TO: Research Community

FROM: Research & Academic Affairs

RE: English as a Second Language (ESL) Program

Pre-registration is now beginning for the next semester of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program that starts on January 4, 2010. If interested, the registration form may be found at http://research.bidmc.harvard.edu/ost/ESLmemo.asp (bottom of the page).

Please complete the registration form, being sure to include the Principal Investigator and Research Administrator's signatures as approval, and return it to the Research and Academic Affairs office (fax 7-9054) by Friday, November 20, 2009. Please note that enrollment to the ESL program is limited and will be on a first-come-first-serve basis in addition to one's level of need determined at prescreening. This program is not open to students or unpaid employees.

Two information sessions will be held at the following times for those who have submitted an enrollment form:

Date: Monday, November 30, 2009

        Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Time: 5:00 PM

Room: Shields Warren Building

           Room G300 (3rd floor)

           (Next to the Galleria Food Court)

The course outline of the ESL program is also available at the above link for your information. We encourage all Principal Investigators to distribute this information to your staff as a reminder that this benefit is available.