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Issue 21 | Volume 02

July 25, 2011

The summer photo issue!Photos, photos, photos galore! Have we got photos for you! There’s so much going on this summer, we just had to fill up this issue with tons of great photos to show it all.

While our summer has been slightly lacking in sun, it hasn’t been lacking in fun at INTO OSU. The Access program went off without a hitch, the Crater Lake Trip was amazingly gorgeous as always, and our instructors enjoyed some good-natured fun making puppets of each other. As always, you can take a look at more photos on Flickr HERE!

Upcoming events:

In this issue:

Reminders and Announcements Page 2

Access Program 2011

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Puppets on Parade at INTO OSU! Page 3

Crater Lake—our most picturesque trip of the year! Page 4

Ramadan Begins Monday, August 1st

Silver Falls and Woodburn Shopping Trip

Saturday, August 6th

Pathway Classes End Friday, August 12th

Access teachers from around the world share their cultures with each other and the community at the Culture Face to Face event

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Access Program 2011This year’s group of Access teachers was incredibly diverse, including individuals

from all over the world. The action-packed visit was a valuable exchange of

best practices in teaching.

Reminders and Announcements

New Video—Student SuccessCheck out our new video on student success, featuring Jin Yi Luo, Zihan Wang, Ahmed Bayonis and more great students! Follow the link: Student Success Video

Get ready for the move!It’s almost time for the big move, so start getting your stuff organized. Our new address will be 1701 SW Western Blvd. Make a note of it and start planning ahead!

Music in the Quad every WednesdayDon’t forget the free noon concert series going on every Wednesday on the MU Brick Mall. It’s a great opportuntiy to sit oustide during lunch and enjoy musicians from all over the Pacific Northwest. Coming up this summer: David Michael Frank, The Ben Rice Band, and Opus 7. See you there!

Holy bloomin’ cacti!The cactus across the street from Heckart is blooming again. Go check it out before it’s too late!

Merry group of tide-poolers at the coast

A gracious dinner hostess, INTO OSU instructor Eve Chambers cuts and serves

a welcome cake

Robert Hinderliter, Student Services Assistant, enjoys sunshine at the beach with students from Japan, Korea and China

Aswan Al-Huribi of Yemen has fun with hats and instruments from other cultures

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Puppets on Parade at INTO OSU!That’s right, we said PUPPETS! Why puppets? Puppets are useful in the classroom for a variety of things: basic word stress, intonation, natural speech patterns, adding emotion/expression to speaking, etc. Plus they are fun! The idea was sparked at the TESOL conference in New Orleans in March and blossomed into a new idea…why not make a fun team-building project for our professional enrichment day—to make a puppet in the spirit of a colleague? The instructors had one term to make their puppet creations of each other, and here’s what they came up with!

Michelle Scholz with her Margot Volem puppet creation

Carly Gerig with Carly Gerig puppet made by Bob Gilmour

Bob Gilmour with Bob Gilmour puppet made by Erich White

Stephanie Foreman with Stephanie Foreman puppet

made by Randy Garver

Erich White has a bonding moment with

his puppet likeness made by Greg

Friedman

Jim Jamieson with Jim Jamieson puppet made by Erich Cutler

All the puppets and puppeteers on parade!

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Postcards from Crater LakeCrater Lake is without a doubt one of our most scenic destinations of the year! It never fails to impress. Check out the breathtaking views our students saw this past weekend at the lake!

Everybody loves Crater Lake! Jumping for joy

Abdulelah Alobaidi of Saudi Arabia puts it in perspective

Ta-da!

Taking a hike

up to the

waterfall