hey all :)

this is an email i received about SALCE (Student Activists for Language and Cultural Exchange)... please read through and see if you have any interest!  I'll be sending out an email sometime soon about the new GBM times!  Hope everyone has a great weekend & that you're safe in the snow/ice!

<3

STEPHANIE BROCK
Miami University
Spanish and Latin American Studies
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From: Schoeler, Christina Ann
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 1:27 PM
To: Brock, Stephanie Nicole
Subject: SALCE- Student Activists for Language and Cultural Exchange


Hello!

I'm writing on behalf of SALCE, Student Activists for Language and Cultural Exchange, an undergraduate student org here at Miami University that teaches English to non-native speakers throughout Butler County, Ohio. We teach primarily adults who have been living in the United States for several years but feel uncomfortable with their English-language ability.

I am very excited for SALCE this semester as we will be adding an additional exchange location in Hamilton as well as an additional day to the Taqueria in Fairfild!

We are having our first meeting of the semester Monday, February 2 at 7 PM in (tentatively) 114 MacMillan Hall.  Attendance at this meeting is REQUIRED for anyone wishing to be involved in SALCE this semester (even if you were regularly going last semester), as we have important changes to review and we will be setting up who will be going to what exchange at that time.  Additionally, Rita (our VP, a language education major) will be presenting a brief session on effective teaching methods at the meeting which will be useful for both old and new (and interested) members.

To join SALCE, we ask that you fill out a short application just asking about why you want to join and what (if any) experience you have with Spanish (none is perfectly fine :)  There will be applications available at the meeting, and we would love for you to come and see if SALCE is something you would like to be involved with.  This semester, we will be going to Fairfield Tuesdays and Wednesdays (5-8, teaching 6-7), and to Hamilton the last Monday of every month (from 5-8, teaching from 5:30-7).

This Monday (tomorrow), the 26, SALCE will be going to the first exchange of the semester at the Hamilton location, and we are very excited because this means more opportunities for people interested in SALCE!  This would be a great opportunity for you as a perspective SALCE member to both to see how an exchange works and to decide if it is something that you would like to continue with this semester.  Since the exchange is tomorrow and before the first general body meeting, it is perfectly fine to make this your first exchange!

Finally, we will have a table at MegaFair on February 1 in Shriver MPR from 1-4PM so make sure to tell all your friends/classmates who are interested in SALCE to stop by there or to come to our first meeting.

Please let me know if you have any further questions or are interested in going to the Hamilton exchange tomorrow, and I can connect you with the location leader.

Thanks and have a great day!

Christina
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