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Jun 3, 2013

Follow Our Students’ Adventures Abroad: Summer 2013 Program Blogs

Follow the adventures of learning and experience of our students participating in this year’s Summer Study Abroad Programs. Segovia 2013 Program Director: James McConnell Courses offered: FLS 212 and 395 Blog URL: http://ncsusegovia2013.weebly.com/index.html Costa Rica 2013 Faculty Director: Karen Tharrington Courses offered: FLS 331, 332, 340, 395, and 395/495 Blog URL: http://ncsucostarica.weebly.com/blog.html       Find out more about…

May 7, 2013

CHASS Outstanding Lecturer: Keiko Ueda

Keiko Ueda, Foreign Languages and Literatures, makes learning Japanese creative, engaging and enjoyable by creating an inclusive classroom where students can practice language, make mistakes, and improve their abilities. She challenges students to develop multicultural awareness, an understanding of US-Japanese relations, and to see their role as citizens who can make the world a better…

Apr 22, 2013

Recent Grad Advocates for Justice Abroad

For Ashley Honeycutt (Political Science, '12), a degree in political science was always a part of the trajectory of law school. But her experiences in CHASS and with the Susan Carter Scholarship inspired some changes in course. Honeycutt currently works with the International Justice Mission in La Paz, Bolivia.

Mar 2, 2013

March 2013 Student of the Month

Student of the Month Joe Murray is a senior double majoring in German Studies and Mathematics. He is active on campus, while also maintaining a 4.0 in his German major. Joe serves as student body treasurer and is involved with such groups as the Film Exposure Society, the Serene, Green, and Clean Movement, and the German Honor Society.

Feb 13, 2013

Letters Home

While Maryam Mohaghegh may not be able to send express mail home due to current sanctions, she is doing one better — working on the Farsi editions of National Geographic magazine.

Sep 28, 2012

World’s French Bread Expert Keynotes “Feast and Famine” Conference

The college’s Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is hosting "Feast and Famine," an international, interdisciplinary conference about 19th century French studies. The world’s leading authority on the history of French bread is serving as keynote speaker. Steven Kaplan has been knighted twice in France for his devotion to the baguette. Kaplan, professor of European History at Cornell University, will give a free public talk while he's here, too.

Jun 28, 2012

The Dean’s Reflections: The Importance (and Limitations) of Speaking English

CHASS Dean Jeff Braden recently returned from China, where he represented the university at Nanjing Normal University to explore how the two universities might collaborate in areas ranging from study abroad programs to student and faculty exchanges to potential collaborative research and degree programs. In this column, the dean shares his frustration with his own inability to communicate well with non-English speakers and renews his commitment to help students and others acquire language skills "to more directly interact with a world that increasingly feels like a global village."