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Unit: Spanish

Roaming Redbirds from diverse majors land jobs at same global company

IOR Global Services employees.

Four Illinois State University alums turn their shared passion for global cultures into jobs at the same international company, IOR Global Services.

Spanish teacher education alum is in Mozambique for Peace Corps

Alejandra Villalobos, '14, English teacher trainer in Mozambique through the Peace Corps

An update from Alejandra Villalobos, ’14, who majored in Spanish education.

LAN master’s program prepared alum well for career

Douglas Jackson poses with child

An update from Douglas Jackson ’91, M.A. ’93, who graduated from Illinois State with a master’s degree in foreign languages with a focus on Spanish.

French and Spanish alum finds career in the Navy

An update from Anthony Pyanoe, M.A. ’04 from Languages, Literatures, and Cultures with a focus on Spanish and French.

Spanish major now lives and works in Puerto Rico

Francesca Biundo

An update from Francesca Biundo ’06, who graduated with both a B.A. and M.A. from Illinois State, in Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.

Master’s degree with focus on Spanish brings variety of professional opportunities

image of Quincy Jenkins

An update from Quincy Jenkins, ’09, who graduated with a master’s degree with a focus on Spanish.

Spanish Education alum lives in South Korea as Fulbright participant

Hillary Veitch poses at Lantern Festival

An update from Hillary Veitch ’14, a Spanish Education major and TESOL minor, now an English teaching assistant with the U.S. Fulbright Program in South Korea.

French, Spanish Education alum’s languages useful in many different careers

Audrey (Yates) Irias poses for selfie

An update from Audrey (Yates) Irias ’05, who earned her B.A. in French and Spanish Teacher Education at Illinois State.

Spanish alum helps relocated workers adjust to their new home

An update from Rita Hess ’14, M.A. ’16, who studied Spanish at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Illinois State University’s Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.

Spanish alumna connected with peers, professors

Professional photo of Katie Petravick

Teacher Kathryn (Katie) Petravick earned her B.A. in Spanish from Illinois State University in 2012.

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