FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: March 25, 2008

CONTACT: Lisa Saunders

(845) 574-4244

Columbia Teachers College Professor Lectures on Human Diversity at SUNY Rockland Community College

Suffern, NY - The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) of SUNY Rockland Community College continues its Spring ’08 Human Diversity Lecture Series with the topic, "Bicultural and bi-lingual competence: a universal challenge."

Thursday, April 10, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Technology Center, Room 8180 (Ellipse), Rockland Community College, 145 College Road, Suffern, NY. Admission is free and open to the public.

"Bicultural and bi-lingual competence: a universal challenge"

Maria Torres-Guzman, Associate Professor, Department of Trans-cultural and International Studies, Columbia Teachers College. In her most recent book, Torres-Guzman addresses the problem of locus of control and distribution of power as factors in the development of dual and multiple language competence.

For more information, contact Dr. Liya Li, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, at (845) 574-4733 or lli@sunyrockland.edu.

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