Dow has always had a tradition of helping employees learn other languages when it is important for their jobs; whether it is helping new employees who are not native English speakers to learn English or helping expatriate employees and their families to learn local languages so that they can better integrate with their new neighbors. Now, Dow is helping to provide free Spanish classes for employees in Michigan, Louisiana, and New Jersey. Dow's Hispanic-Latin Network (HLN) sponsors the classes. The HLN hopes classes will help strengthen ties between native and non-native Spanish speakers both at Dow and in communities around Dow sites.

Classes are free to participants and the teachers are Dow employees who are Spanish native speakers and volunteer their time to prepare and teach. A total of eight classes were conducted in 2003. The 170 students have been from the U.S., Europe, and Asia and include employees from all functions and job levels.

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