{"id":260254,"date":"2013-05-29T02:45:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T07:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=260254"},"modified":"2013-05-30T02:19:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T07:19:17","slug":"streufert-named-executive-director-at-ut-tyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=260254","title":{"rendered":"Streufert Named Executive Director at UT Tyler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/05\/Paul-Streufert-UT-Tyler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/05\/Paul-Streufert-UT-Tyler-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Streufert-UT Tyler\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-260255\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; The new executive director of special academic programs at The University of Texas at Tyler is Dr. Paul Streufert. He is an associate professor within the Department of Literature and Languages and the founding director of the UT Tyler Honors Program. In this expanded role, effective July 1, Streufert will oversee both the honors and Global Awareness Through Education programs at UT Tyler. Dr. Jill Blondin, current GATE director, has accepted a position at Virginia Commonwealth University as director of the VCU Globe.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Streufert is a proven academic leader, and he has the ability and the heart to continue tobuild these successful programs,\u201d said Dr. Alisa White, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at U-T Tyler. \u201cHonors Program leaders and GATE leaders have a history of working closely together to collaborate on a number of events and initiatives that focus on international issues and cultural awareness. \u201cDr. Streufert\u2019s appointment will facilitate continued collaboration and synergies between the two programs,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>Streufert has served UT Tyler since 2001. He was instrumental in establishing the UT Tyler Honors Program in 2009. With the support of department faculty and the Center for Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, he also created the university\u2019s Latin program, which offers a five-course Latin sequence as well as an interdisciplinary minor in classical studies. <\/p>\n<p>His awards include an honorary Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Award for Writing for his translation of Euripides\u2019 \u201cTrojan Women.\u201d He specializes in classical literature and the use of classical literature in later works. Other research interests include early modern and 20th-century dramatic literature as well as semiotics. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The new executive director of special academic programs at The University of Texas at Tyler is Dr. Paul Streufert. He is an associate professor within the Department of Literature and Languages and the founding director of the UT Tyler Honors Program. 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