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Re: Sex, beer and football
Hi. How do I unsubscribe? (Just temporarily.) Thanks. Beth
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> From: MULLIN ANNE <MULLANNE@AD.isu.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu>
> Subject: Re: Sex, beer and football
> Date: Monday, November 18, 1996 10:33 AM
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> I was glad to see Dave Healy's post on this subject (of writing
> centers/skill centers). What he described seems to fit Idaho State's
> situation -- the Writing Lab (and the Math Lab) are under the
> administrative umbrella of the Academic Skills Center -- which also
> offers study skills classes, a first-year seminar course, ESOL
> language and culture classes, and and a new
> student operated program of training and matching tutors and tutees
> in all other content areas. The whole enchilada is under the dean
> of Student Affairs -- this is a good thing, budget-wise and because
> we are thus linked to other important support resource people
> (counseling center, center for students with disabilities, career
> center, residence life, etc. whom we draw on extensively.) We're
> hoping to add a reading specialist to our staff in the very near
> future. Individually, though, as Dave mentioned, we direct our
> respective programs, train our own tutors, work in academic
> departments -- I have faculty status in the Dept. of English, for ex.
> -- so we have the collegial and academic connections, too. Sometimes
> the balancing act can be a bit tricky, but most of the time it is a
> real plus to live in two worlds!!!