Skip to search and filter Image WOW Recommends: Drawn Together Nov. 1, 2018 Read more Image Teaching about the Refugee Experience Oct. 31, 2018 Read more Image Una Mirada a la Literatura Infantil: Current Trends in Literature for Children and Adolescents in Mexico Oct. 29, 2018 Join us to learn about exciting developments in children’s and young adult literature in Mexico as award-winning authors and illustrators create books in Spanish and Indigenous languages. Read more Image Classroom Activities to Promote Cultural Connections Oct. 22, 2018 Read more Image Creating Student Connections Using Text Sets Oct. 15, 2018 Read more Image Creating Mixed Genre Text Sets Oct. 8, 2018 Read more Image UofA Alumni Association: WOW, What a Legacy! Oct. 4, 2018 In January, Jerry and Kathy Short were vacationing in Hawaii when their cellphones displayed this message: Emergency Alert: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. “We followed the masses into a hotel cafeteria, which was like a bunker. People really panicked. They were crying and calling their loved ones to say goodbye,” says Jerry Short. A second message came through 38 minutes later identifying the alert as a false alarm. The Shorts decided that day to make some decisions about their charitable giving. Read more Image Ronald Himler Captures the Spirit of Resilience Oct. 4, 2018 Read more Image Inside Philanthropy: Afterglow: A Startlingly Successful Fundraising Campaign Officially Ends, and the Gifts Keep Coming Oct. 3, 2018 A $1 million gift from Kathy G. Short and her husband Jerry to endow the director’s position of the University of Arizona’s (UA) World of Words (WOW), the largest collection of global literature for children and young adults in the nation, suggests that successful fundraising campaigns can live on in spirit well after the official end date. Read more Image WOW Recommends: A Big Mooncake for Little Star Oct. 1, 2018 Read more Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image Una Mirada a la Literatura Infantil: Current Trends in Literature for Children and Adolescents in Mexico Oct. 29, 2018 Join us to learn about exciting developments in children’s and young adult literature in Mexico as award-winning authors and illustrators create books in Spanish and Indigenous languages. Read more
Image UofA Alumni Association: WOW, What a Legacy! Oct. 4, 2018 In January, Jerry and Kathy Short were vacationing in Hawaii when their cellphones displayed this message: Emergency Alert: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. “We followed the masses into a hotel cafeteria, which was like a bunker. People really panicked. They were crying and calling their loved ones to say goodbye,” says Jerry Short. A second message came through 38 minutes later identifying the alert as a false alarm. The Shorts decided that day to make some decisions about their charitable giving. Read more
Image Inside Philanthropy: Afterglow: A Startlingly Successful Fundraising Campaign Officially Ends, and the Gifts Keep Coming Oct. 3, 2018 A $1 million gift from Kathy G. Short and her husband Jerry to endow the director’s position of the University of Arizona’s (UA) World of Words (WOW), the largest collection of global literature for children and young adults in the nation, suggests that successful fundraising campaigns can live on in spirit well after the official end date. Read more
