tantasx. thev hope to pro
mote cross-cultural appreciation.
In addition to their Brazos Val
iev performance, the Youth
Goodwill Mission will travel
across the Tinted States, the Mid
east , and Af rica.
Sponsors of the Chinese Cultu
ral Arts Performance include the
MSC Jordan Institute for Inter
national Awareness, the Chinese
Student Association and Interna
tional Student Services.
The Youth Good will Mission
will perform in Rudder Theater
I uesdax at 7 pan. Tickets are
SS.OO and max be purchased at
the MSC Box Office, for more
informal ion call «S la-1284.
• RUDY CORDOVA JR
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