Congratulations!

First, congratulations to all present CESL students who have entered the university, and are on their way to getting their undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Then, congratulations to these former CESL students, who have now made it and graduate this weekend at SIUC:

Ju Me Lee, Bachelor of Music, College of Liberal Arts
Abdullah Adnan Al Attas, Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Liberal Arts
Chun-Hsiung Chuang, Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering

Congratulations to these former CESL students with graduate degrees:

Abdulaziz Abumilha, Master of Arts, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Sami Alabdulwahab, Doctor of Philosophy, Economics

Congratulations to these CESL teachers and former CESL teachers, who now have Masters of Arts in Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages:

Amanda (Lou) Coyne
Linka Crosby
Laura Phillips-Zee
Kevan Self
Toby Traub

Finally, congratulations to Betsy Caldwell, daughter of Catherine Caldwell, raised in the warm glow of CESL and its parties; she has a Bachelor of Science in the College of Education.

CESL's own Aki- fashion model

Aki Arakawa (EAP2B) recently appeared as a fashion model for an SIU designer, Rachel, in the Chinese traditional-modern category. Congratulations!

Welcome, Santiago Ulysses!

Colin Robinson and his wife Lourdes are the lucky parents...Santiago also has a brother Alex, a sister Claudia, and a sister Blanca who he is likely to notice soon.

Congratulations!

Go Salukis!

Welcome 082 CESL Students!

Saluki way

Survey results

This survey is about how Carbondale community likes Saluki way. During the survey, some people were wondering what is saluki way. A little explanation is necessary before the results. In September the 14th 2005 Daily Egyptian it is about “a plan to re-center the campus around new academic buildings, a new football stadium and a revamped indoor-sports arena.” The chancellor Wendler launched this plan. He said that “The changes will give SIUC a fresh, updated "front door," that will welcome the campus community and visitors to a central location the University can be proud of and will replace athletic facilities, some of which are crumbling and outdated.” (Chancellor Wendler unveils "Saluki Way", Retrieved February 28, 2008 from http://spotlight.siu.edu/09142005/SalukiWay.html). Since then, fund has been rose for saluki way and recently a half percent tax increase has been decided to provide more funds.

The survey has concerned 25 people formed with 15 male persons and 10 female persons. It was amazing to see that women like football more than men: 60% of the former versus 46.67% of the latter. It appears that more than half percent of the questioned persons like saluki football and go to Saluki game at least 10 times a year. A quarter of the survey participants really go to saluki game four times a month. However 60% of persons think that building saluki way is not necessary and more than half percent clearly mean that they prefer the funds to be used to advertise good educational system and focus on benefits of education instead of using them on football stadium building. Most of them (64%) disagree with the tax increase and almost all of the participants (88%) think that tax increase is too much. In conclusion People think that they need sports in the campus but not insomuch to spend money on it.

I did this survey in the Students Center at SIUC. I can say that people are very cooperative in participating to a survey. For some of them it was an occasion to tell their opinion about Saluki Way, because it has been a popular issue these days. People's opinion is logical. It is rational to focus on what the school purpose is, actually always to enhance the education given. What I retain is how the project can keep going when apparently lots of people disagree. As a foreigner, I feel that I need to learn more about how decisions are taken in this community and how people participate.

Roxane Kompaore

from the Career Services

Many international students studying in the United States find the search for jobs and internships to be challenging. SIUC Career Services is pleased to announce that our international students now have the opportunity to connect with interested employers through a virtual career fair just for international students.

Sponsored by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), the NACE International Students Virtual Career Fair is FREE and open to international students at schools that hold NACE membership who:

· wish to return to their home country for full-time or internship/co-op opportunities.
· are currently pursuing one-year Optional Practical Training (OPT) and/or long-term opportunities in the United States.
· are currently pursuing summer Curricular Practical Training (CPT) internships in the United States.

The fair opens to students on February 18 and runs through May 16. Through the fair, you’ll have access to interested employers and their full-time, internship, and co-op opportunities.

REGISTER TODAY!
Go to http://www.siu.edu/~ucs and click on the “NACE International Student Virtual Career Fair” button. Then, select “Candidate Registration” and follow instructions!

Please come back again!

Our Feng Chia students are going back to Taiwan this weekend...we wish you a safe trip! We've enjoyed your stay.



