Dr. Félix Vázquez is directing College of Charleston’s Study Abroad Program in Santiago, Chile with the following seven students: Brieanna Winkelmann, Jocelyn Moratzka, Katie Whiting, Ellis Lincoln, Juliana Weathers, Jeremy Lopez and Emily Gooding. Students will spend the entire fall 2011 semester at the University of Diego Portales taking classes with Chilean professors and Dr. […]
Dr. Del Mastro, Founding Director of Sigma Delta Pi’s S.C. Spanish Teacher of the Year, has announced the three finalists of the 2011 contest: Jamie Egan-Lessard of Lakewood High School Lynn Fulton Archer of Richmond Drive Elementary School Carla M. Hogue of Goose Creek High School The winner will be announced on November 10 during the […]
Under the direction of Dr. Luci Moreira and Professor Jose Moreira, students experienced Brazil in the summer of 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIa5XjRihIc
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For the first time in its history, The Nu Zeta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, received the prestigious “Honor Chapter” Award for its outstanding activities realized during the 2010-11 academic year. Of the 581 chapters nationwide, The CofC’s chapter was one of only 11 chapters to receive this honor. […]
Dylan Kornegay (Spanish ’12) is spending her 2011 summer in Lima, Peru as an intern at Casa Hogar, a shelter for sexually abused and impoverished adolescent mothers and their babies. Dylan teaches English to the mothers once a week and cares for their children in the mornings while the mothers attend school. Dylan also coordinates […]
The Ministry of Education of Spain has awarded CofC graduate Jocelyn Leving (Spanish ’11) a “North American Language and Culture Assistantship” to teach in the K-12 school system of Madrid, Spain for the 2011-12 school year. Jocelyn has been placed in the school EIS Guadarrama where she will be working four days per week. Guadarrama is a small […]
Jorge Marbán, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, taught Spanish at the College of Charleston from 1976-2002. He created the Italian program and taught Italian until 2008. In 2000, he received the College of Charleston Distinguished Research Award. As a teacher, Professor Marbán was dedicated to his students. Although his love was literature, he taught all levels of […]
Hispanic Studies’ Spanish House (Casa Hispana), a residence for majors and minors of Spanish, has just published its new website: http://casa.cofc.edu. Downloadable application forms, contact information and student testimonials are all available at the site.
Thanks to the fine work of this year’s HispaNews Editorial Team— Nadia Avendaño, Karen Berg, Lola Colomina Garrigós, Ben Fraser, Claudia Moran and Jennifer Smith—I am pleased to inform you that the 2011 issue of HispaNews (official newsletter of Hispanic Studies) is now available at http://spanish.cofc.edu/about/hispanews.php.