December
27, 2005
Oakton President to Attend State Department Summit
Margaret B. "Peg" Lee, president of Oakton Community College, has accepted an invitation from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to attend the U.S. University Presidents Summit, Jan. 5 and 6, in Washington, D.C. Fewer than 100 U.S. college and university presidents have been invited to the summit, to help develop an action plan for encouraging more U.S. students to study abroad, and to encourage more foreign students to enroll in U.S. universities.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to be a part of critical conversations about the importance of shaping the future of our increasingly interdependent world through global education," said Lee. "Oakton's mission includes educating all students to be 'capable global citizens.' Our student population and the district we serve are both incredibly diverse."
More than 80 different languages are spoken at the nine high schools in Oakton's district, according to College research. While small numbers of students speak languages such as Thai, Burmese, Finnish, and Tamil, the top 10 languages spoken include Spanish, Polish, Korean, Urdu, Russian, Assyrian, Gujarati, Filipino (Tagalog), Greek, and Malayalam.
For more information, call Oakton's Office of College Advancement at 847-635-1806.
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