On Friday 27 July 2018, a dozen Egyptian LOTUS nursing students were accompanied by faculty and staff from the Centre for English as a Second Language as well as the University of Kentucky International Centre on a field trip. They visited both The Phyllis D.
Amongst of all the CESL students, Saudi and Brazilian students were especially fascinated with the guns displayed, while female students enjoyed all the crafts at Shakertown!
Silvia Carlotti talks about her experiences in CESL.
The group visited different student workshops and learned from regional experts about different musical instruments like the dulcimer as well as Appalachian music in general.
Lina Crocker, Senior Lecturer at the Center for English as a Second Language, and her husband led a group of 40 CESL students on a trip to the Cincinnati Zoo. The visit was a special experience for the students, many of whom had not previously been to a zoo.
On April 18, 2015 over 100 CESL students enjoyed the Taste of Africa event at UK’s Worsham Theatre. The event cost $10 to attend, and proceeds went to provide insurance for children with HIV/AIDS via the Ten Per Kid Project.
CESL currently offers two language tables to help benefit the educational development of our students while simultaneously supporting the foreign language students at UK. Mrs. Lina Crocker started these events to help students, and she continues to lead them each semester in the Patterson Office Tower.
