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Announcing the Winners of the 2006 Diana Hacker TYCA Outstanding Programs in English Awards for Two-Year Colleges and Teachers
REACHING ACROSS BORDERS
Outstanding Program Award
Composing Community: Students Write Oral History
Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Honorable Mention
Identifying and Supporting CollegeReady Writing Skills among High School Students
Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Fergus Falls, MN
FOSTERING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Outstanding Program Award
American Studies Honors Program
Lee College, Baytown, TX
Honorable Mention
Embracing the First-Year Experience
Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
ENHANCING DEVELOPMENTAL ENGLISH
Outstanding Program Award
Academic Fitness
Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Cambridge, MN
Honorable Mention
Developmental English Program
Shoreline Community College, Seattle, WA
ENHANCING LITERATURE AND CULTURAL ARTS
Outstanding Program Award
Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Diana Hacker TYCA Outstanding Programs in English Awards for Two-Year Teachers and Colleges
Call for Submissions: This annual award honors two-year teachers and their colleges for exemplary programs that enhance students' language learning, helping them to achieve their college, career, and personal goals. Categories for submission for the 2006 award, in both credit and non-credit programs, are as follows: Reaching across Borders (Partnerships with Business; Partnerships with High Schools, Colleges, and Universities; Service Learning; Interdisciplinary Programs; and Distance/Distributed Learning); Fostering Student Success (Transfer and Honor Programs; Serving Special Populations; Programs Teaching with Innovative Methods of Instructional Delivery; Mentoring and Tutoring Programs; Writing across the Curriculum); Enhancing Developmental English (Preparing for the Workplace; Serving Special Populations; New Models for Building Writing and Reading Programs; Programs Teaching with Innovative Methods of Instructional Delivery; and Program Assessment); and Enhancing Literature and Cultural Arts (Programs Teaching Literature with Innovative Methods of Instructional Delivery; Collaborative College and Community Cultural Arts Programs or Events; College Literary Arts Programs). The programs may be exclusively English programs or combination...