Statement of Purpose


The mission of the English for Speakers of Other Languages Program is to facilitate communication within the increasingly diverse population in Rockbridge County. Although ESOL has focused on the Latina/o community, the program works with speakers of all languages. We offer formal ESOL classes and one-on-one tutoring arrangements, Spanish classes for adults, free translation of documents (Spanish-English/English-Spanish), and a hotline to provide immediate interpreting  services.


ESOL e-mail address:  esol@wlu.edu


Chair:
Tal McIver '08

Education: English (Teaching and Tutoring) chairs: Jamie Ferrell'08 and Will Hartmann'08

Education: Spanish (Teaching):  Elizabeth Polanco'09, Lauren Santabar'09, and Diane Kuhn'07

Translations chairs: Vance Berry'09 and Nelson Bunn'08

Hotline chair: Andrea Hidalgo'09 and Guadalupe Suárez'09

Publicity chairs: Becky Bratu'09, and  Alisha Laventure'09

Development and Grants chair: James Madden'08 and Susan Mahoney'09

Faculty advisers: Greg Dresden and Ellen Mayock


Announcements

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Latest News

  • (March 19, 2008) Tal McIver, Chair of ESOL, is honored in the community service category of the Celebrating Student Success Awards!  6:30 p.m., Lee Chapel.
  • (March 13, 2008) ESOL is awarded a Verizon Community Initiative Grant.
  • (April 27, 2007) ESOL sponsors a workshop for ACS and VA institutions.  The ESOL Workshop is designed to provide information on how to start ESOL organizations at other schools.  PowerPoint presentation is linked here.
  • (March 21, 2007)  Stephanie Dodson, ESOL Chair, wins the ESOL Service Recognition Award at the Celebrating Student Success Awards Banquet.
  • (March 21-24, 2007)  ESOL Committee Chairs Andrea Hidalgo and Eli Polanco attend the TESOL Conference in Seattle.
  • (March 2, 2007)  ESOL Student Committee Chairs Cynthia Cheatham, Stephanie Dodson, Emily Sberna, and Michael Viviano do a panel presentation at Science, Society, and the Arts, W&L's undergraduate research conference.
  • (December 5, 2006) ESOL has been awarded an ACS Diversity Mini Grant!  See details on the Grants page.
  • The Celebrating Student Success Committee has chosen ESOL to be recognized for its outstanding service work for November, 2005!  Great job, chairs and volunteers!

Website maintained by Ellen Mayock.

Last updated 3/19/08.