Congratulations to Linda Sims, a Lecturer in the ESL Program here at Illinois and a MATESL grad, for receiving the 2020 Mary Finocchiaro Award for Excellence in Nonpublished Pedagogical Material.  These materials were based on her thesis, which she completed in 2018, titled Teaching Pronunciation as a Volunteer ESL Tutor: Determining Needs and Designing Support.   Her award will be presented to her at the 2020 TESOL Conference in Denver.