Shane Carter: Program Director: Shane has taught English in Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, the USA, and Kuwait. He has been a head teacher, level coordinator, and program director. He has a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University, and a BA in English from Ohio State University. "I enjoy travelling, reading, and meeting interesting people from all over the globe. After spending more than ten years living abroad, I have settled in Terre Haute. Working at INTERLINK is great because, with this job, the world comes to my front door. I hope to one day travel the world, but for now I am happy to spend time with my son, David, who is a very imaginative six year old.   Rachel Cowan, Student Services Coordinator: Rachel has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Indiana State University and plans to go for a Master's in a few years. Although she has not traveled outside of the United States, she hopes to visit a foreign country one day. Being the Student Services Coordinator and Administrative Assistant at INTERLINK is truly rewarding for her in that she gets to interact with staff and students in the education field AND meet people from other cultures. "I learn something new every day at INTERLINK," she says. "The most rewarding, yet hardest, part of my position is seeing the students graduate from the program. I am so proud of each student who worked so hard to learn English, yet it is hard to see them leave INTERLINK and move on with their academic careers."   Allison Newport, Instructor: Mrs. Newport received her Bachelor's degree in Russian from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Her Master's degree is in Teaching English as a Second Language from Ball State University in Muncie, IN. Her experience includes teaching English to Costa Ricans and Japanese and teaching at the Henry County Youth Center in New Castle, IN. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching sports and playing in a handbell choir.   Ron Engel, Instructor: Ron has taught at Interlink in both Terre Haute, Indiana and Greensboro, North Carolina. "Teaching English as a Second Language has been a career that I have really enjoyed. When I first started to teach, I had the opportunity to work and live in Morocco, Spain, and Mexico. Having had the opportunity to study, travel, work, and live in places where the languages and cultures are different from my own has been very rewarding. Those experiences have helped me to betterunderstand what my Interlink students are experiencing.  What I like most about being a teacher at Interlink is the contact that I am able to have with people who come from so many different places and backgrounds."   David Karl, Instructor: Originally from Ohio, David spent over five years teaching English in Japan in the late 1990s before getting his master's in Linguistics/ TESOL from Ohio University in 2002. He then returned to Japan and spent the next five years teaching at Chubu University near Nagoya. He has recently returned, and he's very excited about teaching ESL at INTERLINK. In his free time, David tries to spend time with his wife, keep up with the news, read, listen to music, and play the guitar. He's very interested in American pop culture, and he's currently teaching a module on the history of rock music.   Shelley Jean Karl, Instructor: Shelley Karl is originally from Lancaster, Ohio. She has a degree in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University. She taught English and American Culture at Chubu University in Japan for five years before coming to INTERLINK.   Kate Zimmer , Instructor: Kate has studied and taught in Spain and Mexico. She is currently completing her MA in Languages, Literature, and Linguistics at ISU.         Janna Moore, Instructor: Janna Moore has an interest in Spanish and Indonesian. She has a Master's in TESOL and Linguistics from Indiana State University. She has been involved in SLA for a number of years. For 7 years, she lived just outside of Jakarta, Indonesia.  Mrs. Moore recently joined the board of INTESOL. Janna plans to spend more time mixing with other cultures in the future and she will teach for a semester at Al Yamamah college in Saudi Arabia in October.  She likes to backpack and bicycle in her limited free time.   Joan Hunter , Instructor: Joan has