FW: A Conversation with Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj - Thursday, January 23, 2014
Patel, Bhumi Ashok
Opportunity to see a great speaker!
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 10:21 AM
To: Patel, Bhumi Ashok
Subject: FW: A Conversation with Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj - Thursday, January 23, 2014
Hello Bhumni,
I wanted to see if I can get your help in promoting an impromptu event we put together for one of our board members. Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj is coming down for the board events this week from London, and she is really eager to speak to UM students regarding her experience at UM and career track since graduation. Dr. Al-Saraj is of Saudi descent and has a pretty neat background (please see the bio below).
The evite below went out to 100 Saudi students today to get their participation for tomorrow’s lecture.
Can you please help to promote this lecture to your circle of friends as appropriate so that we can get a descent turnout? Also, if you are able to attend the lecture as a UM student, and Alumni Board representative, we’d really appreciate it!
Thanks,
Erica
Erica Arroyo, B.S.C. '03, M.A.L.S. '08
Senior Director, Alumni Engagement
University of Miami
Office of Alumni Relations
6200 San Amaro Drive, 209L
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Phone: 305.284.1724
Fax: 305.284.4804
From: de la Guardia, Teresa S
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:21 AM
Cc: Arroyo, Erica M
Subject: A Conversation with Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj - Thursday, January 23, 2014
You are invited to A Conversation with Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj to take place on Thursday, January 23, 2014, 1-2 p.m., at the Newman Alumni Center, Executive Conference Room. Dr. Al-Saraj will share with you her experience as a student at the University of Miami and give an account of her career path since graduation.
About Dr. Al-Saraj: Dr. Taghreed M. Al-Saraj is currently a Post Doctorate fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Language Center. She is the first Saudi female Post Doctorate in UC Berkeley. She earned her Ph.D. from the Institute of Education, University of London in 2011. Following that, she worked as a Reserach Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. Al-Saraj earned both her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Masters degree in TESOL from the University of Miami, Florida, and graduated Summa Cum Laude. While at the University of Miami, she also worked as a Research Assistant in the School of Education. Recently, Dr. Al-Saraj was appointed as a Director on the Board of Alumni at the University of Miami, Florida. Prior to beginning her doctoral research, Dr. Al-Saraj was an English language lecturer at Dar Al-Hekma College in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Having seen firsthand the debilitating effects of Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) in the classroom, she became very motivated to raise teachers' awareness about FLA in the Middle East. Dr Al-Saraj has presented on the topic of FLA in the Arab world at international conferences around the world, including Waseda University in Tokyo, Saudi Ministry of Education in Jeddah, TESOL Arabia in Dubai, TESOL International at the University of Texas in the United States, University of Texas at Austin, and the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) in the United Kingdom. Dr. Al-Saraj is considered one of the most important Saudi researchers that publishes in top international journals on how FLA affects language students in the Arab world.
Please contact Erica Arroyo if you have any questions regarding this event.
Erica Arroyo, B.S.C. '03, M.A.L.S. '08
Senior Director, Alumni Engagement
University of Miami
Office of Alumni Relations
6200 San Amaro Drive, 209L
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Phone: 305.284.1724
Fax: 305.284.4804