English Language Institute
2003 Newsletter
  From the director's desk
  Algerian professors welcome ELI training course  
  ELI director, faculty teach in MA TESL Program  
  New teacher training program  
  Conditional admissions  
  UD teaching assistant returns favor  
  Delaware-trained Ecuadorian lawyers  
  Chilean teacher training follow up  
  New law program to specialize in corporate and commercial law  
  American Law Institute prepares students for success  
  Special programs  
  Kobe Shoin teachers exchange grows  
  Department of Labor sponsors newest Americans at ELI  
  ELI evening classes offer new option  
  Christina School District ESL program  
  Profiles  
  Classroom notes  
  Tutoring Center news  
  TOEFL -- the next generation  
  Graduate keeps ELI T-shirt, wins UD art award  
  Professional activities of faculty and staff  
  Personnel notes  
  Mutual rewards abound in homestay/host family programs  
  The Rising Sun homestay community  
  Orientation news  
  Portrait of a language partner  
  Graduation 2003  
  A sampler of ELI students  
  Holiday greetings to our alumni  
  Alumni news  
   
   

Holiday greetings to our alumni

Walton Christian Babich: Rosaline and I want to thank you for visiting our country and making our community a more interesting place.We wish you peace, love and happiness in the New Year. wcbabich@udel.edu

Wendy Bulkowski: Happy New Year to all from Japan, where I am teaching at Kobe Shoin Women’s University for two years. I have seen some former student friends and hope to see more of you. delwindo@yahoo.com

Susan Coakley: Best wishes for all in the year 2004! scoakley@udel.edu

Leslie Criston: It’s hard to believe another year is already here! Thanks to all of you who have kept in touch! Here’s wishing that this year will offer the opportunity for us to see each other again! greece@udel.edu

Deb Detzel: Happy holidays to all of my students of 2003 and to the Hankuk University students who were here during the summer session. I think of you often and would love to hear news from you. I hope your new year is filled with all of the things you hope for. debdetzel@psu.edu

Dolly Desiderio: Much peace and happiness in your lives. Keep in touch. ddesi@udel.edu

Kelly Galvin: May love and laughter light your way this holiday season. From everyone in the admissions office––Kelly, Laurie, Krispy, Landy, Gina and Christine ud-eli@udel.edu

Jo Gielow: Holidays always seem to bring a special sense of magic into our lives. May that magic be yours this season and always. jogielow@udel.edu

Barbara Gillette: Best wishes for a happy and healthy year 2004. “Speak English and watch the news!” Peace and love. gillette@udel.edu

Lisa Grimsley: Dear friends, I finally had the wonderful opportunity to visit South America this past summer. For two weeks I was in Peru, and I really enjoyed the people and the food! I also bought a house in Wilmington, so please come visit me! Best wishes and love to you and your families! grimsley@udel.edu

Lee Horzempa: Holiday greetings from Delaware! Hope you are all well and are speaking English. Enjoy the holidays and have a wonderful new year! lhorzempa@can-connect.org

Ruth Jackson: To all my students, past and present, you are always on my mind. In these troubled times, Maximus’ words (from “Gladiator”) remain pertinent: “Stick together and we survive.” If we stay connected, understanding each other, we can live in peace. My holiday wish for you is that people will choose this path. Love. rmuj@udel.edu

Janet Louise: Best wishes to you and yours in this holiday season and in the year to come. May we all enjoy peace, happiness and health. Keep in touch! louise_janet@hotmail.com

Russ Mason: Dear friends, Throughout the coming year, we wish you peace that flows like a great, healing river to all people and all nations. rmason@udel.edu

Joe Matterer: I’d like to wish everyone a happy and peaceful 2004. jwm@udel.edu

Barbara Morris: The joys of my daughter’s studies in Kenya and Costa Rica and my own travels to Tucson and San Francisco this year were tempered by my father’s death in June. I wish you the very best in 2004. bmorris@udel.edu

Bonnie Raimy: Happy holidays. Peace to all. blraimy@yahoo.com

Lowell Riethmuller: Reason’s greetings to everyone. Please send us letters. In August of this year I spent three and half weeks traveling through Europe with my Olympus digital camera. lowell@udel.edu

Pat Ruffin: Put on a happy face. A new year is coming, actually a leap year with 29 days in February, so we’ll have one more day to enjoy in 2004. Have a great year. pruffin@udel.edu

June Quigley: Dear students, I have had a good year––excellent students and my son Rick’s marriage on August 30 in Curaçao with a girl from there. I went there and had a wonderful time. I sincerely hope you have a safe and peaceful holiday. Keep in touch. juneq@delanet.com

Kathy Schneider: Happy holidays and best wishes for a peaceful new year. kss@udel.edu

Kathy Vodvarka: Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year to all! kathleen.vodvarka@verizon.net

Grant Wolf: Warmest holiday greetings to our many friends throughout the world.We wish you all a healthy, safe and successful year.Write soon and let us know what you’re up to. Grant, Debbie, and Gregory gwolf19@yahoo.com

Mary Beth Worrilow: Happy holidays! Wishing you God’s peace and love with lots of happiness and good health. May 2004 be very “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” for you! Please write to me. Big hug! worrilow@udel.edu

Olive Yazid: In the coming year, may those of us who met at ELI work hard to lower the barriers of distrust and misunderstanding that are separating the people on our planet. olive@udel.edu