Classical & Modern Languages

French students presented at the Student Research Conference

On Thursday April 5th 2018 Truman’s annual Student Research Conference (SRC) was held. This year, three French students presented their capstone research which was coordinated by Prof. Ron Manning . Celine Fuchs, advised by Dr. Sana Camara, presented her translation of Le crépuscule des elfes by Jean-Louis Fetjaine for her minor in translation. Sabrina Wiser, advised by Dr. […]

Crab Rangoon Delivery

The Society for Sino-American Studies (SSAS) is organizing a fundraising Crab Rangoon Delivery. Delivery is for on-campus locations ONLY! All other orders may be picked up in the SUB hub from 5-9pm on 4/14. Prices: 3 Crab Rangoon for $2 OR 6 Crab Rangoon for $3.50 Venmo/Cash/PayPal accepted! Support intercultural learning and your stomachs by […]

CML Film Festival

Chinese New Year Gala

A Chinese New Year Gala was held on Feb. 25th in the Georgian Room of the Student Union Building. After a brief speech by President Sue Thomas, over 300 students and faculty members enjoyed delicious food and wonderful performances. These performances included Chinese traditional dances, Chinese folk songs, the Chinese zodiac play, Hip Hop dances, […]

ESL Workshop

This past Saturday United Speakers, a student volunteer organization that serves the English as a Second Language community in Kirksville and the Northeast Missouri region, hosted a teaching workshop led by Dr. Stacy Davis. The workshop focused on lesson planning for ESL students and gave students advice and ideas for creating their own lesson plans. […]

Professional certificates in French

Since May of 2017 the CML department has given students the opportunity to earn professional certificates with the Paris Chamber of Commerce. The certification is  aimed at students or professionals wishing to certify their language skills with a diploma, during or at the end of their training. Students can take the test in seven different […]

CML200 Service Learning Course: Taiwan Connect is Recruiting Now

CML200 Taiwan Connect is a one-credit service learning course in which Truman students teach English to students in Taiwan via Skype. This course has consistently received positive feedback from our students as well as from the schools in Taiwan. Truman students were awarded for their outstanding contribution by the Changhua County Magistrate. Now, this course […]

Sangro tinta

Alexandria Hult and Lydia Pearson will read from their recently published volume, Sangro tinta, on Wednesday, February 7th at 5:00pm in BH 114. In this book of Spanish poetry, the authors explore in their own poetic voices and with beautiful language some of the topics any good poem should treat: passion, anger, fear, hope, and […]

Vuelo de cuervos

Vuelo de cuervos Erick Blandón Wednesday, March 28th 5:00pm BH 114 This novel narrates the story of a young poet sent to document a military mission whose main purpose is to forcefully remove the Miskito peoples from their land. This indigenous community has lived for centuries in the Nicaraguan Caribe region, close to an area […]

Presentation: Dr. Joe Barcroft