Reading short academic articles, summarizing information, taking notes, asking questions, gathering ideas, discussing the writing process, organizing projects, researching topics, building vocabulary, formulating a topic sentence, outlining, editing, revising, rewriting, orally presenting, and sharing quality projects and essays; are all part of the academic process. 

The university is authorized by the Student Exchange and Visitor Program (SEVP) to enroll nonimmigrant (F1-Visa) students in its ESOL certificate program. 

Each candidate for admission to the ESOL certificate program, will receive a personal assessment of his or her background with a focus on providing the guidance necessary for a sound selection.