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It is with great sadness that we announce the death on October 23 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida of our colleague Maurice Westmoreland.
A child of the mid-west, Maurice grew up in Iowa, received his BA from Lawrence University (Wisconsin), his MA and PhD in Spanish linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and completed three years on the faculty at Ohio State before coming to Albany. As member of the Program in Hispanic Studies, he taught Spanish and linguistics from 1990-2018 and served as department chair from 2014-2017. Over the years, he taught hundreds of students, and his sense of fairness and his dedication to their success has been an inspiration to us all. Indeed, having served on every Spanish linguistics PhD committee during this time, his commitment to students in our graduate program was especially noteworthy.
Please join us a gathering to honor his memory on Saturday, December 8 from 3:00 - 4:00pm in the Alumni House, (UAlbany Uptown Campus, map here. We also welcome donations to the Maurice J. Westmoreland Award for Excellence in Hispanic Graduate Studies which we established upon his retirement and plan to confer annually to an outstanding graduate student selected by the Spanish faculty.
For more information please contact Janna Harton (jharton@albany.edu).
Congratulations to FRE
graduate John Teevan!
on his new book, The Traveler’s Sketchbook, a
collection of drawings from study abroad in Paris and travel
around the world.
More information here.
Congratulations!
to Carmen Serrano on her new book,
Gothic Imagination in Latin American Fiction and Film.
LLC alumna Jayne
Boisvert
has published a new book, Pilgrimage to Paris.
She'll be at the Stuyvesant Plaza Book House 11/15 promoting
it.
More information here.
Business Spanish
ASPN407, is being offered this winter session at UAlbany
as an online course. Students not currently enrolled in a
degree program can enroll "non-degree" through the
Office of General Studies.
The Portuguese Club
enjoyed a presentation from the
Capoeira Club.
Congratulations to FRE
grad John Teevan
who just published a new book, The Love Letter with a
Bullet Hole. There will be a book launch Tuesday
10/23/18 at 6pm at the Albany Public Library - Pine Hills,
517 Western Ave., Albany, NY with refreshments and an author
reading.
The French-Russian
Connection
Dr. Timothy Sergay, Associate Professor of Russian, gave a
presentation this summer at the
Berkshire High Peaks Festival on his research on the
cultural connections between France and Russia.
Spanish Majors Apply to Medical School
Highly competitive high school seniors planning to major in Spanish at UAlbany now have the opportunity via the Guaranteed Entrance Program to simultaneoulsy apply for admission into Upstate Medical University’s MD program. www.albany.edu/advisement/guaranteed-entrance-to-upstate-college-of-medicine.shtml
Congratulations to the
2018-19 Diversity Transformation Award recipients
Drs. Cynthia Fox and Megan Solon for their proposal “Diversity
TALKS: A Film and Speaker Series on Language, Language Learning, and Social Justice,” enabling them to invite 3 special guest speakers to
campus this fall. For details see the flier.
Congratulation to
Ricardo Estremera!
Spanish PhD student, who won silver in the 3000 steeplechase
competition representing Puerto Rico in the 2018 Central
American and Caribbean Games in Colombia.
For all the latest LLC Department news
from our faculty, students and alumni, visit our 2018 Spring/Summer LLC Newsletter.
Congratulations to
LLC's three 2018 Initiatives for Women awardees
Drs. Alejandra Aguilar
and Megan Solon, and Spanish PhD student Tara Feeney, who were recognized in the IFW awards ceremony on 7/19/18.
Congratulations to the
2018-19 Diversity Transformation Award recipients
Drs. Lotfi Sayahi and Leonardo Correa, and Tara Feeney and Anahi Bolanos
for their proposal “Linguistic Diversity among Hispanics in
NY.” This award is presented by the UAlbany Office of Diversity and
Inclusion.
Congratulations to our
Honor Societies Inductees!
PI DELTA PHI, FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES
Hunter C. Belanger, Fatou Camille Ngounou Mbotchawo.
SIGMA DELTA PI, SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES
Christine Andriacos, Elizabeth Batty, Patrick J Farrell,
Amanda Helak, Michael Hill, Zachary Kogut, Kaitlin Moen,
Niara Morrison, Nelizbeth G Muñoz, Jenna Pardi, Fransheska
Olivares Pérez, Katherine Ramirez, Emily Rocks, Dayleen
Santana Rodríguez, Ines García Rojas, Nikauri Silfa, Yarden
Sussman, Anthony Tangredi, Brianna Tesoriero, Laine Thelian,
Nadine Zaky Kotb.
Congratulations to all our LLC graduates! The LLC
faculty and staff wish you the very best!
The Louise C. and Earl
M. Applegate Award
Congratulations to Alejandra Aguilar,
Assistant Professor of Hispanic and Italian Studies, whose
project has been selected for The Louise C. and Earl M.
Applegate Award made available through Initiatives for
Women. This award will allow her to further her research on
Afro-descendant writers in Latin America.
