Students Earn Credit by Teaching English and Civic Lessons to Immigrants

Thirty immigrants have been taught English by five university students and everyone has benefited. - - Donna Poisl

Nadine Alexander, a senior health and nutrition sciences student who has been accepted to Johns Hopkins, recently accomplished something that took her outside the realm of her major: She taught English and civic lessons in the same setting to immigrants. As one of the Brooklyn College student facilitators in the "We Are New York" program, Alexander not only provided a valuable service, she also received credit for community service for her effort.
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