Minnesota English Language Program

See the attached flyer for info about Spring 2025 Culture Talks! We'll be meeting 1-2pm in Room 12 of 216 Pillsbury Drive on six Thursdays this semester: January 30, February 13, February 27, March 27, April 10, and April 24. Hope to see you there!

Dean Radhika Seshan shares a new year message of gratitude and excitement about the remarkable growth and accomplishments of CCAPS in 2024. "Our hope and intention is to fuel this momentum as we enter 2025, a year that can bring us great opportunities to even further our impact." Thank you to each and every one of you who feeds the College's energy and collective promise and purpose! 🎉 🙌🏽. View her entire message at z.umn.edu/Happy2025.

New Year, New Promise Dean Radhika Seshan and the faculty and staff of the College of Continuing and Professional

Finally looks like December on campus. Have a great winter break!

MELP is hiring an undergraduate student worker! This new position will provide some front desk staffing and help with general administrative tasks, projects, and special events in MELP.

Current UMN undergrad students can apply at https://hr.umn.edu/Jobs/Find-Job (search for Job ID 365769). We will begin reviewing applications December 16 and hope to have the new student worker start sometime in January.

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SELS is hosting a finals hunker on Monday, Dec. 9, from 1-4pm in Room 12 of 216 Pillsbury Drive. We'll have snacks, drop-in consultations, and study-focused atmosphere all afternoon!

MELP's friends and alumni have been SO generous today! With 6 hours to go, we're at $850 of our $1000 fundraising goal! Please consider making a donation to the MELP Scholarship Fund if you can: https://crowdfund.umn.edu/participant/MELPscholarship


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With 12 hours left to go in Give to the Max Day, we've raised $430 of our $1000 goal! Give NOW to support scholarships for international and multilingual students in MELP's intensive English program: https://crowdfund.umn.edu/participant/MELPscholarship


University of Minnesota College of Continuing & Professional Studies

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TODAY is Give to the Max Day! Give NOW to the MELP Scholarship Fund to help support international and multilingual students in MELP's intensive English program: https://crowdfund.umn.edu/participant/MELPscholarship


University of Minnesota College of Continuing & Professional Studies

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TOMORROW (Thursday) is Give to the Max Day, but you can give early if you want! Donate to the MELP scholarship fund to help full-time and part-time students attend MELP's intensive English program: https://crowdfund.umn.edu/participant/MELPscholarship


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SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, Nov. 21, is Give to the Max Day in Minnesota. This year MELP is raising money for the MELP Scholarship Fund. With funding made possible by the Karin L. Larson Legacy Fund and other supporters, MELP scholarships are awarded to new and continuing students who demonstrate strong academic performance and a clear vision of how studying with MELP will contribute to their academic or professional goals. Our goal is to raise $1000 for this fund on Nov. 21! Read more and give here: https://crowdfund.umn.edu/participant/MELPscholarship


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¡hurra Stephanie Hanson, a senior lecturer for the Minnesota English Language Program has received a Fulbright US Scholar Program award! As part of her award, Stephanie will teach professional development workshops for teachers at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Pérez Zeledón campus, from January to June 2025. This is Stephanie's second award. We could not be more Learn more about her work at z.umn.edu/HansonFulbright

The Fulbright Program Student English Language Support - SELS

Celebrate International Education Week (November 18–22) with the Minnesota English Language Program (MELP)! Our annual International Poster Session features culture-based presentations by MELP students. Join us in person on November 21 and learn a bit about the history (or geography or cuisine or traditions), of countries and cultures throughout the world! For details, visit z.umn.edu/MELPPoster

International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) - University of Minnesota

Homecoming parade 2024

MELP alumni, share your stories of studying at UMN!

ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI: The University of Minnesota is celebrating 150 years since the first international students arrived on campus in 1874. We are collecting stories from our international alumni to mark this milestone. We would love to hear about what you are doing now, your favorite memories of UMN, someone you met that you still talk to today, or anything else you'd like to tell us about your experience in Minnesota. Click the link in our bio to share your story!

It's on! This week's Homecoming events are plentiful and in full swing! At CCAPS, we're super excited about Minnesota English Language Program students marching in the Homecoming Parade with our International Student and Scholar Services partners. One of the University’s longest-standing and most well-attended traditions, you won't want to miss it. Come on out and show your MELP and CCAPS pride! Parade begins at 6:30 pm 10/25. FMI, visit homecoming.umn.edu/parade

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Before pursuing her Master’s degree in Food Science, Honduran-born chemical engineer Cecia Flores Sanchez studied three terms with the Minnesota English Language Program (MELP). “MELP’s Intensive English Language Program provided a great opportunity to learn English in an academic context,” she says. Read her story at z.umn.edu/perseverante

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