News

Feb 6, 2017

Alumna’s Bee Downtown Goes to Ghana

Spanish minor alumna Leigh-Kathryn Bonner is bringing her "beesness" to Ghana to empower women and promote sustainability.

Feb 3, 2017

Op-ed: U.S. Citizens Should Oppose Travel Ban

In an op-ed published by the News and Observer, NC State professor of Islamic Studies Anna Bigelow calls President Trump's executive order banning or limiting travel to the United States by citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries wrong and says citizens should stand against it.

Jan 31, 2017

Foreign Language Educator Wins Graduate Student Association Award

Foreign Languages and Literatures Karen Tharrington is among the recipients of the 2016 NC State Graduate Student Association Award for Conferences. The GSA Award for Conferences is a highly competitive award that is intended to cover the entire cost of attending a conference (up to $1,500) for NC State graduate students.

Jan 23, 2017

Spend a Day with the Dean

As a Humanities and Social Sciences student, you've got a busy schedule. Your dean, Jeff Braden, wants to learn what it’s like to be a student and also share what it’s like to be a dean. So step right up and enter the "Side by Side with the Dean" contest. Tell us why the dean should experience your day, and why you’d like to walk in his shoes.

Jan 11, 2017

Getting a Spanish Business Certificate? No need to go far

NC State offers many opportunities to help students expand their horizons. Within the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, students have the option to learn a new language while also testing their skills in that language either by joining a language club or study abroad. But, how can you prove your proficiency in a foreign language, say, for job-searching purposes? Well, you could get a certificate of proficiency in that language.

Jan 9, 2017

Franklin Scholar Expands STEM Focus with International Studies Degree

Recent NC State graduate Andrea Irving, a Benjamin Franklin Scholar, expanded the scope of her chemical engineering degree through a second major in international studies and minors in Chinese and Spanish.

Jan 3, 2017

Dean’s Scholars Dream Big with Donor Support

Backed by donors, Humanities and Social Sciences Dean's Scholars are excelling on campus, in communities and abroad.

Dec 11, 2016

To Our Graduating Students: Tahanina! Félicitations! Alles Gute! ¡Buena Suerte!

On behalf of my colleagues in Foreign Languages and Literatures, I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate our graduating seniors in Arabic, French, German Studies, and Spanish, and to our newly minted MA graduates. We are proud of the strides you have made in the time you have been students in our programs, and we wish you great success as you proceed to your next adventures and accomplishments in life’s journey. Tahanina! Félicitations! Alles Gute! ¡Buena Suerte!

Dec 1, 2016

Spanish Club Helps Students Engage with the World

Learning a new language can be a fun, challenging, and life-changing experience. From understanding grammar to learning new vocabulary, it can be truly rewarding when one finally has a functional grasp of it all and can use it in a meaningful way in everyday situations. But the study of languages goes beyond the pure structural means for communication.

Nov 21, 2016

Study Abroad Program Brings Smiles to Elementary School in Urubamba, Peru

Studying abroad is one of many amazing opportunities that students experience during their time at NC State if they so choose. One program that stands out is Study Abroad in Peru overseen by professors Kay Villa-Garcia and Leonardo (Leo) Villa-Garcia. In this program students spend six weeks improving their Spanish communication skills, immersing themselves in the culture, and, most important, taking part in a community service project at an elementary school in Urubamba, near Cuzco.