Several College of Arts and Letters faculty will be traveling to South America next week in an interdepartmental effort to increase the college’s “global perspectives” and “cultural competency,” said communication department head, Dr. Shawn Wahl. Five professors representing four departments will depart for Colombia Oct. 25 to visit universities in Bogota and Cartagena, each with […]
The University’s office of China programs and department of modern and classical languages have joined efforts to bring the 2015 Asian Studies Development Program’s (ASDP) National Conference to the Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel, March 19-21. Submitting proposals for research, panels Dr. Weirong Schaefer, ASDP conference chair and MSU’s Asian arts and letters coordinator, said […]
Students have until Oct. 18 to sign up for the study away trip to Greece taking place between Dec. 27 and Jan. 11. This winter intersession course, “Heroes and Heritage of Ancient Greece: Athens, Aegina, and Mycenae,” led by the department of modern and classical languages, seeks to study the development of ancient Greek culture […]
Students with advanced proficiency in Spanish may qualify for an accelerated pathway toward the completion of a Spanish minor within the department of modern and classical languages. How does it work? MCL recognizes that many students have acquired proficiency in Spanish as a result of previous exposure to and experience with the language. After passing the […]
It was a special summer for modern and classical languages professor Dr. Roger Dowdy. Like most summers, he took a group of 25 or so students halfway across the world, introducing them to the countries, cultures and people he has spent the last two decades cherishing, but this would be his final trip.