Honor Societies Ceremony, April 26, 2019

French Program Winner of TAPIF, Catherine Olsen

I am very pleased to inform your that  Catherine Olsen has been granted a TAPIF!  The Teaching Assistant Program in France will allow her to live and teach in France next year.  She is our fourth graduate in the past three years to apply for and receive this prestigious award.  Better still, her assignment is in the gorgeous Champagne region!

Catherine is Dr. Wadhera's advisee and a valued French tutor in our department.  A double-major in History and French, she is also in the Honors College.  She presented at Research Day on her thesis which analyzed how France’s memory of World War II has changed as time has passed.  She has received an array of awards from Adelphi, including membership in the Dean’s Circle from 2015 to 2018, the Pesselier Vazquez Scholarship for French, the Clara Bartlett scholarship for History, and the Chester Barrows L. Award for History.  In addition, she is a member of both the French and History Honors Societies.  Outside of academics, she is a Captain on the Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field teams.

I just wanted  to note that this makes a total of 7 French students in the past 7 years to win nationally competitive awards; we've had four TAPIF winners, 1 Fulbright, and 1 winner of the Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d’Amérique summer study abroad scholarship.  

Adelphi and the French Program at Adelphi are making a difference in these students' lives, but *they* are also contributing to raising Adelphi's profile, especially in Franco-American circles. Just like the University, the French program is, to echo President Riordan's words, "small but scrappy."  (Or "petit mais fougueux").

Please join me in congratulating Ms. Catherine Olsen, she makes us proud. 

 Join me in welcoming a new member of the Department, Nuvia's son (Nuvia Vasques), James Geovany Guevara, who was born April 21, 2019 at 9:44am, weighted 7, 1/2 libras and measured 21in.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THREE!

On behalf of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, I would like to congratulate our students for participating in the 16th Annual Adelphi Research Conference, 2019.

We also extend our congratulations to their Professor and advisor, Dr. Simón-Alegre.

To all our heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS!

Dr. Simón-Alegre/ Spanish Program

I want to share more good news about Ana, her paper "Tracking the female 'self' and the author 'self' in Correspondence in the Late 19th century" (“Rastrear el “yo” mujer y el “yo” escritora en la correspondencia femenina de finales del siglo XIX”) has been accepted to the conference The Nineteenth-Century in 2019. Mapping Women’s Writing in the Long Nineteenth Century. This conference will take place at California State University, Long Beach, April 25^th-28^th. 

http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/rgrll/nineteenthcentury2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/19thCenturyWomen-Conference-FINAL.pdf

Ana, CONGRATULATIONS!

Embassy of Spain Literary Writing Contest

Spain Social Movement Spring 2019

Spain Social Movement 2019

Matt Petrouskie/ Business/ Spanish Majors

I have the distinct pleasure to announce that Spanish/Business major Matt Petrouskie has been accepted to the English Language and Culture Assistants program sponsored by the Ministry of Education in Spain. The English Language and Culture Assistants provides university studens and graduates, native speakers of English, with the opportunity to work in Spain supporting English teachers.

Matt will have the opportunity to experience the Spanish  public education system firsthand as well as the culture and language that comprise it. It will undoubtedly be a fulfilling professional and personal experience and a perfect complement to his studies here in Adelphi's Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures!