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Rosangela Basso (July ‘02 NNS), completed her university degree in Brazil this past summer. Her BLI friends and classmates Angelica Soares and Paloma Serra were able to come to Brazil to share the occasion with her. Rosangela and her family have moved to Liverpool, England, where Rosangela is working on a Masters degree in ELT. Paloma is now teaching English in Spain.
Pat Lilja (December ’01), is completing his stay in Hokkaido Japan, and looking forward to attending graduate school soon. Pat is willing to share his knowledge of Japan with other BLI grads.
Joy McFarland (July ‘03) is happily working away in Madrid. She reports that "I am in contact with a very good academy here that contracts people out to middle and high schools, and also to different companies for business English. They pay 13 euros an hour, and pay you even for the weeks at Xmas and Easter when there are no classes. They have rooms full of materials and computer access for teachers and lots of support from the company. They aren´t "fussy" about papers, but people with papers do get full benefits as well. You can get in contact with me at jennyfyc@hotmail.com."
Shariyf AbdulQabid ( Spring ’03 P-T) informs us that: "My wife gave birth on Saturday 8/9/03 at 5:30 am to a little girl. Her name is Khulood Shariyf Abdul-Qabid. She weighed 6 lbs 13 oz. and was 19 in. long." We wish health and happiness to Shariyf and his family.
Gill Chatfield (October ’02) had a busy summer, spending two weeks in Spain followed by 3 weeks in England - made complete by that rarity - a genuine heat wave in England!! She is spending this academic year teaching ESL full-time in the Newburyport, MA, public schools.
Sarah Jane Tate (September ’01) finally took our advice and headed off to Morocco, where she landed a job teaching at the American Language Center in Casablanca.
Zach Pusch (September ’01) is still in Nepal, completing his Peace Corps service. He reports that "Everything is just wonderful. I'm working hard and have a great post, up on the border of Tibet. Teaching is good and I'm pretty immersed in my secondary projects". After completing Peace Corps service Zach hopes to teach in Chile, and would welcome any ideas on teaching opportunities there.
Gwen Atkinson (September ’02 P-T) has just moved to Korea, and will be teaching at Sogang University.
Hannah Treworgy (August ’03) has also moved to Korea, teaching ESL to children through the arts. She is working at The Hans Language Institute in Incheon City. She will be happy to hear from other grads interested in moving to Korea. Her email is htreworgy@verizon.net.
Jeff McKeon (March ’03) reports that "Things didn't work out for now to travel to the Ukraine. However I do hope to go to west Africa this year. Who knows where I'll end up teaching ESL! "
Lisa Liltz (September ’02) is now teaching ESL full-time for Oficina Hispana in Boston.
TEFL grads who have taught for BLI recently include: Christy Burke, Nyssa Patten, Anne Duncan Smith, Dinah Cardin, Alan Cohen and Hannah Treworgy.
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As you may already know, the TEFL Department has lost a dear friend. On August 21, 2003, Mikhail Mayzelis, one of our Intermediate level practice students, passed away. As a way of keeping his memory alive, we have named our newsletter's photo contest the Mikhail Mayzelis Memorial Photo Award.
The first recipients of the new award are Steve Kemnitzer and Kevin Smith. They will each receive a $50 gift certificate to the Boston Language Institute online Bookstore.
View the winning photo and more from Kevin Smith here.
View the winning photo and more from Steve Kemnitzer here.
You can submit your photos for consideration in our next Photo Contest by e-mailing them here. |
Congratulations to Melanie Mitcheson (May ’02) and her new husband, Frédéric Trottier from France. Melanie & Frédéric are both working in Guatemala.
Melanie writes: "It is incredible to have found another person who treasures the same things in life--not least a love of travel.
We are both working in a project called Camino Seguro (supported in the U.S. by an association called Safe Path) which is located
outside the gates of the Guatemala City garbage dump. I work in the school with 4th to 6th graders and Fred works in the shelter
with children who for various reasons have left their homes.
"Although we left France with a mental image of volunteering in a Fair Trade coffee farm or releasing sea turtle eggs in a national park, Camino Seguro was the project which we couldn't get out of our minds."
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