[377] Struggles In Foster-Care System Are April 4 MTSU Lecture Topic

STRUGGLES IN FOSTER-CARE SYSTEM ARE APRIL 4 MTSU LECTURE TOPIC
Resilience is Key to Overcoming Challenges, Guest Professor Says

FOR RELEASE: March 25, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Dr. Jo Edwards, 615-898-2905

(MURFREESBORO)—Montreat College professor Dr. Paul Owen will discuss his book, The Long Winter: One Man’s Journey Through the Darkness of Foster Care, on Monday, April 4, as part of MTSU’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
Owen’s free public lecture is scheduled from 3 to 4 p.m. April 4 in Rooms 109/111 of the Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building on campus. A reception is planned in the CKNB lobby after the presentation, and copies of Owen’s book will be available.
Owen is a professor of Greek and Bible studies at Montreat, which is located just outside Asheville, N.C., at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
His book details his journey as an orphan through seven foster homes across three states and reveals that despite many challenges, he was able to get an education, even completing his graduate work abroad in Scotland. His story encourages resilience as he explains how ordinary people can overcome difficult challenges.
The lecture is sponsored by MTSU’s Division of Student Affairs and the MTSU Distinguished Lecture Fund, the Adams Chair of Excellence in Health Care Services, the Center for Health and Human Services, the MTSU Department of Social Work and the Tennessee Center for Child Welfare.
Visitors planning to attend Owen’s free lecture should park in the large MTSU lot east of Rutherford Boulevard and ride the Raider Xpress shuttle to the Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building to avoid traffic congestion caused by construction in the area.
For more information on the Owen lecture, contact Dr. Jo Edwards at the CHHS at 615-898-2905.

Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution located in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU now boasts one of the nation’s first master’s degree programs in horse science, and the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, D.C., acclaims MTSU’s Master of Science in Professional Science degree—the only one in Tennessee—as a model program. MTSU recently unveiled three new doctoral degrees in the sciences.

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IN BRIEF: Montreat College professor Dr. Paul Owen will discuss his book, The Long Winter: One Man’s Journey Through the Darkness of Foster Care, on Monday, April 4, as part of MTSU’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Owen’s free public lecture is scheduled from 3 to 4 p.m. April 4 in Rooms 109/111 of the Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building on campus. For more information, contact Dr. Jo Edwards at the Center for Health and Human Services at 615-898-2905.

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