Dr. Jonathan Rosa will visit ISU on Thursday, April 4, to deliver a keynote address on multilingual practices amongst Latinx communities as part of Bilingual Advocacy Week.
Tag: Department of Languages Literatures and Cultures
Save the Date for ReggieCon Live! April 27-30, 2024
ReggieCon LIVE! 2024: Ruins, Reflections, Creations, and Dreams will be held from Saturday, April 27 to Tuesday, April 30, at Bone Student Center, University Galleries, and other locations across the Illinois State University campus.
Alternative Winter Break participants work to ‘make our world a better place’
Across the Gulf of Mexico, more than 3,000 miles away from campus, a group of 12 Illinois State University students spent a portion of winter break picking pineapples and building stoves and showers in a rural Costa Rican community as a part of a service trip through the Alternative Winter Break (AWB) program.
Internationalize Your Voice: World Languages High School Visit
Over 100 high school students and six of their teachers from French, German, and Spanish classes at Normal Community and Normal West High Schools spent the day learning about the value of language study.
LAN graduate students in Spanish are award recipients
At this year’s spring banquet, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (LAN) graduate students celebrated their many accomplishments after a year of teaching and learning.
French Honor Society hosts multilingual, interactive ‘Wall of Love’
In recognition of Valentine’s Day, the executive board of Illinois State’s French Honor Society, Pi Delta Phi, reached out to ISU language clubs, students, faculty and staff who speak other languages to participate in the online Le mur de l’amour (the wall of love).
Partner Perspectives: Shared vision creates effective partnerships
Partnerships between the University of Illinois Extension’s Unity Community Center and Illinois State University’s Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and School of Social Work have flourished due to effective communication and a shared vision.
Latin American and Latinx Studies Student Spotlight: AJ Kurfman
AJ Kurfman, a senior here at Illinois State, is majoring in Spanish with a Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) minor. This spring, as he finished up his degree, he is doing an internship with the Immigration Project for credit toward the LALS minor. Despite his busy schedule, he made time to share with LALS
Latino Heritage Month features speaker on Latinos in Chicago
Latino Heritage Month will wrap up November 11 with a talk by author Lilia Fernandez on Mexicans living in Chicago.
Graduate student wins scholarship for service learning in Ecuador
Graduate student Rita Hess has been selected to receive a scholarship for a service learning experience in Ecuador.