Welcome to The ESL Tribune!

With this issue, the English as a Second Language at Southwestern College pilots the ESL Tribune. We are proud to introduce our inaugural newsletter, first issue. The newsletter's mission is to inform and involve ESL students in college life. In addition, The ESL Tribune will serve as a free space where students can feel comfortable sharing news, articles, poems, facts, jokes and even telling their personal stories as ESL students.

I, as one of the newsletter's editors and former ESL student, strongly believe that students need to be motivated in order to be successful. Especially, those students who struggle  with learning disabilities and/or language barriers. Involvement is a key factor to help students feel welcomed and appreciated. So, by providing ESL students a free space where they can share their thoughts is more than fulfilling for those who are or will be collaborating with us.

With each newsletter, we will introduce you to one of our ESL team members in the Employee Spotlight section. On this first issue you will find information about me. The purpose of this section is to help you identify the ESL team, from faculty to staff members. We want to let you know that we are here to better serve you and to make you feel welcomed. So please do not miss this section, as it will be very helpful for you.

ESL STUDENT ORIENTATION CAMPUS TOUR EVENING CLASS FALL 2015

Finally, we want to welcome you to the Fall 2015 semester. The semester is going fast and we want to wish you the best in your classes as well as in personal matters. Remember that there is a spot for you on this newsletter. Feel free to write or share information in English or Spanish. After all,  The ESL Tribune is a Bilingual newsletter. Tambien hablamos y escribimos  Español!