Partnering with Mexico
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Jackson State University awarded English language proficiency certificates to 73 students from 10 countries for successfully completing the month-long English as a Second Language Institute program.
Receiving certificates at the Dec. 11, 2014, ceremony were 42 students in the Proyecta program — the largest at any university in the U.S. — and 31 students in the ESLI program, from the Universidad Tecnologica de la Huasteca Hidalguense in Hidalgo, Mexico.
“This is a part of a larger initiative by the United States and Mexico to develop a 21st-century workforce for the mutual economic prosperity of both countries,” said Dr. Priscilla Slade, special assistant to the provost for JSU Global and Community Colleges.
Many students are returning to JSU in the fall — 14 to graduate school and two to undergraduate programs. ONEJSU
— Bette Pearce