CELAC has joined forces with New City Kids and Starting Points to organize a grant-funded program, “Families for Literacy.” This program will provide free ESL classes for adults living in the Jersey City community. For more information about the program, please contact Andrew Sansone at asansone@saintpeters.edu.
CELAC has joined forces with New City Kids and Starting Points to organize a grant-funded program, “Families for Literacy.” This program will provide free ESL classes for adults living in the Jersey City community. For more information about the program, please contact Andrew Sansone at asansone@saintpeters.edu.
On March 18, Nicole Houser, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Alicia D’Amato, director of the Center for English Language Acquisition and Culture (CELAC), presented a paper at the annual conference for the American Association for Applied Linguistics. The paper, “(Re)Imagining a Developmental Immigrant Language Center as a Translingual Space,” […]
Nicole M Houser, Ph.D., associate dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for an article that was published on MSNBC.com in which she discussed the CELAC program. Read the article here.
CELAC now has a part-time tutor for both undergraduate and graduate bilingual students. Professor Natalia Dunina will be available to meet Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Please contact CELAC Director Alicia D’Amato for further information.
More than 30 students attended a CELAC field trip to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty on Friday, November 4.
At noon on October 20, CELAC is having their second annual “Evolving Voices” essay contest. Essay winners will read their personal narratives that involve revealing their identities through language. Creative forms of expression including poetry, song lyrics or dialogue will be used. This event will have food and will be held at CELAC on the […]
The New Jersey Higher Education Showcase of Exemplary Practices: Excellence in Teacher Preparation recognized the University’s Strengthening Achievement Among Hispanics and Students of Minority Backgrounds project with an excellence award. A $2.8 million Title V grant, co-authored by David Surrey, Ph.D., chairperson of the sociology and urban studies department, provides funding for initiatives such as […]
