Letter to the editor

Students encouraged to make use of Academic Assistance Center

Kudos to The Mast for shining a light on the hurdles that international students experience as they integrate into their new environment at PLU. In addition to social interactions, international students may experience a certain culture shock in the classroom. This year the Academic Assistance Center has embarked on an initiative to offer additional support services to foreign students and heritage language students by hiring an ESL tutor. We also offer the Monday night English language discussion table in the Diversity Center that you mentioned in your excellent article.

We encourage all students, but especially students for whom English is not the first language, to make use of tutors in all the various disciplines we have in the AAC. To make an appointment all a student needs to do is either stop by the AAC in the Library, Room 124, or call the office at 535-7518.

Leslie Foley, Director and Katherine Bourdonnay, Assistant Director,
Academic Assistance Center