But as manager of purchasing, receiving, stockroom and mailroom for the molecular and cell biology department, she needs to write effective memos and persuasive letters of recommendation. So she sought help from the CALS Project. The project is a confidential tutoring program for Berkeley employees who want to improve their writing, speaking and pronunciation, reading or basic math skills. Learners are matched with volunteer tutors. Most of the tutors work on campus, but students and community volunteers participate as well.
Lunch times are popular meeting times.
She said there continues to be demand by learners who work in a wide variety of jobs on campus. The project, however, could use more tutor volunteers. The next six-session tutor training class begins Feb. 26. Adams approached the CALS Project when she recognized that her grammar, sentence construction and general writing skills needed strengthening. I'm sure I learned them years ago, but it was all on the back burner.