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Help Support ELSO's Spring Take a Break Event

To help alleviate some of the stress in this challenging time the English Language Support Office aims to host a social event, “Take a Break with ELSO,” for multilingual graduate and professional students and postdocs to relax, enjoy games, and take a break from the work and worry of academic life. Please consider supporting this event to show our international and multilingual U.S. resident post-graduates they are valued members of the Cornell community

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Join the Write Together at Home Program!

The Write Together at Home Program provides graduate students, professional students, and postdocs with community, structure, and resources to support their writing. This online program is designed to help you establish writing practices and peer writing networks that will sustain your writing throughout the summer.

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Fall 2025 Pre-Enrollment starts soon!

The fall 2025 pre-enrollment period for graduate and professional students is right around the corner: from April 28 at 7:00am to April 30 at 11:59 pm. As you plan your fall 2025 course schedule, consider taking ELSO courses.

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Join a Write-In!

Need to get some writing done? Write-ins are a great way to move your writing project forward.

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2024 Write Together at Home Program: Summer Writing Support for Postgraduates

The summer Write Together at Home Program will be running again this year! The Write Together at Home Program provides graduate students, professional students, and postdocs with community, structure, and resources to support their writing. This fully online program is designed to help you establish writing practices and peer writing networks that will sustain your writing throughout the summer.

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ELSO Info Session for DGSs and GFAs

DGSs and GFAs are warmly invited to join ELSO faculty on Friday, April 26, 1:00-2:00 EDT via Zoom to learn more about ELSO services that are available to multilingual graduate and professional students.

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ELSO Spring Break Tutoring Hours

ELSO's Writing and Presenting Tutoring service will run through Spring Break! The Pronunciation service will be closed March 31-April 7.

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ELSO Expands Services to All Multilingual Graduate Students

Cornell’s English Language Support Office (ELSO) has expanded to support all multilingual graduate students – both from the U.S. and abroad. Previously available only to international students for whom English was not their first language, now multilingual graduate and professional students from anywhere in the world can participate in ELSO...

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Spotlight Tutor | Meet ELSO Tutor Hugo Milan

I’m Hugo Milan, a writing and presentation tutor for international graduate students and post-docs.I am from Brazil and I started my Ph.D. in Biological Engineering in the Fall 2015. During my first semester, I started getting involved with the ELSO and never stopped.What motivated you to begin tutoring writing? My main motivation to become a...

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Spotlight Tutor | Meet ELSO Tutor Sudan Kariuki

Who are the English Language Support Office tutors? Stop by 260 Caldwell Hall, and you'll meet friendly graduate student and professional tutors from across the disciplines who are eager to meet with full-time matriculated international graduate and professional students and all post-docs meeting and to talk with them about their writing,...

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