The 21st World Congress of the
SVU was held in Plzen, Czech Republic, June 23-30, 2002, hosted
by
Here are some photographs taken
at that historic event:
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| Some participants stayed at
the Hotel Continental |
View of Šafařikovy
sady (Šafařik Park) from one of the
rooms at the Hotel Continental |
An attractive convenience shop
just
outside the door of the Hotel Continental |
Spejbl and Hurvinek in Šafařikovy
sady (Šafařik Park) |
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| Scenes in
Kopeckého sady (Kopecký Park) |
Západočeské muzeum (Museum of West Bohemia) |
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| Some of us climbed the 300+
steps to the Observation Deck of chrám sv. Bartoloměje (St.
Bartholomew Cathedral) |
View from chrám sv. Bartoloměje
looking north |
View from chrám sv. Bartoloměje
looking east |
View from chrám sv. Bartoloměje
looking south east |
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| Radnice (city hall) from
chrám sv. Bartoloměje |
Some participants stayed at
the Hotel Central |
The náměstí
Republiky (Central Square) at twilight was a pleasant meeting place |
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| The Street Fair
made the náměstí Republiky very festive |
One evening a concert was held
in the náměstí Republiky |
Měštanská beseda (Burghers' Club) |
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The Opening Ceremony was held on Monday,
June 24 in the Divadlo J.K. Tyla (Josef Kajétan Tyl Theatre) |
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| Paul R. Ramsey,
Presiding, at Equal Access to Education and the Economic System Panels, I.
Teaching and Research Opportunities and II. Inequalities and
Infrastructure Realities held in the former Franciscan Monastery on
Tuesday, June 25, 2002 |
byv. Františkánský klášter (former
Franciscan Monastery) |
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| Panel participants (and
guests): Steven P. Wells, Michael Rasbury, Dagmara Sreckovic-Ramsey,
Raymond L. Sterling, Margaret H. Peaslee, Susan Edmunds, Neven Simicevic,
Paul R. Ramsey, (Mrs. Chopin), and (Jerome Tobacyk) |
Panel participants
(and guests): Wells, Rasbury, (Tobacyk), Sterling, Peaslee,
(Mr. Peaslee), Simicevic, Ramsey, Marc Chopin, and (Mrs. Chopin) |
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Mary Douglas Swoboda, Presiding, and
Joseph Stephen Swoboda at Culture, Depression, and Related Issues Panel
and Eating Disorders: Current Topics Panel on Wednesday, June 26 |
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| Martha Peaslee Levine,
"Writing towards Health--Journaling and Depression" |
Jerome Tobacyk, "Consumer
Attributions and Consumer Locus of Control as Psychological Constructs
Related to Mental Health of Consumers in Post-Communist Era
Countries" |
Richard L. Levine, "Depression,
Self-Mutilation, and Eating Disorders in Adolescents in the United
States" and "Medical Complications of Adolescents with Eating
Disorders in the United States" |
Jan Klinka,
"Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment in Depression"
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| Západočeské muzeum (Museum of West Bohemia) |
Statue of Bedřich Smetana in
Kopeckého sady (Kopecký Park) |
Monument on Anglické nábřeží
(avenue) |
byv. Františkánský klášter
(former Franciscan Monastery) |
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| Dr. Paul R. Ramsey with Rektor
Zdeněk Vostracký of ZČU (University of West Bohemia) |
Dr. Ramsey, Dean Ivo Budil of
ZČU, and Rektor Vostracký |
SVU President Miloslav
Rechcigl with Dr. Paul R. Ramsey, Louisiana Tech University |
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The Gala SVU Banquet was held on Friday
evening, June 28, in "Na Spilce," Plzensky Prazdroj |
Master of Ceremonies at SVU Banquet |
SVU President Miloslav Rechcigl, Lisa
Volesky, and other dignitaries at SVU Banquet |
Joseph Stephen Swoboda and Jan Klinka at SVU Banquet |
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| Miss Czech-Slovak USA Queen |
Lisa Volesky, Miss Czech-Slovak USA Queen |
Eva Rechcigl, wife of SVU President Miloslav
Rechcigl, at SVU Banquet |
Barbara Lee Podoski, "A Moravian
Girl in the US Army (Office of Strategic Services) in WWII" at SVU
Banquet |
| *Contributed by Dr. Paul R.
Ramsey and Ms. Dagmara Sreckovic-Ramsey, Louisiana Tech University
If you can help fill in some of the names
above, please E-mail me at peaslee@pitt.edu
Thank you. |
