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Spanish Professor Awarded Grant to Advance Research on Pronunciation Teaching

August 7, 2023

Silvina Bongiovanni, Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University — along with her colleagues from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, New York University, Illinois-Wesleyan University, and Towson University in Maryland — have received a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation to incorporate perception training into second language pronunciation teaching. The grant…

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2022-2023 Romance and Classical Studies Departmental Awards Presented

April 24, 2023

The Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) honored its 2022-2023 Departmental Awards recipients during its annual awards ceremony on April 21 in Wells Hall. Several awards and scholarships were presented recognizing students for their outstanding academic achievements this past year. The RCS Department would like to congratulate this year’s award winners for their many accomplishments as students within the…

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MSU Graduate Works Oversees to Achieve Dream of Becoming a Spanish Teacher

March 16, 2023

Putting aside her work in the United States, Michigan State University 2021 graduate Emily Keller set her sights on Spain where she is now working as a Teaching Assistant helping students learn English as a recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Secondary Education, with a minor in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), Keller was selected among a 9,300-applicant pool to travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. She is one of the six College of Arts…

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College of Arts & Letters Graduate to Receive Honorary Doctoral Degree from MSU

December 14, 2022

Marta Tienda grew up poor in the inner ring suburbs of Detroit. Her mother died when she was 6, but her father assured her life would be better if she worked hard and finished high school. She listened to her father, an immigrant from Mexico who raised five children in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Alternating between jobs as a factory…

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Romance and Classical Studies Announces 2021-2022 Departmental Awards 

May 2, 2022

The Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) held its annual awards ceremony on Friday, April 29, in Wells Hall where students of the department were recognized for their hard work and academic achievements and winners were announced for the 2021-2022 departmental awards and scholarships. The following are the 2021-2022 RCS Department Awards recipients:  Classics Outstanding Student in Classics  Jack…

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Gaining Experience and Confidence While Interning Remotely for Spanish-Based Company

March 1, 2022

Meg Finerty, a senior Communications and Spanish double major, gained professional work experience that challenged her in unexpected ways while interning with the Spanish-based company, Celpax, which offers a device, called a Daily Pulse, that measures employee morale, giving business leaders a tool for improving the workplace.

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Alumnus Reflects on Legacy as a Student Activist and a Black Student Alliance Founder

February 1, 2022

In the midst of student protests over racism nationwide and on campus, Barry D. Amis helped found the Black Student Alliance at Michigan State University in 1967 and served as its first president. He has notebooks filled with news clippings and photos from his years as a student activist. “What we did at the time at MSU was groundbreaking,” said…

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Spanish Major Uses Her Language Skills While Interning Remotely

October 20, 2021

Waking up to text messages from a supervisor in Spain with a six-hour time difference became part of Kaitlyn Wehner’s daily routine this past summer as an intern for Youlosophy, which produces self-help booklets from its headquarters in Barcelona, Spain. Wehner, a Spanish senior, worked remotely for Youlosophy after applying with the Global Remote Internship Program through the College of…

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Alumnus Wins Hearst National Championship First-Place Award

September 14, 2021

Joe Freihofer, an MSU alumnus with dual degrees in Journalism and Spanish, recently received first place in the National Television Broadcast News Category of the Hearst National Championship for his video, Sandy Sings On, which tells the story of a Nashville business owner whose store was destroyed during the 2nd Avenue Christmas day bombing in 2020. 

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Romance and Classical Studies Announces 2020-2021 Departmental Awards

April 27, 2021

The Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) recently announced the recipients of its Departmental Awards for the 2020-2021 academic year. RCS annually recognizes outstanding students for their academic achievements with a series of scholarships and awards. In lieu of an in-person ceremony this year, award recipients were featured on the RCS website and on its social media pages. The Department…