DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH & PORTUGUESE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES: James P. Lantolf, Pennsylvania State University
Sociocultural Psychology and The Pedagogical Imperative: L2 Developmental Education
Wednesday, January 27 at 4:00pm
821 Anderson Hall
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SPANISH & PORTUGUESE FILM SERIES: Violence in Latin American and Spanish Cinema
Relatos Salvajes (Wild Tales)
Argentina
Wednesday, February 10 at 3:00pm
307AB Tuttleman Learning Center
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El Ángel Exterminador (The Exterminating Angel)
Mexico/Spain
Wednesday, February 24 at 3:00pm
307AB Tuttleman Learning Center
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MIDDLE ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (MACLAS) ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Cycles and Encyclicals In Latin America
Featuring panels and workshops addressing current economic and social injustice issues in Latin America as well as a keynote address by Dr. Maria Roof, Emerita Professor of Spanish at Howard University.
March 4 - 5 at 8:00am - 6:00pm
Alter Hall, 1801 Liacouras Walk
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DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH & PORTUGUESE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES: Charles A. Perrone, University of Florida
OUTRO: Another Arc of the Inter-Art Poetics of Augusto de Campos
Friday, March 18 at 4:00pm
821 Anderson Hall
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Undergraduate Student News & Alumni Updates
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Spanish major Natasha Tax is making waves in communities across the world. This past summer she traveled to San Rafael Mendoza, Argentina to serve with the Servants of the Lord in homes for children without parents as well as disabled elderly men and women. During the fall, she participated in the College of Liberal Arts Washington Semester and interned at Family Research Council. She will be spending spring break in Mexico City serving with the Missionaries of Charity in homes for disabled, ill, and abandoned women. Her next stops place her in the Dominican Republic as a site coordinator/translator for several groups of American missionaries and Ohio as an intern at the Republican National Convention.
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Spanish major and Diamond Research Scholar Taylor Kaminsky is currently interning at the College of Public Health where she administers Health Literacy screenings to the Hispanic community in North Philadelphia and coordinates a research project entitled "Student Outcomes Related to Exposure to Community-Based Research". In this role, Taylor tracks student participation in service learning, administers pre/post-test surveys, attends community/class events, and helps faculty with class research projects. She will additionally be working with Associate Professor of Instruction in Spanish Patricia Moore-Martinez and the LASS students on their community service involvement.
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Latin American Studies Semester (LASS) student Kyshon Johnson will be spending his summer in Brazil through a paid internship with the NBC Universal as an Olympic Guide. Congratulations!
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Marisa Felsher (LAS & Spanish, CLA '11) recently graduated from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health with a Master's Degree in Public Health and is currently a Project Manager at Drexel University.
Lindsey McCormick Vivas (LAS & Spanish, CLA '13) is now the World Language Department Chair at Cardinal O'Hara High School.
Kristina Fallon (LAS, CLA '15) is now Team Assistant for the Program of Academic Exchange.
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Ana Tamayo just published a book review in the first issue of Spanish and Portuguese Review (SPR), the annual graduate student journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). SPR publishes original, unpublished manuscripts on culture, film, linguistics, literature, pedagogy, second language acquisition, translation, and other areas related to the study or teaching of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian languages and cultures. Ana serves as an associate editor for this journal in the areas of Linguistics and Language Science.
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Yesterday evening Adjunct Assistant Professor in Spanish and Peruvian poet Roger Santiváñez shared his work in the famous Cornelia Poetry Series in Manhattan. Next stops on his poetry tour include the 'Ibero-American Poetry Encounter' in Villahermosa City, Tabasco, Mexico and the 'Segunda Cumbre de Poesia Latinoamericana' at Tufts University in Boston.
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SPANISH CLUB
Looking for a way to practice your Spanish?
Mondays 4:00-5:00pm
422 Anderson Hall
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PORTUGUESE & ENGLISH CONVERSATION HOUR
Join us for weekly opportunities to practice Portuguese and English outside the classroom.
Mondays 3:00-4:00pm
421 Anderson Hall
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Summer Study Abroad Opportunities
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2016 TEMPLE IN SPAIN: Oviedo Summer Session
Based at the University of Oviedo in the province of Asturias , a beautiful region of ocean, mountains and Roman ruins; the program is comprised of coursework in Spanish language, literature, cultural studies and international business. Follow Spanish major Sarah Godwin and minor Mina Tatar as they chronicle their experience abroad.
Application Deadline: February 15
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