FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2007
www.jcu.edu
Contact: Tonya Strong-Charles
                 216.397.1958

tstrong@jcu.edu

**************MEDIA ALERT****************
John Carroll University
East Asian Studies Program
                     Hosts
“EAST ASIA FESTIVAL”

Wednesday, September 19
6-8 p.m.
Dolan Center for Science and Technology
Muldoon Atrium
This event is free to attend and open to the public

The “East Asia Festival ’07” at John Carroll University
features Japanese, Chinese and Korean cultural displays and food! 
Festival Highlights:

• Korean Martial Arts Demonstration
• Chinese Fan Dance
• Tea Ceremonies
• Kimono Demonstration

The East Asian Studies Program at John Carroll University is sponsoring this FREE festival.
                       
This event is also supported by John Carroll University’s Center for Global Education and Office of Admission.

Dr. Roger Purdy
Coordinator, East Asian Studies
216.397.4776

John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition.  The university has some 3,100 plus undergraduates and just over 700 graduate students.  The U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master’s-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland.  John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.

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