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Friday, June 30, 2006

Duluth News Tribune | 06/30/2006 | UMD professor helps pave path to literacy

"UMD professor helps pave path to literacy
EDUCATION: Aydin Durgunoglu is part of an award-winning foundation working to improve literacy in Turkey.
BY STEVE KUCHERA
NEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Women in Turkey are becoming more literate and self-sufficient, thanks in part to the efforts of University of Minnesota Duluth psychology professor Aydin Durgunoglu.

Durgunoglu helped develop and improve a literacy program for the Turkish Mother Child Education Foundation. The foundation recently won one of two UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prizes presented this year."

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