Previous ML Department News
Congratulations to Our Graduating Seniors!
A special congratulations to our seniors who received special awards:
- Shavely Peralta (Communications & Spanish double major): President's Medalist and a Distinguished Leadership Award
- Claire Navarro (Religion & Spanish double major): Distinguished Leadership Award
- Sean Beebe (French & History): Fulbright scholarship to France
- Callan Hetterich (Economics & Spanish double major): Fulbright scholarship to Colombia
- Zach Nixon (German major): Fulbright scholarship to Germany
- Peter Zambon (Spanish major; minors in German & Geosciences): Fulbright scholarship to Germany
Congratulations to our seniors who have committed themselves to Teach for America!
- Ruth Jones
- Shavely Peralta
- Hannah Stevenson
Congratulations to Ryan Buesser ('11) and Cullyn Thomson ('12) on their induction into the French Honorary Society!!!
Front row (left to right): Isabelle Choquet, Cullyn Thomson, Judy Cochran
Back row (left to right): Pierre Dairon, Ryan Buesser, Christine Armstrong, Charlie O'Keefe
Looking Back Over the Year
Mark Your Calendars Now!
Language & Culture Program Participants Visit A Japanese Garden
LCH Residents Celebrate Mexico's Independence Day with Authentic Cooking
Faculty Welcome the Language & Culture House Residents to Campus
Congratulations to Ryan Buesser ('11) and Cullyn Thomson ('12) on their induction into the French Honorary Society!!!
Our Fulbright Scholars
Mike Shirar with Professors Baker and Dillmann
Mike Shirar, German Major, received a Teaching Fulbright to Austria for 2010-2011.
Thomas Simeone with Professors Dillmann and Baker
Thomas Simeone received a Fulbright award to Austria.
Leah Ewing with Professors Baker and Dillmann
German major Leah Ewing has been awarded an Austrian Teaching Fulbright for 2010-2011.
Teresa Young and Kim Lewis with Prof. Llanos
Teresa Young, Spanish / Communication double major and Spanish Fellow, has been awarded a Fulbright to Argentina next year. She has also been selected as this year's graduating class student speaker and she has been nominated for a student leadership award.
Kim Lewis who is Spanish / SocAnth double major, a Spanish fellow and president of Sigma Delta Phi has been awarded a Fulbright to Ecuador.
French Master Chocolatier to Visit
Edouard Hirsinger a master chocolatier from France will arrive on campus on April 28 to share his creative process of high-end chocolate making with our students. While on campus he will attend the French seminar on gastronomy and will offer chocolate tasting sessions. He will also visit the Conversation class that will be studying the movie "A Matter of Taste".
Click here to see photos from the events!
A Collaborative International Theatre Venture – El desdén, con el desdén
From Page to Stage!
Performances on April 18 and April 19 at the Ace Morgan Theatre
Check out our Facebook Group for more details!! => El desdén con el desdén at Denison
CAST:
CARLOS: Jorge Sesé
POLILLA: Ricardo Arqueros
PRINCIPE DE BEARNE: Will McGregor
GASTON, CONDE DE FOX: Claire Navarro and Lauren Mallett
DIANA: Lucía Guerra
CINTIA: Angélica Gutiérrez
FENISA: Carrie Pronai
LAURA: Cali Orr and Katie Stranahan
CONDESA, MADRE DE DIANA: Harlene Bryenton and Hannah Hanssens-Reed
DIRECTOR: Francisco García Vicente (Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Murcia)
SET DESIGN: Tamara Honesty
SET CONSTRUCTION: Andrew Johns
COSTUMES: Cynthia Turnbull and Joyce Merrilees
LANGUAGE COACH: Susan Paun de García
Logistical support: Liz Barringer-Smith
Additional funding from The Patty Foresman Fund and The Vail Arts Series
Writing Against War
Ingeborg Bachmann (1926 - 1973)
Exhibit at Mulberry House Gallery
March 22 - April 8, 10 am - 4 pm daily
"For that day I want to keep words fresh,
for the day yet to come on which
the work on weapons ceases (...)"
I. Bachmann, Lay down your Weapons
This interdisciplinary, multi-media exhibition, with texts and video material both in English and German, on Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann's work created by well-known Bachmann scholar Hans Hoeller is entitled "Schreiben gegen den Krieg" - "Writing against War." The website www.ingeborg-bachmann.cc provides a detailed description of the project. The exhibition has already been successfully shown in different countries across Europe.
Poster and photos by Jonathan Green '10
Education, Spanish Students Get '360 Degree' Learning Experience in Nicaragua
Span 323 (taught by Prof. Dosinda García-Alvite and EDU 390 (taught by Prof. Lyn Robertson) took a group of 10 students to Nicaragua for a week in February, where they lived on a sustainable farm while visiting Nicaraguan public schools. Read more at http://www.denison.edu/offices/publicaffairs/featuredstories/nicaragua_trip.html
Students will reflect on this experience at an open forum on April 8th at 5:30 in Higley Auditorium.