Our gratitude and best wishes to Dr. Osman Solmaz, who recently finished his time at MGA as a visiting professor through a European Union faculty exchange program. Solmaz is an associate professor of English Language Teaching at Ziya Gokalp Faculty of Education, Dicle University, Turkey. He is a Fulbright alumnus who received his Ph.D from the interdisciplinary Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) doctoral program at the University of Arizona. His research interests include teacher education, linguistic landscapes, digital literacies, social media, and the implementation of technology in second language teaching and learning.
Solmaz, third from left, is shown receiving a certificate of appreciation from MGA English faculty members Dr. John Murphy, Dr. Benita Muth, and Dr. Chris Cairney.