Admission to the clinic is free. The Interfraternity Council will sponsor a Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and Wednesday, Feb. 12, in Founders Hall. Walk-in donors are also welcome. Rockie Blunt, president of Rockie Blunt Communications, will lead the workshop, which is designed to help participants speak confidently and persuasively before an audience. Components include overcoming nervousness, structuring the presentation, developing effective speaking habits, using visual aids, and dealing with questions.
Admission is free but space is limited.
Registration forms should be returned to David Everitt, associate director of human resources, no later than Friday, Feb. 7. In this new position, Ariza will be responsible for planning and implementing the university's ESL Summer Institute, an intensive, five-week program designed for international students planning to study engineering or science in the United States. The program will debut in July. Throughout the year, Ariza will serve as an ESL resource to international students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs at WPI and will test and teach ESL to international teaching assistants. She will be working out of an office in Alden Memorial until early summer, when she and Tom Hartvig Thomsen, assistant director of student life, will move to the new International House at 28 Trowbridge Road.