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SPRING/SUMMER 2016 NEWSLETTER

  • ALUMNI NEWS AND UPDATES

    April 20, 2017

    ALUMNI NEWS AND UPDATES

    Laurel Hodges Abreu MA’06, PhD’09 completed her sixth year at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she is an Assistant Professor of Spanish.

  • STUDY ABROAD

    April 20, 2017

    STUDY ABROAD

    The University of Florida International Center (UFIC) has recently engaged in an initiative to develop study abroad programs with a focus on service-learning and bridging disciplines.

  • FACULTY NEWS

    April 20, 2017

    FACULTY NEWS

    Luis Alvarez-Castro published a chapter on Miguel de Unamuno’s poetry in a collective volume on Unamuno that appeared in Spain, plus a chapter on Spanish naturalist novel included in a ...

  • SPS HAPPENINGS

    April 20, 2017

    SPS HAPPENINGS

    Last year, in collaboration with Dr. Aaron and Dr. Valdés Kroff, Dr. De Prada submitted a proposal for a speakers series entitled “Shifting Between Perspectives: Examining Code-Switching in Hispanic Populations” ...

  • NEWS AND UPDATES FROM SPS

    April 20, 2017

    NEWS AND UPDATES FROM SPS

    The Spanish Graduate Program, comprised of close to forty students hailing from over a dozen countries, is a vital component of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies.

  • FOCUS ON FACULTY: Jennifer Wooten

    April 20, 2017

    FOCUS ON FACULTY: Jennifer Wooten

    Dr. Jennifer Ann Wooten joined the faculty of SPS in Fall of 2015, as our new Director of Language Instruction. She describes her job as “helping us all be the ...

  • THE PORTUGUESE PROGRAM

    April 20, 2017

    THE PORTUGUESE PROGRAM

    In 2014-2015, we graduated the largest graduating class of Portuguese majors ever. Cristina Villaroel won the Hauptman medal for best major and was admitted to Duke Law School.

  • PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: Entre Nos

    April 20, 2017

    PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: Entre Nos

    Entre Nos is our departmental speaker series. Run by Clara Sotelo, the goal of “Entre Nos” is to offer our faculty, graduate students, and the university at large the opportunity ...

  • STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: A Summer In Salamanca

    April 20, 2017

    STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: A Summer In Salamanca

    Last summer, I was very privileged to be sent to Spain for five weeks by International Studies Abroad (ISA), a company that works closely with the UF International Center on ...