Presidential Award for
Undergraduate Research
Spanish major Nadine Zaky Kotb received the
Presidential Award for Undergraduate Research for her
project “Gender assignment to English nouns in Arabic in
New York.” Congratulations to her!
National Poetry Month
Librarians with Lattes
Spanish major Nadine Zaky Kotb
(double-majoring in Political Science) discusses poetry
across culture in a National Poetry Month Librarians with
Lattes podcast. Listen
HERE.
University Libraries'
Campus Conversations
Professor Ilka Kressner delivered a talk
titled “Photographic
Contact Zones: The Mexican Travel Photographs of Fritz
Neugass" as part of the University Libraries' Campus
Conversations in Standish series on March 28th, 2018.
LLC in the News!
Teaching, Service and Creativity Rewarded with President’s
Excellence Awards
LLC is proud to be represented with this year's awardees
Dr. Cynthia Fox & Dr. Véronique
Martin.
Congratulations
to Farah Ali, who will start working as
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish at Gettysburg
College in the Fall of 2018.
Congratulations
to our newest French PhD graduate, Dr. Nabila El
Guennouni, who successfully defended 4/23/18!
Congratulations
to one of our former French graduate students, Genevieve
Fortin, on her newly released book, "Water's Edge," a
historical romance that had its roots in Fortin's research
with Professor Cynthia Fox in her Franco-American project.
LLC Congratulates Benjamin Mielenz
Spanish grad student and TA, who received awards from the UAlbany Graduate Student Association and the Spanish National Honorary Society Sigma Delta Pi Graduate Research Grant Award, which is particularly competitive at the national level. The awards will help pay for his fieldwork in Spain where he plans to study variation in hypothetical constructions in the city of Astorga.
Congratulations to Professor Alejandra Aguilar
for being awarded a fellowship to participate in the 2018 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer institute on "Women's Suffrage in the Americas."
Congratulations to Spanish major Thania Rodas
(also majoring in Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity and minoring in Criminal Justice) for securing an internship with the Office of the Attorney General, Eric T. Schneiderman. She will acquire industry related skills, while that office will benefit from her advanced language and intercultural skills.
French Dictée
The French Program held its first French
Dictée March 3, 2018. Congratulations to our five dictation competition winners: Hieu Feldman-FRE101, Akua Sarpong-FRE102, Ciara Cullen-200 level, Pamela Dolcine-300 level, and Camille Mbotchawo-Francophone level!
Our congratulations to Dr. Karina Walker
who just accepted an Assistant Professor of Spanish position at
Hartwick College to start this fall!
Record in the 60 meters
Spanish major
Dayleen Santana Rodriguez broke her
own school record and Puerto Rico record in the 60 meters
on Jan. 12 at the Great Dane Classic held on Staten
Island. A senior from Puerto Rico, she talks about what it
was like to run so fast with her family in the stands.
Timothy Sergay
Russian Professor, was interviewed by BBC World Service Arts and Culture about 20th-century Russian singer-songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky honoring what would have been Vysotsky’s 80th birthday, 1/25/18. Discussion focused on the difficulties of overcoming the language barrier when it comes to a profound foreign appreciation of Russia’s nationally significant and beloved poets. Read the text in Russian here
http://www.bbc.com/russian/features-42584197.
Congratulations
to Timothy Sergay for winning the New Russia Cultural Center’s 2017 Education Heritage Award at their Heritage Awards Dinner, December 19, 2017! The awards “celebrate and pay homage to those who have enriched the community and established a legacy in the Russian-speaking community in the Capital Region of New York State.” https://www.newrussiacenter.org/heritage-dinner/2017
LLC Newsletter
Visit our current
newsletter for the all latest happenings in LLC!
Obituary
It is with heartfelt sadness that LLC shares the death of
Italian Emeritus Professor Giose G. Rimanelli
(obituary).
LLC Course Offerings
See fliers for new courses coming in spring, linked above right. LLC's
course offerings and descriptions are online. Not in a degree program? No problem--you can enroll "non-degree" through the
Office of General Studies (high school seniors who excel in their coursework are also eligible). Featured courses are linked at the right. Spring 2018 course schedules will be available in September.
Congratulations
to our newest French PhD graduate,
Dr. Komla Amegashie, who successfully defended 11/29/17!
Congratulations
to our newest French PhD graduate,
Dr. Evens Domond, who successfully defended 11/10/17!
2nd annual MVP Stockade-athon 15k race
LLC's own Ricardo Estremera (SPN PhD student)
won the 42nd annual MVP Stockade-athon 15k race 11/12/17! Well done!
UAlbany Dissertation Research Fellowship Award
Congratuations to Nyssa Knarvik for receiving a UAlbany Dissertation Research Fellowship Award to facilitate her research!
Spanish MA in a Year
Complete your Spanish
master’s degree in just 1 year!
Language Jobs
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The 10 coolest jobs you can get learning foreign language.
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