{"id":36573,"date":"2014-10-16T09:56:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T13:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=36573"},"modified":"2014-10-16T09:56:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T13:56:15","slug":"tennessee-jet-alum-wins-non-profit-award-for-esl-to-go-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/16\/tennessee-jet-alum-wins-non-profit-award-for-esl-to-go-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee JET alum wins non-profit award for “ESL to Go” program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to JET alum Jennifer Butler, who works for the Consulate in Nashville and also is a former JETAA USA Country Rep, for passing on the link to this news about JET alum Leah Hashinger who created a mobile ESL program – \u00a0http:\/\/www.lipscomb.edu\/news\/archive\/detail\/101\/28681<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

JET alum Leah Hashinger, a student in the Master of Arts in Civic Leadership program at the Nelson & Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership at Lipscomb University, was recently awarded a Salute to Excellence Award from the Center for Nonprofit Management for her coordination of the ESL to Go program at the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute.<\/p>\n

TFLI won first place, receiving a $25,000 prize in the Frist Foundation\u2019s Innovation in Action category at the Center for Nonprofit Management\u2019s awards ceremony. Hashinger, ESL to Go program manager, and Angela Harris, director of ESL\/TESL at the institute, accepted the award.<\/p>\n

Responding to the repeated identification of transportation as the number one barrier for refugees and immigrants in accessing English classes, ESL to Go offers a unique model of service delivery and access. The classroom-on-wheels (a truck outfitted as a classroom) brings English as a second language classes to refugees and immigrants in Davidson County.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2011, I had the unique opportunity to transform an innovative idea into a reality,\u201d said Hashinger. As a volunteer at TFLI, I began working with my supervisor on developing a mobile classroom that would bring English classes to the apartments where refugees live. The challenge allowed me to step into a leadership role where I learned to gather support from the community, build partnerships, gain trust and continue to respond to the dynamic needs of our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each year, CNM hosts Salute to Excellence, the \u201cAcademy Awards\u201d of the Middle Tennessee nonprofit community, with a dinner and awards presentation that honors area nonprofits for their commitment to management excellence.\u00a0The ceremony featured 12 awards and $210,000 in prize money for this year\u2019s finalists. More than 1,000 guests and 35 of Nashville’s nonprofit organizations attended.<\/p>\n

Hashinger is also the 2014 recipient of the Center for Nonprofit Management Award for Andrews Institute students. The award provides students a discounted tuition rate to earn their master\u2019s degree in civic leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching Nashville become a leader in embracing cultural and ethnic diversity has inspired me to pursue a path of leadership as well,\u201d said Hashinger. \u201cAs a civic leader, I will continually work to highlight the positive impact that immigration has on Nashville\u2019s culture and economy, while developing innovative ways to fund nonprofit programs and rethink service delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to JET alum Jennifer Butler, who works for the Consulate in Nashville and also is a former JETAA USA Country Rep, for passing on the link to this news about JET alum Leah Hashinger who created a mobile ESL program – \u00a0http:\/\/www.lipscomb.edu\/news\/archive\/detail\/101\/28681: JET alum Leah Hashinger, a student in the Master of Arts in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[825,304],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifeafterjet","category-notable-jet-alums"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t