SSCC’s Dr. Yilin Sun chosen as Fulbright Scholar

July 22, 2011 at 1:24 pm | In West Seattle news, West Seattle people | 3 Comments

South Seattle Community College just announced a prestigious honor for a faculty member: Dr. Yilin Sun, full-time tenured faculty in Basic & Transitional Studies, has been chosen as a Fulbright Senior Scholar for next academic year. The SSCC announcement says Dr. Sun will spend that year in Taiwan, handling training for Fulbright English Teaching Assistants as well as seminars for graduate students, and she will join in curriculum and assessment initiatives at the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei. Dr. Sun is described in SSCC’s announcement as “a recognized leader in curriculum development for adult English to Speakers of Other Languages programs and teacher training.” She has a long list of honors and accomplishments (listed on this SSCC webpage). The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

3 Comments

  1. On behalf of the student body of SSCC, let me congratulate you on this prestigious award! We are very lucky to have at our college and proud of your accomplishment.
    I hope to meet you in person sometime soon.

    Comment by presi-Dante — 6:38 pm July 22, 2011 #

  2. Dear presi-Dante,

    Thank you for your kind words. I’d love to meet you, too.

    Best,
    Yilin

    Comment by Yilin Sun — 10:24 am July 25, 2011 #

  3. Congratulations, Yilin!!!

    Comment by Jan S — 4:11 am August 9, 2011 #

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