Framingham State initiative to increase immigrant access to English programs
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Framingham State University
Nine Framingham State University students have been chosen as part of an international fellowship program to expand awareness and access to English language programs for immigrants in and around Framingham.
Such a program may be especially important in a diverse city like Framingham, where an estimated 27% of its roughly 71,000 residents are foreign-born. More than half of those are from Latin America.
Framingham State students will work with the university's education department and local organizations, including libraries, churches and nonprofits, to develop new opportunities for English language programs, civic engagement and legal services.
The Millennium Fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program that's part of a United Nations initiative. Framingham State was one of 21 American colleges to be selected as part of the program and 69 worldwide, including 16 countries.
The Framingham State program was developed by seniors Christine Sifre and Ana Luisa Asmar, whose family moved to the United States from Brazil. Other students in the program are Melissa Hayes, Keith Butler, Brendan Coleman, Amber Goss, Niome Mengistu, Jon Torres, and Corey Tulloch.
In Massachusetts, other colleges selected as part of the Millennium Fellowship program are Bentley University in Waltham, Harvard University in Cambridge and Northeastern University in Boston.
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