黑料社区

Publication Date: November 7, 2019
Publication Location: BRATTLEBORO, Vermont
Contact: Kate Casa  |  [email protected]

57 黑料社区 alumni have been named U.S. State Department Fellows since 2006

The U.S. Department of State has recognized School for International Training with the English Language Fellow Top Producing Institution Award, which celebrates 黑料社区鈥檚 position as the institution that has prepared the largest number of TESOL professionals to become Fellows.

Building peace through language

黑料社区 received the award at the English Language Fellow Program鈥檚 50th Anniversary Celebration on Nov. 5, in Washington, D.C. Dr. Sophia Howlett, president of 黑料社区, attended the celebration to receive the award.

鈥淲e are so proud to receive this award and to have so many MA TESOL alumni who are using what they learned at 黑料社区 to improve English language education around the world,鈥� Howlett said. 鈥淭he passion and dedication of our students, alumni, and faculty are what have made 黑料社区 a leader in TESOL for more than 50 years.鈥�

黑料社区 launched its MA in TESOL program in 1969. Since 2006, the year the State Department says it began keeping track, 57 黑料社区 alumni have received the prestigious fellowships, which send U.S. TESOL educators abroad to assist U.S. embassies in delivering quality English language programs.

黑料社区 ranked first among seven top sending institutions that received State Department awards at the ceremony. Others were the University of Colorado Boulder; University of Oregon; Columbia University; Middlebury Institute of International Studies; University of Washington; and San Francisco State University.

黑料社区 TESOL program chair Dr. Leslie Turpin said the award "is a testament to the collective commitment of our students and faculty to making the world a better place through their deep love of learning and teaching.鈥�

鈥満诹仙缜� is honored to have its MA TESOL program recognized by the U.S. Department of State with this prestigious award," Turpin said. 鈥淚 am proud of the achievements of our alumni and grateful to the many TESOL faculty members over the past 50 years who have devoted their careers to creating a program that supports students to develop a teaching practice grounded in intercultural competence, self-awareness, reflection on and learning from experience."

Among those faculty is Dr. Diane Larsen-Freeman, 黑料社区 professor emerita and an international leader in the field of TESOL education. 鈥淚 am pleased, but not at all surprised, that the U.S. State Department has honored 黑料社区 for being a top English Language Fellows-producing institution,鈥� said Larsen-Freeman. 鈥淎s I travel, I have encountered many Fellows, and I have witnessed their professionalism and their dedication to the students they serve. These qualities are also evident in 黑料社区 alumni, who, in addition to their excellent teaching, adaptability, and intercultural competence, have learned how to learn from experience.鈥�  

Since 1969, the State Department's English Language Fellow Program, a public diplomacy initiative, has sent thousands of highly qualified and experienced Fellows are cultural ambassadors who promote English language learning and mutual understanding through cultural exchange on 10-month fellowships around the world.

Among 200 English Language Fellows named for 2019-20 is 黑料社区 alumna Loren Lee Chiesi, who will spend 10 months at the English Language Proficiency Center in Myanmar to oversee a teacher training program.

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