Received: from icarus.cc.uic.edu (root@ICARUS-FDDI.CC.UIC.EDU [128.248.100.53]) by literacy (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA06646 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 10:27:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sheilar (CE.UICOMP.UIC.EDU [128.248.250.180]) by icarus.cc.uic.edu (8.7.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id JAA26965 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:27:45 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199609131427.JAA26965@icarus.cc.uic.edu> X-Sender: u31235@POP3SERV4.cc.uic.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:37:19 -0500 To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov From: u31235@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU (Sheila Roeschley) Subject: Re: introduction Status: O X-Status: Kirsten, I tried to send a message to you @ your address--came back. I'll try it later. My doctoral studies were in Health ED--dissertation on Health needs & services for Int'l college students. I did a brief orientation about health for the Int'l students when I was teaching at another Univ. Sheila **************************************************************** >Hello everybody. My name is Kirstin Calamoneri, and I am currently the >Insurance Coordinator for international students and scholars at Rutgers, >the State University of New Jersey. I also expect to finish my M.Ed. in >TESOL at the end of this academic year and hope to find a position teaching >ESL in a public school starting next fall. On a personal level, I was an >exchange student to Malaysia (AFS, summer '87) and France (Rutgers Junior >Year Abroad, '90-91), and most of my friends are from other cultures, >including my husband who is from Morocco. Cross-cultural communication is >an important part of my life. > >In my current position, I not only act as liaison to the insurance company, >accepting applications and helping students and scholars submit claim forms, >but I have also found myself in the role of health educator and insurance >adviser. Among the roughly 2,500 students and scholars for which I am >responsible, there is a wide range of English proficiency levels, from >beginners to native speakers, and to all I strive to impart an understanding >of the U.S. health care system and the concept of health insurance in >general, and the requirements and procedures at Rutgers in particular. >Whew! No easy feat. > >What I am hoping to gain from this list is an opportunity to communicate >with and to learn from others combining health education and ESL at any >level, particularly on the topics of presentation techniques, developing >informational materials and accessing professional resources. > >Kirstin Calamoneri, Insurance Coordinator >International Services, Rutgers University >180 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1156 >voice 908-932-7015 fax 908-932-7992 >email ru_cifss@email.rutgers.edu > > Sheila M. Roeschley, Ph.D., RN Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Peoria Regional Program One Illini Drive Peoria, Illinois 61605 Tele:309.671.8498 FAX:309.671.8436 E-Mail:sroesch1@uic.edu
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