Come visit the new Feng Chia visits CESL weblog!

ice storm

CESL students I'm sure have noticed a thick layer of ice on everything, especially the roads and sidewalks. Be careful! Radio and television reports say: Don't go anywhere unless it's absolutely necessary! CESL teachers will understand if you had trouble getting to school. Salt and sand will be applied to roads and sidewalks as soon as possible; walk carefully; watch television and study the news reports until you feel you can get where you're going safely!

Welcome back, CESL students!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the following former CESL students who persevered and received the following degrees at SIUC this winter. Stay in touch! If you received a degree and are not on this list, let us know!

Pilun Lawanont, Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yi-Cheng Pan, Master of Business Administration
Supranee Chongchaoenpanich, Master of Science in Education, Workforce Education and Development

Andrew Sungwon Kang, Bachelor of Science, College of Applied Sciences and Arts
Saidath Ayanfounke Alabi, Bachelor of Science, College of Business Administration
Chun-Hsiung Chiang, Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering
Youjin Lee, Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Liberal Arts

In addition, congratulations to Amanda Millan, CESL teacher, who has also graduated!

feed the hungry, learn vocabulary

Here's a site that I think is good for everyone. If you can just keep learning vocabulary, and help people at the same time, what could be better? Try it. As far as I can tell, it's sincere.

-Tom L.

changing world

Our Flickr account (a good number of our photos) disappeared into thin air- we are trying to get to the bottom of it. Maybe it was hacked, or just deleted by Flickr itself. Be patient- if we can get the photos back, we will!

Also, students who use Firefox are having trouble- copying and pasting onto Blogger, or, in some cases, uploading material onto a weblog that then doesn't print, or appears as a ghost-post. We don't know what's going on with this. Is Blogger fighting with Firefox? Who knows? Safari still works, but that's all I can tell you for now.

Bandy's Pumpkin Patch

more photos here

Pumpkin Patch trip

to Herrin, this Saturday Oct. 20. Details in the template of the Activity Calendar, which we are trying to keep updated. This picture is actually from the DuQuoin State Fair this summer; more pictures at the Activity Calendar also. Join the activities! Have fun! Learn English! Take pictures!

CESL Today v71

CESL Today volume 71 (term 073) is online though it's not finished. Notice that I, the webmaster, am about a term behind; I'm still working on the fairy tale edition. Now's a good time to remind you:

-Things you put on the class weblogs go on CESL Today
-If you are worried about privacy, we respect that- we'll remove your full name, or your picture, or your work, on request.
-We appreciate it when you link to us!
-Former student? Check in with CESL Alumni!!!

I-Shou

A new weblog has been made to document the recent visit of honored guests, I-Shou University of Taiwan. We are always looking for pictures to add to our special groups weblogs, listed on the side. Add yours! Thanks, and hope to see you again, I Shou visitors!

Welcome to Southern Illinois!

Folk Tale Contest Winners

The winning folk tales have now been restored so that people can read them; they now appear on the new EAP2 weblog. Both writers were from the EAP2 classes. They are:

One of the Most Beautiful Love Stories, a folk tale from Nam-won, Korea, by Sung Jun Ha

and

Japanese Folk Tale: Princess Kaguya, by Ayuko Watanabe

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who entered!

Congratulations, Graduates!

First, to CESL teacher Diana Trebing:
Ph.D., Speech Communication

But also to former CESL students:
Ya-Ting Yang, Master of Accountancy
Masaki Kitagawa, Master of Business Administration
Chia-Hsin Tsai, Master of Business Administration
Nut Tiranasar, Master of Science, Manufacturing Systems
Sang Pill Han, Master of Science in Education, Kinesiology
Eugene Chanho Park, Bachelor of Science, College of Applied Science and Arts
Hiromasa Kambayashi, Bachelor of Science, College of Business and Administration, summa cum laude
Khanh Quoc Tran, Bachelor of Science, College of Business and Administration, cum laude
Chun-Hsiung Chuang, Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering
Miki Matsumoto, Bachelor of Arts, College of Liberal Arts

Are there more? If so, we'd like to know! Again, CESL wishes you:
Congratulations and good luck in your future!
Don't forget us- we won't forget you!

Folk Tale Contest Winners

Congratulations to SungJun and Ayuko- you've won the folk tale contest! These folk tales will be made available soon for the world to see- their web versions have been lost in a tragic accident!

