Classical & Modern Languages
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Norgard Receives Innovation Award
August 13, 2019Amy Norgard, assistant professor of classics, earned a spring 2019 Academic Innovation Award. She was recognized for Living Latin through Modern Music, in which she introduced a semester-long project called Carmen Diei (“Song of the Day”), which had students singing and translating modern songs in Latin.
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New Italian Textbook Ready for Fall Semester
August 1, 2019Dr. Carlo Annelli has completed a new textbook for students of Italian at the introductory level. Figurati! An Economical Approach to Elementary Italian will be used in both Italian 101 in the Fall semester and Italian 102 in the Spring. It consists of twelve chapters and two appendices spanning a total of 179 pages. Dr. […]
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Internship at the Croix-Rouge Francaise
July 25, 2019During my internship at the Croix-Rouge Francaise, I worked closely with immigrant and asylum seeking populations in a way that is very important. Domicilation Postale provides a service that allows homeless people and those with unstable housing to still be able to receive mail and their important documents, similar to a Post Office Box in […]
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2019 Summer Study Abroad in Spain
May 27, 2019The 2019 Summer Study Abroad in Spain began on May 17 in Madrid, with ten participants and Dr. Stacy Bryant. The cultural immersion started with a stop for churros and chocolate, an emblematic Spanish treat. After a panoramic tour of historic Madrid, including the Gran Vía, Palacio Real, Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol, and Plaza […]
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UNITED SPEAKERS SAYS “A bientôt”!
May 11, 2019Truman’s student-led English as a Second Language organization, United Speakers, had an exciting 2018-2019 academic year. Thanks to a $500 grant from the Foreign Language Association of Missouri, United Speakers was able to purchase instructional materials and supplies for the classes they teach in four different locations. One exciting purchase, a new projector for the […]
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Classical and Modern Languages “Celebrating Student Success” Awards Reception
May 7, 2019The 2019 Classical and Modern Languages “Celebrating Student Success” Awards Reception was held on April 30 in SUB Georgian Room A. Awards were presented to outstanding students from various language disciplines by faculty members. Every year, the Department of Classical and Modern Languages hosts the reception to recognize the accomplishments of student recipients of national […]
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Spanish Immersion Weekend 2019
April 9, 2019Truman students had a great opportunity to practice Spanish outside the classroom through participation in the department’s annual Spanish Immersion Weekend, held at Camp Jo-Ota near Clarence, MO on April 5th and 6th. The adventure began when students signed a contract, promising to speak only Spanish for the entirety of the trip. Activities on Friday […]
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Dumplings & Tea Boiled Eggs at Violette Hall
April 5, 2019The Society for Sino-American Studies (SSAS) will be selling dumplings and tea boiled eggs on April 17th, 18th, and 19th from 11:30am – 2:30pm in Violette Hall. Come and help support SSAS while enjoying traditional Chinese cuisines. Please email ssas@truman.edu if you have questions. 3$ for 5 dumplings 1$ for a tea boiled egg 5$ […]
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National Classics Honor Society (Eta Sigma Phi) annual convention
March 29, 2019Highlights from the annual convention of the National Classics Honor Society (Eta Sigma Phi) Truman was represented at the convention by four Classics majors and two Classics faculty; the convention was held at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota Emily Camden (’20) was elected as national vice president (megale hyparchos); she will be in charge […]
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Linguaprofs at Macon High School
March 22, 2019On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, Spanish/Education professor Dr. Stacy Davis and two Linguaprofs student members, Nicole Orf and Megan Kraus, traveled to Macon High School to give cultural presentations on Spain and Costa Rica. The three visited Truman alumna Miranda Walker’s Spanish I, II, and III classes to present on their experiences studying abroad, as […]