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Fulbright 2008

A U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs Program, administered by IIE and hosted by CESL

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Dear Fulbrighters,

We are very happy to welcome you to CESL. We are excited you are coming to Tucson, and we hope to make your 3-week orientation a useful pre-academic experience.

When you have your flight arrival information, please email me,Sheila Dooley, and we will do our best to greet you at the airport, help you on to the Stagecoach and meet you at the dorm. sadc@email.arizona.edu

The most important thing you can take care of before you arrive is your MMR immunizations.

I have included below more details about your arrival and program. I look forward to seeing you soon, here in Tucson.

Best, Sheila

Please read the Fulbright Information for Current Grantees.

Immunizations & Health
Arrival & Dorm

Immunizations As all other students at CESL, you must bring proof of MMR ( Measles, mumps & rubella) immunization. Please read the web page for details. If you do not have proof of immunization you may want to be immunized at home where it is less expensive than here. You must be immunized here before you can start class. MMR at the Campus health center is $52.00.

You must show proof of 2 MMR immunizations. They must be at least 30 days apart. If you are immunized at home, be sure that you pay careful attention to the 30 day interval. If you are immunized for the first time more than 30 days before you report to CESL on July 19, you will need to have a second MMR here.

Health Insurance While at CESL you will be covered by our health insurance for major illness or accidents. For routine and urgent medical care, your primary care will be the Campus Health Center.

If you should need to see a doctor after your CESL program ends and before you arrive at your academic site, you may call 1-800-461-0430 to request a temporary health insurance card.

Please read about your Fulbright health insurance.

 

Arrival in Tucson International Airport. We are expecting you to arrive on Saturday, July 19, and we will have someone at the airport most of that day to greet you downstairs in the baggage area and help you get on the Arizona Stagecoach which will take you to the assigned dormitory, Kaibab Huachuaca. Be sure to let us know of your arrival time.

In case you have any lost or missed flights and you cannot notify us, take the Arizona Stagecoach, located in the baggage area, to your assigned dorm. The Stagecoach will have a list of your names.

If your luggage does not arrive with you, it is VERY important that you file an immediate lost baggage claim with the airline that you arrived in Tucson on before you leave the airport - no matter how tired you are!

The airlines have offices in the baggage area near the machine the bags arrive on. On the claim give the street address and phone number of the dorm below. Lost luggage most often arrives soon after you and is delivered within 24 or 48 hours.

Travel to your academic assignment in August: Some US airlines now charge extra fees for checked baggage. Please check your airline's baggage policy on their website well before travel and plan accordingly.

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About CESL
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My name is Sheila Dooley and I will be the coordinator for your program. We plan to have 3 teachers and 6 peer counselors to work with you. See the staff and faculty bios below. Here is some general information about CESL and the UA.

Remember it is hot in Tucson in the summer; bring summer clothes. We also tend to be very informal in dress. Look through the UA and CESL photos. Because it is so hot, everyone has a swimming pool and you have access to the UA swimming pool. That is the coolest place to be on weekends and after classes!

Our first Welcome is a bar-b-que at the CESL Director's house. Swimming is a must. Bring your suit.

The University of Arizona Check it out...

Tucson Check it out ..

Kaibab-Huachuca [Map]
922 E. 4th St.
Tucson, AZ  85719-5053
520-626-8508 after hours 520-626-8600

Dorms will close on August 6 and we have arranged for you to stay in a hotel near the UA for the last 3 days of the program. We will help you move and there is no extra cost for the hotel if you leave on August 9. However, if you leave after that, you will be responsible for the cost of any extra nights you remain at the hotel.

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Sat & Sun Get Settled
Curriculum

The First Days

If you arrive on Saturday, July 19, 2007 we will do our best to meet you at the airport and give you your orientation packet.

There will be dorm orientation, registration, and a shopping trip on Sunday. Try to bring some cash with you for this first shopping trip and meals on Sunday. We will be able to cash your allowance checks on Monday.

You should report your arrival to Fulbright as soon as possible. You will have access to computers in the dorm and at CESL.

Classes will begin at 8:00 AM on Monday morning. We have also been invited to our Director's house for a welcome bar-b-que Monday evening. Be sure to pack your bathing suits!

