FLL Graduate Studies

Dec 8, 2014

Alums Receive Prestigious Awards

Alum Receives Florence Steiner Award Last November, Alum Ken Stewart received the Florence Steiner Award for Leadership in Education (K-12) during the Southern Conference on Language Teaching in San Antonio, Texas. Ken completed his MA in Spanish in 2007 at NC State and currently teaches at Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, NC. Alumna Wins Oustanding Doctoral Research Award…

Mar 31, 2014

FLL Students Receive Multiple Awards

As an example of the FLL Department’s commitment to providing students with a quality education and opportunities to excel in their fields of interest, the following is a list of FLL Graduate Students, Majors, and Minors who have received several awards and scholarships in the past weeks: 2014 Outstanding TA / Excellence in Classroom Teaching Award…

Mar 4, 2014

Spring 2014 FLL Brownbag Talks

Join the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures for its Spring 2014 Brownbag Talks series in which FLL faculty and graduate students discuss current research related to linguistics, literature, films, and culture. This spring, FLL will have as a special guest Dr. Erin McNulty from Dickinson College who will be talking about the acquisition of Spanish…

Mar 4, 2014

Maymester: A 3-Week Micro-Semester That Combines an Intensive Schedule with a Small Class Size

Last spring, CHASS introduced Maymester, an intensive three-week micro-semester in which students and professors can concentrate on a single course. Back in 2013, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offered FLS 333 — a special Maymester version of ‘Sounds of Spanish’, a course that is designed to help students improve their pronunciation of Spanish…

Jan 12, 2014

In the Spotlight: FLL Alumna Ashley Edwards

FLL alumna Ashley Edwards is a native North Carolinian currently working as a Spanish teacher at Wakefield High School in Raleigh, NC. Ashley graduated from NC State in 2006 as a Foreign Languages and Literatures Major. She also completed a Concentration in Teaching Education and an ESL certification. She came back to NCSU in 2009 to complete…

Sep 23, 2013

Annual FLL Graduate Studies Program Picnic Welcomes Students and TAs

FLL faculty and students gathered for the annual departmental picnic sponsored by the Graduate Studies Program from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, September 14, at nearby Pullen Park, Raleigh. Organized by the Director of Graduate Studies Dr. Scott Despain and his wife Jennifer, the traditional event brought together graduate faculty and students as they all…