Welcome back
Feb. 4, 2008
Welcome back, everyone. There are many new students, new classes and new
teachers. Moraine Valley Community College is growing and so we want to
have many new members of the Arab Student Union. Our plan for this
semester is to show all the students that we have many activities so we
hope they will want to sign up for our club. Our plan now at Moraine is
we would like to start to teach Arabic. We will have our club members do
tutoring for students who want help.
One thing I want to mention for our students is that we have the Winter
Fest on Wednesday, February 13, from 11a.m.-2 p.m., so come and join
everyone at the Student Life Center. There will be many activities and
you can learn more about what’s going on around the campus.
We are all at Moraine together, so we all have to work together for
Moraine to be the best.
Another Wonder of the World
Dec. 21, 2007
The Arab Student Union sponsored a program for the whole college to
learn about Petra, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. We had this in
the library and our speaker, Mr. Nabil Tadros, was not able to give his
speech, so I spoke to the people. I told them about Petra, also called
the great temple in the capital city Nabataea, which was built by
ancient people during the 6th century. The city of Petra is the center
of attention for tourists who come from all over the world to see the
temple, ancient museums, canyons and old roads.
We also showed a movie that showed more
background on other places you can visit within Jordan. And we had
displays of Jordanian clothes and other traditional items. Many people
told us thank you for having this lecture and display.
My
first entry
Nov. 8, 2007
Hi everybody,
First I want to say I am a person who
loves to talk more than write a few sentences on paper, but I am not
going to let you get bored from what I am writing down.
I came to the U.S. three years ago from
Jordan, one of the Middle East countries. The experience of coming to a
different country is big, including a new life style, language, friends,
the kind of job, school, etc. All this was something I have to start
with from the beginning. The first time I came here, the big problem for
me was to talk with people here. The question was where would I learn
English?
Moraine Valley Community College, the
place that I love, was the first English step of my life. I learned
English and I started to go to the regular classes just like the
students who were born here and speak English very well. These things
gave me a chance to start to be an active student. I am now president of
the Arab Student Union, and involved in many events going on in the
campus. I hope you enjoy what I wrote, and let’s see what is new for
next time.
