January 2015 - College of Professional Education

OLLI Awarded Top Honors

The Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) has selected our Osher Lifelong Learning Institute as the best in the country. At ACHE’s annual conference and awards banquet in Las Vegas, we were crowned the top Older Adult Model Program Award. The award recognizes an ACHE member for a program...

January 30, 2015

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Why Study Music?

We sat down with Barbara Hammond, instructor for OLLI’s Music Appreciation course, to discover how this class is designed to perk up your ear. Who is the ideal student for this course? The ideal student for a class in Music Appreciation is one who already loves to listen to music, but wants to learn how to focus...

January 26, 2015

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TIE Program kicks off 2015

We welcomed two groups of educators from South Korea to Kennesaw at the start of the year. Part of our professional Training for International Educators (TIE) Program, the teachers attended classes led by our TESOL and ESL instructors that helped them improve their English teaching skills, fluency and cultural understanding. At the...

January 23, 2015

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ESL, instructors, international, language, partnerships, students, TEFL, TIE

First #ksuexpo15 winner

Sheila Fudge said she was “thrilled” to take home a brand new iPad mini today, courtesy of the College of Continuing and Professional Education. Sheila attended our free Career Training Expo on Jan. 8 with her daughter, 16-year-old Kassidy, who is interested in...

January 22, 2015

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Barbara Calhoun, culinary, education, expo, free

Talking Travel

Do you dream of foreign travel? Or maybe you have an international business trip coming up? It’s always better to visit a country knowing just a little bit of the language and culture. With this in mind, we’ve developed a series of five-week language courses designed specifically for travelers. There are no textbooks or complicated conjugation...

January 19, 2015

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international, language, leisure

Home Away from Home

If you decide to teach overseas, at one time or another, you’ll face homesickness, whether it’s missing friends and family, your hometown or just the day-to-day activities and culture of your home country. TESOL graduate Morgan Attaway knows what that’s like, but here’s how she...

January 16, 2015

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careers, holidays, instructors, international, language, students, TEFL, travel

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Monthly Archives: January 2015

OLLI Awarded Top Honors

Why Study Music?

TIE Program kicks off 2015

First #ksuexpo15 winner

Talking Travel

Home Away from Home

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