Senior Spanish teacher education major and French minor Kiley Walsh was named Female Scholar-Athlete of the year at this year’s Reggie awards ceremony.
Spanish teacher education major wins award at Reggies
Unit: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
LAN teacher education majors earn ICTFL award
Five world languages teacher education majors (either in German or in Spanish) in Professor Susan Hildebrandt’s LAN 319 and LAN 320 classes won the Fund for the Future ICTFL (Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Award for College Foreign Language Teaching Majors.
Homecoming highlight: Spanish alum meets with current LAN students
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures was pleased to host Illinois State alum Gigi Fansler, as part of Homecoming 2018 activities.
Publications Unit imprint launches Härte by Sade LaNay
The Publications Unit in the Department of English is hosting two events to celebrate the book launch of Härte by Sade LaNay, published by Downstate Legacies, the literary imprint of the Publications Unit.
Hands-on experience with youth at Unity Center
Seven world languages teacher education students from Professor Hildebrandt’s LAN 320 class have an all-semester clinical experience at University of Illinois Extension Unity Community Center’s after-school program.
Alfredo Mirandé to offer keynote for Latino Heritage Month, October 11
The Latin American and Latino/a Studies program will join with the campus to honor cultures and heritage during Latino Heritage Month with speakers, a film, and a Day of the Dead celebration.
Hispanic Heritage Fair, September 21
The Spanish Club will hosting the first Hispanic Heritage Fair at Illinois State University from 4-8 p.m. Friday, September 21, in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Publications Unit launches Undiscovered Americas, a first-of-its-kind book series
The Publications Unit in the Department of English recently launched Undiscovered Americas, a new translation and lost/out-of-print book series that is a subsidiary of its Downstate Legacies literary imprint.
Sigma Delta Pi named Honor Chapter
Illinois State University’s Eta Upsilon chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, has been named an “Honor Chapter” for its exceptional activities.
Illinois State University announces third Fulbright Student Award for 2018-2019
Illinois State University students Benicia Colon, Kylie Ashton Maurer, and Sydney Velez received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2018-2019 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
