23 May: Illinois Media Centre. Professor Kim Pereira of the School of Theater has accepted the position of director of the Honors Program at Illinois State University . In 2003 he received the university's Strand Diversity Award . He is the author of "August Wilson and the African-American Odyssey," of five plays, has presented papers at national and regional conferences, and wrote, filmed, narrated and produced a two-hour documentary on contemporary Indian theatre. For full text, 369 words, see http://www.mediarelations.ilstu.edu/news_releases/0506/may/honorspereira .asp
For a profile of him see http://www.cfa.ilstu.edu/faculty_staff/biographydetail.asp?u=kpereir Kim was born in Bombay. His father, Frank Pereira was a sports journalist for the Times of India, an avid hockey player and originally from Parra. His mother, Doreen Pereira, a retired Deputy Manager at Shell in India, was from Pilerne. For a photograph of him check out the Photo Gallery at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ Eddie Fernandes _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list ([email protected])
