Dan Holden
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ELI 80 Students Showcase Their Academic Interests through Poster Presentations
This semester, students in ELI 80 presented their academic interests and exchanged ideas with peers on diverse academic topics. We’re proud of their hard work and curiosity—keep exploring your passions and sharing your ideas!
ELI Students and Teachers Celebrate Spring Break at our March 2025 Social Hour!
On March 4th, ELI students and teachers gathered for the semi-annual ELI Social Hour, embracing a vibrant spring theme. The event featured engaging discussion activities, interactive language games in our dynamic game room, and a delicious assortment of snacks! Special thanks to Gabbie and Matthew for assisting with the event! Credit to Alexandra Lee for …
ELI Students and Teachers Enjoy Our Autumn-themed ELI Social Hour 2024!
ELI students and teachers attended the semi-annual ELI Social Hour on October 22nd, which featured an autumn theme. Everyone was engaged in discussion activities, played language-related games in our fancy game room, and enjoyed a variety of snacks! Special thanks to Amie and Gabbie for hosting the event! Credit to Alexandra Lee for the photos!
ELI Students and Teachers Enjoy the ELI Coffee Hour 2024 during the Spring semester!
ELI students and teachers attended the semi-annual ELI Coffee Hour on 3/6/2024, which featured Spring theme. This year, everyone participated in discussion activities, listened to music, and played competitively in our special game room! Special thanks to Alexandra and Amie for hosting the event!
Jieun Kim and Maggie McGehee won the best student presentation at ECOLT 2023 with data collected from the ELI Placement Test!
Jieun Kim (SLS Doctoral Student) and Maggie McGehee (SLS MA Student) won the award for Best Student Presentation at the East Coast Organization of Language Testers 2023 Conference. Their presentation, “Streamlining a reading placement test: Insights from factor analysis and Rasch modeling”, drew on data from the ELI Placement Test and began in SLS 671 Research in Language …
ELI Students and Teachers Enjoy the ELI Social Hour 2023!
ELI students and teachers attended the semi-annual ELI Social Hour on 10/30/2023, which featured a spooky Halloween theme. Everyone was engaged in discussion activities and played language-related games! Thank you to everyone for creating a fun and relaxing environment for the event!
Sohyeon Lee presents a workshop on the use of ChatGPT for Academic Writing in ELI classes
ELI instructor, Sohyeon Lee, has been presenting a free workshop on the AI system, ChatGPT, in each of the ELI writing classes throughout October and November. The workshop showed ELI students how they could ethically use ChatGPT to help improve various aspects of their papers in progress, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of …
ELI Reminders
Do you have an ELI hold on your registration account? If so, click here! Check back here frequently for reminders about important dates and deadlines. Good luck at the semester start! Remember to think about your ELI requirements when you’re making your schedule for next semester. Next semester’s course schedule will be up in the second …