Dalisays discuss culture of the Philippines on the "Conversations from St. Norbert College" television show

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From St. Norbert College, October 23, 2006
by Mike Counter, mike.counter@snc.edu, (920) 403-3089

Jose and June Dalisay will be the special guests during the November "Conversations from St. Norbert College" television show, hosted by Dean and Academic Vice President of the College Michael Marsden. They will discuss the culture of the Philippines.

Jose Dalisay is this year's Philippine exchange professor at St. Norbert College. He received his Master's of Fine Arts in creative writing at the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. He is a professor of English at the University of the Philippines, writes weekly for a national newspaper and has published many books and screenplays. Two of his films have been in the foreign films category at the Oscar Awards.

June Dalisay is a watercolor painter and art conservator. She studied fine arts at the University of the Philippines and now serves as president of the Art Conservation and Restoration Specialists, Inc., which has restored many of the country's most valuable paintings.

"Conversations from St. Norbert College" is broadcast every Thursday in November beginning Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m. New shows appear the first Thursday of each month. The series airs on TWCT Time Warner Cable Television Channel 4 in Green Bay, Howard/Suamico, and Seymour; Channel 4 in the Fox Cities; Channel 2 in Neenah/Menasha, and Channel 5 (college channel) in De Pere, Ashwaubenon and Bellevue; and on NET cable Channel 46 in Pulaski.

The show may also be seen on Wisconsin on Demand (WIoD), Time Warner Cable's local video on demand channel 1111. It is all local, all the time and available free to Time Warner Cable's digital cable customers in 70 communities in northeast Wisconsin.

"Conversations from St. Norbert College" is also airing in Milwaukee, Marshfield, Wisconsin Rapids and Upper Michigan. More information on the show can be found by visiting the show's web site at http://www.snc.edu/communications/conversations/.