News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu     www.selu.edu/news Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 12/13/02 Click on image for publication quality photo  SOUTHEASTERN, EAST BATON ROUGE PARTNER ON PROJECT TEACH – East Baton Rouge Parish is one of Southeastern Louisiana University’s school system partners in Project Teach, a five-year program to improve and increase the number of teachers qualified to work with students who speak limited English. The project is funded by a $1.2 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Shown at the signing of the partnership agreement are, from left, front, East Baton Rouge Superintendent Clayton Wilcox; Southeastern’s Project Teach Director Rossana R. Boyd; Richard Capps, director of federal programs for East Baton Rouge Parish; back, Gayle Neal, assistant dean of Continuing Education at Southeastern;  Martha H. Thornhill, interim dean of Southeastern’s College of Education and Human Development; Gladys White, East Baton Rouge Parish ESL Program Manager, and Diana Sewell, Louisiana Department of Education.  Return to News Releases