If your flights are delayed and you arrive after July 19, we cannot meet you at the airport . Fortunately, it is easy to get from the airport to the dorm, Kaibab-Huachuca [Map], by Arizona Stagecoach. They should have a list with your name.

Check into the dorm, and come to CESL room 101 at 7:30 AM the next morning. Bring your passport, DS 2019, I94 and proof of measles and rubella immunizations. We will register you and walk you to class at 8:00 AM.

I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Fulbright Curriculum We have been asked by IIE to orient you to grad life in the USA. We will do our best! We plan to keep you busy.

Class Schedule for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

  • 8:00-9:20 Oral Language
  • 9:30-11:00 Written Language
  • Break
  • 1:00 PM -2:20 Guest Speakers
  • 2:30 - 4:00 Computer and Library Resources (M & T only)
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Peer Groups

On Wednesday we have a different schedule

  • 8:00-11:00 Grad Life Issues
  • break
  • 1:00-4:00 Group Projects

Class Schedules 2007

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Activities
Activities Cont'd

Sunday, July 20: dorm orientation; registration at CESL; shopping with peer counselors

Monday, July 21: 8:00 AM begin class; TBA welcome bar-b-que at the Director's house.

TBA, 3:00-5:00 PM Welcome Reception in the University Museum of Art. We will invite University personnel to meet and greet you.

Friday, July 25: Depart for the Grand Canyon; 3 day trip

TBA, 5:00 PM: Pinnacle Peak Trail Dust town cowboy show and dinner.

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at Traildust Town

TBA, 5:00 PM Optional Activity. Summer School Carnival at Young Explorers PreSchool. Sign up for this activity.

TBA, 8:300 AM - 1:00 PM Volunteer at the Tucson Community Food Bank.

5:00-9:00 PM visit the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

TBA 5:00 AM Optional Activity. Early morning desert hike. Probably Sabino Canyon. Must sign up.

TBA: Soccer challenge game Fulbrights vs CESL.

Food Bank

at the Community Food Bank

 

 

Staff Bios
Peer Counselors

Sheila Dooley, Coordinator, has a doctorate in Linguistics from Lund University in Lund , Sweden . She has taught at Lund University , Uppsala University , and the University of Auckland in New Zealand . She has 16 years of experience living abroad as both a graduate student and a teacher. Since 2000 Sheila has taught graduate and undergraduate Linguistics at the University of Arizona . Her areas of specialization are language typology, corpus linguistics, and language acquisition.

Bryan Meadows, Instructor, has a Masters degree in second language education and is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Arizona, specializing in second language acquisition. He has taught language learners both domestically and internationally for over seven years. His major areas of research interest include language variation, discourse analysis, and pragmatic competence in the language classroom.

Kristina Beckman Kristina Beckman has a doctorate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona. During the academic year, she works as an Assistant Professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY in New York City. She spends her summers in Tucson so that she be with her family. Her research interests include forensic linguistics, cultural norms in the classroom, and rhetorical discourse.  Kristina has taught adult ESL since 1995 at the university and community college level. She spent a summer teaching in northeastern China and looks forward to future teaching experiences abroad.

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Selected Speakers in the Grad Life and Seminar Series 2007
Dr. Suzanne Panferov, Director, CESL Collaborative Learning and Taking a Leadership Role
Ms. Varga Garland , Community Food Bank Founder, Retired Politics of Hunger
Ms. Joanne Lagassee Long, Director, International Programs UA Student Rights
Srgt. Eugene Mejia, UAPD Stay Safe in a new Environment
Mr.Paul Stewart, CESL Instructor Surviving Grad Life
Dr. Alfred Stover, CESL Assistant Director The US Educational System
Ms. Yumika Muramatsu , PhD Candidate Second Language Acquisition Designing and Presenting a Research Proposal
Ms. Hana Feeney, MS, RD Staying Healthy in Grad School: Wise food choices
Ms. Sally Davenport, League of Women Voters Presidential Elections
Mr. Myrtho Joseph, UA Fulbright Fellow and others Fulbright Experience Panel
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