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Lee College French class offers dimension, opportunity for students!
of Houston-University Park
now must complete a foreign
language requirement, Reingold
said. All modern business, she
noted, takes place in the “global
village.”
Reingold brings to the class-
room an expertise that goes
beyond the textbook. She also
brings the non-traditional expe-
rience of having completed
bachelor’s and master’s degrees
after starting a family.
Married after completing high
school and one year of college,
Reingold did not return to col-
lege until the youngest of her
three children reached age two.
“When I returned to school in
the 1960s there were not a lot of
older students on campus,” she
said. “I and another friend went
back and we felt like we were
on another planet.”
While a graduate student at
University of Houston, Rein-
gold completed a training pro-
gram at the Paris Chamber of
Commerce, enabling her to
teach commercial French at
University of Houston. She
learned French business vocab-
ulary and aspects of doing busi-
ness in France.
Still teaching at University of
Houston, Reingold entered Rice
University and began work on a
doctorate in French. However, a
contact with a bank president
led to a position as an executive
with a downtown Houston bank.
By the time the bottom fell
out of the oil business three to
four years later, contacts Rein-
gold had made in the computer
industry enabled her to work
eight years in corporate sales in
the personal computer industry.
Reingold’s experience under-
scores to her the business value
of someone who knows a for-
eign language.
“In the foreseeable future, the
largest growth in the computer
industry is predicted to be in
Europe,” she said. “Compaq,
headquartered in Houston, is
the biggest selling computer in
Europe.
“The entire petrochemical
field is full of French-owned
corporations; Schlumberger is
the most obvious,” Reingold
said. “It’s because of Schlum-
berger’s establishment in the
Houston area in the 1920s that
this area has such a strong
French community.”
French is also important
because of the Houston area’s
nearness to south Louisiana and
the United States’ nearness to
French-speaking Canada. The
Acadian influence in Louisiana
came from Canada, but origi-
nated in France. French influ-
ence also is strong in the
Caribbean and even in South
America.
“Another area people can use
enefits of taking
French at Lee College
start in school and last
French that they don’t often
think of,” Reingold said, “is in
the government — most obvi-
ously foreign service. But an
agency of the federal govern-
ment also handles translations.”
Reingold has worked on a
contract basis as a translator for
the federal government. She
also said the U.S. State Depart-
ment employs escorts and inter-
preters on a contract basis to
assist foreign dignitaries and
visitors.
a lifetime.
First-year foreign language
students at a four-year school
typically find themselves in
class with 40 or more students,
according to Maxine Reingold,
LC French instructor. Laborato-
ry time usually is monitored by
a student assistant.
At Lee College, the French
class last spring numbered only
six students. The instructor not
only teaches in the classroom,
but also is present during lab.
As a result, students receive
much more practice in conver-
sation than they would in a
large class or in a lab monitored
by someone other than a
teacher.
“Students have the better of
the two situations here at Lee
College,” Reingold said. “Only
one student (last spring) hadn’t
taken French in high school, but
she enjoyed it so much she is
considering majoring.”
An ever-increasing number of
college degrees require a for-
eign language, according to
Reingold. At Lee College, the
associate of science degree in
international business requires
foreign language. All Lee Col-
lege associate of arts degrees
require foreign language.
Business majors at University
The Texas Medical Center in
Houston constantly requires
translators and interpreters,
Reingold said. Many of these
are volunteer positions, she
said, but some are for pay.
Students from a variety of backgrounds who are pursuing a variety of*
Regardless of how a person majors have enjoyed taking French at Lee College. The French class:
uses it, the ability to speak a last spring at Lee College included, from left, Nicky Bonas, Sharon
foreign language adds an St. Brice, whose family is from the Caribbean; Shawn Cude, Melissa,
important dimension to a per- Dolecki, Ben Flavien, whose family also is from the Caribbean and;
son’s life, according to Rein- Jacqueline Mireles, a native of Argentina who grew up in Mexico City.:
g0 d- Their majors include computer science, drafting, medicine, biology*
“Anybody who knows another Eng|ish and business,
language knows another cul-
ture,” she said. “That’s what’s
going to keep us together in this
world, rather than divide us into
factions that shout at each
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For more information about
enrolling in French this fall at
Lee College, call Sandra Curry,
secretary for the Lee College
Division of English and Com-
munications, at 425-6503.
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Students from a variety of
majors and backgrounds
enjoyed the small class size
and other aspects of taking
French last spring at Lee Col-
lege.
The class included people
studying computer science,
drafting, English, biology,
medicine and business.
Students may use French in
any of several ways to com-
plete degree requirements,
according to Maxine Reingold,
Lee College French instructor.
The families of both Sharon
St. Brice and Ben Flavien are
from the Caribbean island of
St. Lucia, where
Creole French is spoken.
Other members of their fami-
lies live in Martinique, where
French is spoken.
“I thought it would be nice
to be able to speak French,”
St. Brice said. “It’s interest-
a.m. Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at the Lee College main
campus in Baytown.
An advanced course, Read-
ing Conversation and Compo-
sition (FREN2311 or 2312) is
set for 8-8:50 a.m., also on
Monday, Wednesday and Fri-
for courses. Returning stu-
dents may fulfill this require-
ment by meeting with a facul-
ty adviser.
Students who register
through Aug. 16 must pay
tuition and fees at the Lee
College Business Office by 5
p.m. Aug. 17 or risk having to
register again.
Students may register in per-
son at the Lee College gym on
Aug. 23,24 and 26.
In Liberty, registration in
person will be from 5:30-7
p.m. Aug. 16 at Liberty High
School.
For more information about
attending Lee College this fall,
call the Gertrude Teter Coun-
seling Center at 425-6384 or
1-800-621-8724, or the Lee
College Admissions and
Records Office at 425-6393.
mg.
As a native of Argentina
who grew up in Mexico City,
Jacqueline Mireles already
knew Spanish.
“I wanted to learn a third
language,” said Mireles, who
is studying biology.
After taking French in high
school, both Melissa Dolecki
and Shawn Cude decided to
take French to fulfill college
degree requirements.
Nicky Bonas also took
French in high school.
“It’s the language of love,”
Bonas said, with a grin on her
face and a twinkle in her eye.
“And it’s easy.”
Beginning French (FREN
1411) will meet this fall for
class and lab from 9-10:50
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Karen Jordan Holt
Karen Jordan Holt, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Jordan and
the late Edwena Jordan of Baytown,
was named TEPSAN of the year by
the Texas Elementary Principals and
Supervisors Association-District IV
District IV includes 56 school dis-
tricts, 760,000 students and 52,000
educators. Ms. Holt served as trea-
surer and is currently the third vice-
president of the organization.
Holt was also one of twenty-five
administrators selected from across
the United States to participate in the
prestigious doctoral program called
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Columbia University in New York.
She will graduate in December,
1995. Ms. Holt is presently serving
as principal of South Houston Ele-
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