Date: December 9, 2004 Contact: ecmglobal@aol.com Tel: 412-361-0765 www.pctv21.org/emobley.htm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ~Pacem In Terris Institute~ La Roche College Beginning Friday, December 10, 2004 at 8:00 pm (EST) on PCTV Channel 21 (Comcast) and continuing each Friday at that time until the end of the month, Hola… el show de televisión presents a show on the Pacem-In-Terris Institute. This lively, informative and educational 30-minute television show highlights the history, mission and direction of this special academic unit at La Roche College in Pittsburgh, PA. The one-on-one interview features Kenneth P. Service, Vice President for Institutional Relations at La Roche College and Executive Vice President of the Pacem-In-Terris Institute. Ken directs La Roche’s marketing, communications and public affairs along with overall direction for the famous Pacem-In-Terris Institute. Pacem-In-Terris (Latin for “Peace on Earth”) Institute offers a full-range of workshops, seminars and courses on a variety of topics designed to give the newly-arrived foreign students, and enrolled U.S. citizens, a solid background in international subjects like “Conflict Resolution.” Many of these students, who come from conflict-torn regions of the world, such as south-eastern Europe (Kosovo) and west Africa (Sierra Leone), can take what new skills and broader understanding are learned at the Pacem-In-Terris Institute directly back to their home countries. The U.S. students on campus also benefit from the direct interaction and camaraderie they share with the foreign students. Also presented on the show is a short-run video “The Promise Fulfilled” recounting the severe challenges facing a young man from Africa whose ambition for higher education set him on an exciting road leading to the U.S. The video was produced by the Pacem-In-Terris Institute. Ken Service, formerly in charge of media relations at the University of Pittsburgh, gave an in-depth interview and displayed a real-world understanding of the complex issues faced by foreign students during their four-year enrollment at La Roche College. Ken also discussed possible future options for foreign students after graduation and the critical importance of how a positive exposure to international students, by the larger U.S. student body at La Roche College, gives them a better appreciation for our rapidly “globalized” world. This is the second appearance by a representative from Pacem-In-Terris Institute on the Hola… show. In June, Hola… spoke with Natasha Garrett, the Director of Pacem-In-Terris Institute, along with four La Roche College students from the country of Equatorial Guinea, in West Africa, bordering the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. That small country, no larger than the state of Maryland, now ranks third in oil production from Africa after only Nigeria and Gabon. The recent gains in “petrodollar” wealth allowed the government of Equatorial Guinea to finance a multi-million dollar endowment for its young citizens to attend La Roche College. For more information about where and when to see Hola…el show de televisión on other cable television channels throughout cities in Pennsylvania and how to receive a copy of this or other cablecasts contact ecmglobal@aol.com