Tragedy!

The EAP2 weblog has been deleted by accident. Folk tales, everything....
Oh well! EAP2 students please send along the URL of your own weblog...

Congratulations!

to Ms. Rivers and her daughter, Jenny. Mika was born in Peoria, Illinois recently....handsome lad, isn't he?

Folk Tale Contest

DEADLINE IS FRIDAY AUGUST 3 at 12:00 NOON!
Post your folk tale on your CLASS WEBLOG and/or give it to your teacher or the Writing Assistant...When you have written them, let us know and we will link to them on this post. Prizes are small, but rewards are great!

Chinese Talk: The girl lives in the moon- Fred (EAP1)
Real Brotherly Love- Chongmin (EAP1)
Japanese folk tale- Princess Kaguya- Ayuko (EAP2)
One of the most beautiful love stories- Sung Jun (EAP2)
Sun-Moon Lake- Henry (EAP2)
Ma Liang and the Magic Brush- Bright (EAP2)
Turtle and Rabbit- Abdulkarim (EAP2)
Urashima Tarou- Hiroyuki (EAP2)
The best story (the Lion and the Oxen)- Abdulmajeed (EAP2)
The Three Porkers- Fuad (EAP2)
Weaver Girl and Cowboy- Ellen (EAP2)
The Year Monster- Marc (EAP2)
Brave Man- Ahmed (EAP2)
Sheepherder and the Wolf- Abdul (EAP2)
Shepherd boy- Jose (EAP2)
Peach Boy- Shota (EAP2)
Korean Fairy Tale- Steve (EAP2)
DanGun Mythology- Hyuna (EAP2)
A Folk in Arabic Island- Faraj (EAP2)
Almshar- Ahmed (EAP2)

CESL Today v70

You may have noticed the paper version of CESL Today...here is the online version. Please notice that last names are included- if you don't want them, let us know!

Welcome to CESL 074!

picnic at Giant City, 073



sunset concert, Carbondale

pictures from the 073 picnic

more pictures here!

Go Miners!

Minor League baseball has come to Southern Illinois, in the form of this new team, the Miners. The team is in Marion, about a half-hour drive, and tickets are $5-$8 each, with games all summer though not every day.

Minor League baseball means relaxing fun, not the best quality baseball, but usually good games with players who might be famous in the future (on their way up). Usually the people are friendly and people like to talk baseball, if you don't know all the details. It may not be as exciting as the Ittihad-Hilal game, but for us baseball fans, it's baseball at its best, its players not corrupted by fame & media. Try it!

Memorial Day

While CESL students and teachers alike may enjoy the day off on Monday, you may not realize that this particular holiday may be said to have started in Carbondale. Of course, Carbondale is not the only town that claims it. But for a small town like this, any distinction is important- we don't get to pick & choose. You (may) live in the town that started it all- pass it along!

Welcome to summer term, 073!

Picture from SIUC Plant Biology Dept.

Congratulations 2007 Graduates!

Congratulations to all graduates, but especially to those who went to CESL:

So Young You- Bachelor of Music, College of Liberal Arts, summa cum laude
Taira Uematsu- Bachelor of Science, College of Education and Human Services
Ashraf Albeedh- Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering
Abed Salem Alkurashi- Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering
Saeromi Kim- Bachelor of Science, College of Science, cum laude

Dae Hwan Cho- Master of Fine Arts
Chi-Te Hou- Master of Business Administration
Yoshinori Ichimura- Master of Business Administration
Shuwen Olivia Yang- Master of Science, Workforce Education and Development

(And some who have taught here:)
Alex Konkolewski- Master of Arts, TESOL
Jodi Ludwig Marchal- Master of Arts, Applied Linguistics
Lisa Ruhlen- Master of Arts, TESOL

If you went to CESL but it didn't come to our attention, let us know and we'll put you on the list! Stay in touch!

Good luck in Colorado!

We will remember you!

CESL goes to the city museum

more pictures here!

cesl photos

YES you can use photos from the CESL photo space:

http://cesl07.spaces.live.com

to put on your blogs. To do it, read the instructions below. But
please remember the following:

-If you do not want your picture on the web, or in the CESL photo place (where everyone can use it) please tell us (tell Ms. Bird) and we will keep it off.....

