News for February 25, 2007

My father went in the hospital last Saturday, after having stomach cramps on a daily basis for two weeks. The doctors found an ulcer in his stomach and were able to go in with a scope to fix it. Because he is 86 years old (87 in May), he has developed complications. His mind is quite confused so one of us is staying with him 24/7. My sister Cheryl came up from Rhode Island and has spent two nights at the hospital, my other sister, Lorraine has also done two nights, as has my brother, Earl. I am glad we are here in New Hampshire to support each other, and give my father the loving care he deserves. He continues to maintain his humor and positive outlook. To one of the nurses he said, "You must be an artist." She replied, "No, I am NOT an artist." My father said, "Yes, you are. You draw blood!"

We met as a family yesterday to discuss his care when he is released from the hospital.

I have met with the Vice President for International Education at Southern New Hampshire University to discuss a collaborative program with UNYP, the University where I taught in Prague. At this time everything is on hold due to my father's condition. Thank you for your prayers.

Next trip to Prague

 I met with the president of a local university on Monday, and brought him a proposal for a joint venture with UNYP. He was very open to it. I am meeting with the Director of International Programs at the same university tomorrow. Please pray for this appointment. My proposal is to teach a three weekend course in Prague, so we could go back for three to four weeks, and follow up with students, faculty, and contacts we made in the Fall. Thank you for your interest and support.

Greetings from students in Prague

 I thought you might like to read some of the e-mail messages I have received.

Hello Dr. Wiley,
Now that the course is officially over I wanted to say thank you very much for teaching us. It was very interesting and I feel I learned a lot. I hope that you are well and having fun. I hope that we will see you again. I graduate in June (I hope). Anyway, keep in touch, my email address won't change. If you need anything that I could help you with, let me know. Say hello to your family,
J

Hello.
My semester break is busy - right now I am working on an English-into-Czech translation
and I also have my job to put up with. But it's a little better now when there are no
classes to attend. I've only got one exam left so I think I'll get on. It's nice that you
asked. Ok, that's about it. I hope you're having good time home. I wish you good luck with your future classes (or current ones if they have started). Also please say hello to your son and good luck with his shooting...
Bye bye,
M

Hi Dr. Wiley,
How are you? Thank you very much for the e-mail; my semester break has been
going well. :) Take care, and thanks again for everything!
L

Hi, I hope you will be able to come to Prague again soon. Best regards, A

Thank you very much, it was a pleasure taking your class. I wish you all the best, we will miss you here at UNYP. Take care, thank you for everything.
Fondly, Z

Hi
Everything is fine and I am glad that you come to prague and have experience with european students:)) It was nice from you that you invited us for Thanks giving day to your flat (I was very surprised in a positeve way and I just want to say: thank you for everything :)
M

Hello Dr. Wiley,
Here is my final exam. Thank you for everything!
Sincerely,
L