News about current ESOL/Bilingual MA students and graduates of the program Fall 2005 news The program has moved its offices down the hall from its previous locations. The ESOL Office is now located in room 421. Dr. Shin's Office is now in room 406 and Dr. Nelson's Office is now in room 405. Fall 2004 news Fall 2004 graduation Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, December 23. Following the ceremony, please join us in the University Center for a small celebration of the graduates. Dr. John Nelson and Dr. Sarah Shin are the new Co-Directors of the ESOL/Bilingual MA Program. Ronda Critchlow 2004-2005 English Teaching Fellow in Plovdiv, Bulgaria George Brown ISD Internship in Japan Sigalit Moshe teaching in Japan Silvio Avendano 8/2004 received PhD from UMBC LLC Summer 2004 news John Nelson, Ph.D. takes over the position vacated by Ron Schwartz as Clinical Assistant Professor. Dr. Nelson will be Co-Director of the program with Dr. Sarah Shin. Spring 2004 news Professor Ron Schwarz is retiring! Silvio Avendano, a graduate of the MA Program in ESOL/Bilingual Education and a current LLC doctoral candidate, has published a book review in the new TESOL publication, Essential Teacher. Many of you may want to look at the recent article by ESOL MA Program graduate, Theresa Bartel, in the November/December 2003 issue of ESL Magazine. The article, entitled "Empowering Language Minority Students," describes her work in helping language minority students to establish their "Friends without Borders" program to encourage greater integration of language minority students (including ESL students) in all activities in the school. The students also become cultural ambassadors, translators, role models, and participants in a variety of student activities, including giving announcements over the PA system in their own languages. George Bunch, a graduate of our MA ESOL/Bilingual Program, who is finishing up his PhD at Stanford, just accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at the University of California, Santa Cruz beginning this fall. It's a wonderful position for him, since the Department of Education there is focused on meeting the needs of linguistically and culturally diverse students. The department also has a new Ph.D program which he will be teaching in, that focuses on language and literacy (similar to our LLC program). Congratulations, George. I know he would be interested in hearing from any of you, who are interested in learning about their PhD degree. His email address is "George Bunch" - gbunch@stanford.edu
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