NEWS RELEASE
March 29, 2010 Contact: Erica Jesberger, 544-4916
Yongsheng Sun, Columbia Basin College Associate Professor for English as a Second Language (ESL), has been awarded a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for his upcoming in the capacity of a global citizen/multicultural expert. His job will be to work with instructors selected from community colleges, and who are also receiving Gates Foundation grants, to design digital course curriculum for face-to-face, hybrid, and/or online delivery.
He will work with these faculty members to weave critical perspectives throughout the course curriculum, such as economic competition, communications across cultures, multiple political perspectives, ethical responsibility, humanistic values, and cultural/religious/institutional awareness associated with global citizenship. Yongsheng will also provide online professional development materials to support these faculty designers.