Tom Griffin - Instructional Materials Specialist
 

Tom Griffin is a Civil Service Instructional Materials Specialist who manages the Language Learning Lab on the 4th floor of the Library. He majored in French and minored in Spanish as an undergraduate student at NEIU. He was very active as a student in our department as French Club president 1985-1989 and is a member of the Pi Delta Phi French National Honor Society. After he graduated from NEIU with a B.A. in 1991, he received a Type 9 Secondary Education teaching certificate in French with a Spanish teaching endorsement.

In 1992, he started running the language lab in A-133 and oversaw numerous renovations and technological upgrades before the move to the current lab. A staunch advocate of technologically-based instruction, Tom is excited about the new lab and its capabilities. He assists students, faculty, staff in the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department and trains student aides, work study assistants and graduate assistants who work in the Language Learning Lab. He also trains faculty and students to use the learning software and hardware within the lab to enhance language teaching and learning.

Tom Griffin is usually available weekdays 9 am to 5 pm (or 8 am to 4 pm depending on the time of year and schedule needs, except semester breaks and university holidays) and can be contacted either by email at TE-Griffin@neiu.edu, by voicemail at (773) 442-4752, or by phone at (773) 442-4753 during his normal office hours.