E-mail this storyTuesday, August 28, 2007
Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning at Goshen College announces appointments and developments
Other recent developments for CITL:
- During the last nine months, a transition team including Provost John Yordy, Vice President for Academic Affairs Anita Stalter and Vice President for Student Life Bill Born have led the formation of CITL. Associate Academic Dean Emeritus John Nyce and Coordinator of Institutional Research Justin Heinzekehr provided staff time, Professor of English Beth Martin Birky provided interim support in the area of curriculum and faculty development and Professor of Sociology at Bluffton (Ohio) University Lynda Nyce served as a consultant for the initiative’s research design.
- The search for a project director for CITL continues this fall.
- CITL has a new home on campus. A room on the north side of the Union Building was renovated with offices, a conference room and gathering space. Visitors are welcome and there is parking next to the building.
- The initiative has already helped provide access to a college education for a group of Latino students to begin studying at Goshen College this fall and the coming years will see even larger groups of students. Students supported by the CITL grant are organized into a cohort to facilitate research while they are at Goshen College. Eligibility for CITL aid will depend on legal U.S. citizenship, an entrance grade point average of 2.75 or above, application for federal or state aid documenting an estimated family contribution and Indiana state residency.
- For more general information and updates about CITL, visit the program’s Web site at: citl.goshen.edu.
Announcement of CITL, Oct. 25, 2006 (en Español)
Liliana Garcia has been named the enrollment counselor; Robert Reyes has been named the research director; and Ross Peterson-Veatch has been named the curriculum director. They each began their positions this summer.
Liliana Garcia is an enrollment counselor with CITL, with
responsibilities for recruiting generally in 20 area high schools
and specifically for Latino students from Indiana. Garcia was born
in Mexico and raised in Northwest Indiana. After receiving a
bachelor’s degree from Indiana University (IU) she has spent
the past two years serving as a graduate supervisor in the Indiana
University Residence Life Office. Garcia received a master’s
degree in student affairs administration with a concentration in
counseling from IU in 2007. She has studied in Mexico and has
experience working with students from disadvantaged
backgrounds.
For more information about admission to Goshen College in relationship to CITL, contact Garcia by calling (574) 535-7062 or e-mailing lilianag@goshen.edu.
Robert Reyes is the research director for CITL and
professor of sociology. He received a master of divinity degree and
a doctorate in marriage and family studies from Fuller Theological
Seminary. Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dr. Reyes served
for the past 11 years at Messiah College as associate professor of
human development and family science and director of the Latino
Partnership program. He is a certified family life educator with
The National Council on Family Relations and a clinical member of
the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
For the past three and half years, Dr. Reyes has served as research consultant in a number of community-based research initiatives which include the Weed and Seed project with the Pennsylvania Crime and Delinquency Commission and the Latino services project with the United Way of the Capital Region in Pennsylvania. At the national level, he serves as research consultant for the Administration of Children and Families Hispanic Healthy Marriage education initiative. He also participated in the Developing Interventions for Latino Children, Youth and Families Project with the Center for Latinos Family Research at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
For more information about research at Goshen College in relationship to CITL, contact Dr. Reyes by calling (574) 535-7778 or e-mailing rreyes@goshen.edu.
Ross Peterson-Veatch is the director of curriculum,
teaching and faculty development for CITL and associate academic
dean. He received a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and
sociology/anthropology from Earlham College, and master’s and
doctorate degrees in folklore from Indiana University,
Bloomington.
Dr. Peterson-Veatch was a faculty member in the Liberal Arts and Management Program (LAMP) at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he taught interdisciplinary courses on the local economy. Before that, he taught Indiana folklore on IU’s Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses. He has also taught Spanish at Earlham College, Indiana University and Harmony High School in Bloomington, Ind. He was also an instructional consultant for the Kelley School of Business, IU. He developed workshops, institutes and individualized consulting models that supported faculty in making changes to their planning and delivery of courses.
For more information about curriculum, teaching and faculty development at Goshen College in relationship to CITL, contact Dr. Peterson-Veatch by calling (574) 535-7504 or e-mailing rosspv@goshen.edu.
The Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning will help the college prepare a diverse group of graduates through its commitment to transforming Goshen College’s campus. With greater access for Latino students from the Goshen community and region, an intercultural curriculum and pedagogy, and a greater understanding of the changing dynamics in the community, Goshen College hopes to become a national leader in intercultural education.
President Jim Brenneman said, “Goshen College is excited about the opportunity to welcome more local Latino students to our campus and to help them succeed in college. The hiring of faculty for the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning is an important step in this process.
“To succeed and to prosper as a community and as a country, I believe we need the contributions, the experience and the knowledge of all people, including talented new faculty and students. As the notable American Cesar Chavez once said, ‘Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.’ This is one of the many reasons Goshen College has partnered with the Lilly Endowment Inc. to create the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning. We will become, we believe and we hope, a signpost of true Christian unity and community. And what we learn here through our research will benefit other communities in the Midwest.”
Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.
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