Want to put one on your blog? On our LMC & CESL lab macs the process is like this.

1. Open up the picture you like by clicking on it. Move the window to one side of your screen, then
DRAG the photo over onto your desktop.

2. Now open the CREATE POST window. On the top, to the left of the main box, you'll see two icons; the right one is a tjat square that is half blue. Click on this square. Where it asks you to Choose file, choose the one on your desktop, whatever you choose to call it. Once it's uploaded, you can put it wherever you want in your post, or even on your template.

By the way, PICTURES FROM OTHER SOURCES are not as good, because someone might own them and not want you to borrow them. At least with the CESL site, you already have permission.

Happy New Year!

The NEW BLOGGER

Starting now, all of CESL's weblogs are on the NEW BLOGGER.



I'm not sure exactly what it means, but one of the biggest changes is:
We have to use an E-MAIL ADDRESS AS A LOG ON.
Our new log-on is ceslstudents@yahoo.com
Our password is the same as ever. If you don't know it, ask the teacher.

You'll see a few other minor changes. Do you like it? Let me know. I'm always curious about what people think of Blogger and its changes, good or bad.

-Tom Leverett

Here's an essay contest you might win. Warning: you might want to pay attention to the prize.

Carbondale's mayor, Brad Cole, announced that his New Year's resolution was to get married, but, he doesn't have anybody in mind. So some friends of his decided to find somebody. Interested?

One good thing about Mayor Cole is that he's a worldly guy. He got a friendship plaza built as an international gesture to our sister cities, and he's been abroad. Furthermore, he always talks to our students when we send them to him for information or an interview.

So, good luck in the essay contest!

Congratulations to Dec. 2005 graduates!

The following formal CESL students have just graduated from SIUC with their degrees listed. We hope we have all of you listed- if not, let us know! Congratulations and good luck in the next step in your careers!

Daekyung Kim, PhD., Mass Communication and Media Arts
Yi-Fang Lin, MBA, Business Administration
DaeHwan Cho, MFA, Art
Achille Ghislain do Santos, MS, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Shuwen Olivia Yang, MS Education, Workforce Ed. and Development
Haruka Sugimura, BA, Liberal Arts (cum laude)
Satoshi Watanabe, BA, Liberal Arts
Makiko Kaneda, BFA (magna cum laude)
JaeHyun Shin, BFA
Chih-Chueh Yeh, BS, Mass Communication and Media Arts
SookJa Lee, BS, College of Agricultural Science
Viviane Asoh, BS, College of Applied Sciences and Arts
Awad Al-Qahtani, BS, College of Engineering
Ashraf Albeedh, BS, College of Engineering
Abed Salem Alkurashi, BS, College of Engineering

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!

Words to Auld Lang Syne (Happy New Year song from eot exhibit) are here. This is done by Charles Kelly. You can sing and repeat; it's a video.

Picture above from:

Kolk, Melinda. candles.png. 1-Aug. Pics4Learning. 17 Dec 2006

trip to kentucky

November, 2006- CESL goes to Kentucky!

Halloween party, 066

Welcome to CESL!

All CESL students, former students, teachers and former teachers are invited and encouraged to post on the CESL active weblog system, which includes all the classes (EAP2, EAP1, AE2, AE1, GE2, GE1, GSE, AC, Newstalk), the poetry websites (GE & AE Poetry, EAP Poetry), the special groups (Tokushima, SeJong, NCKU, and Chung Buk), the CESL students page, the Activity Calender, and CESL Alumni.

To post, go to www.blogger.com, and use our e-mail address as logon:
ceslstudents@yahoo.com

Password is a well-known building that we call home, all one word.

Go Salukis!

Farewell to Tokushima students! We'll miss you...

GE bubblegum bubble contest

More pictures here

CESL Activity Calendar, check for updates

Check out the CESL Activity Calendar for updates about fun stuff to do with CESL students and teachers. The next CESL activity is coming up in a few days. This Saturday, September 2nd is the trip to the DuQuoin State Fair. Visit the Activity Calendar for more details.

Jessica Montgomerie
Office: Faner 3327
CESL Activities Coordinator

T-shirt day!

Welcome to Chloe Marie!

Mandie has shared pictures of her new baby- Chloe Marie Colon, born this summer. CESL welcomes the newest member of its family! For more pictures, go here.