Employment Opportunity
Administrative Assistant II position available in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
Please click here for further information.
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Sepulveda appointed to American Latino Commission (click to read article)
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You just click on the “Countries” link on the page and can watch live programs from that country!
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Foreign Languages & Literatures Special Events:
Awards Ceremony, 2009 - click to view slideshow
Each year we honor the best of our foreign languages and literatures students in our annual awards ceremony; 2009 was our 40th celebration! This year we had a festival theme with various booths set up for the students and visitors to enjoy. The booths included a photo booth, magic show, Japanese games, Chinese calligraphy, salsa dancing, and a French game called Petanque. Included in the celebration was a multi-cultural buffet. Our keynote speaker was Wendy Damonte from Channel Two News.
Everyone had a great time!
Our next Awards Ceremony will be held on Cinco de Mayo, the 5th of May, 2010!
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Polyglot Village, 2009 - click to view slideshow
Every other year we hold Polyglot Village. Polyglot Village is a collaboration between our department and the Washoe County School District. It is an outreach event for local high school and middle school foreign language students.
We create an indoor European village where the students are immersed in their language of study. The village includes shops such as a travel agency, pharmacy, bookstore, hotel, music store, and others. The students begin their journey by embarking on a virtual train ride through the European countryside. They disembark and go through customs. Once they have cleared customs they are free to stroll the avenues in the village. One rule is they cannot speak English while in the village. If they are caught speaking English they will be "arrested" and escorted to jail where they have to speak in their language of study to be "pardoned".
A multi-cultural lunch is offered for purchase and cultural entertainment is featured throughout the day.
This event utilizes over 150 volunteers. If you have an interest in volunteering please contact Dawn Overbay at doverbay@unr.edu.
We need foreign language speakers as well as non foreign language speakers. The languages involved are typically Spanish, French, German and Italian. The languages are determined by what languages are taught in the school district and whether or not we have enough volunteers.
Polyglot Village through the eyes of a volunteer... (click to read article)
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Language Bowl & Language Expressions, 2007 - click to view slideshow
During the alternate year when Polyglot Village is not held, we hold a language competition called the Language Bowl. The competition is between the local high school and middle school foreign language students. Each language is divided into levels; student teams from the same level compete against each other. Winning teams are awarded a trophy to take back to their schools.
We also have Language Expressions which consists of students reciting poetry, performing skits and various other performances.
The students walk away with trophies, certificates and big smiles!
This event also utilizes volunteers. Volunteer positions include time keepers, scorekeepers, organizers, and coordinators. The judges are UNR professors and Washoe County School District teachers. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Dawn Overbay at doverbay@unr.edu.
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In addition to volunteer positions, there is always a need for donations. If you would like information about donating to any of our events please contact Stuart Golder at sgolder@unr.edu.
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Our next
outreach event
will be held
in the spring of 2010 and will be the Language Bowl
and
Language Expressions competition.
Watch our calendar for the date!
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Miriella Melara has just returned from teaching Spring Semester in the UNR-based University Studies Abroad Consortium program (USAC) in Pau, France.
Full Story coming soon!