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María Victoria Muñoz writing on a whiteboard.

CLAS Graduate Student Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

Maria Victoria Muñoz, a graduate student and teaching assistant from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, was awarded the VanderWerf Award.

Gillian Lord Named New Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Longtime faculty member Gillian Lord steps up to lead initiatives to shape the student experience.

Michelle Phillips, Economics

2021 College Teaching/Advising Award Winners Revealed

The annual Teaching/Advising Awards recognize outstanding teachers and advisors in each college for the difference they make in students’ lives. 

Dauer Hall

A Message from SPS Chair Gillian Lord

SPS Chair Gillian Lord introduces the Fall 2020 newsletter.

Dr. Andrea Villa

Faculty Spotlight

We are pleased to recognize two SPS professors who have received prestigious awards, and we welcome a new faculty member to the department.

Taylor Doyle

Student Spotlight: “My ongoing journey towards building a life”

"My first international service experience in Santiago, Dominican Republic, symbolized that transitioning step away from my prior, constrained life," writes Taylor Doyle.

Curriculum Spotlight

This semester, three students from the Portuguese program are pursuing internships in two organizations that impact various Portuguese-speaking communities in the USA and abroad.

The Archivo General de Indias (left) in Seville, Spain. (Adobe Stock)

What Your Work Was Really About

The Lyle N. McAlister Archival Research Fellowship Fund will support students' travel to Latin America or Europe for their dissertation work.

Dragging Language Textbooks into the Digital Age

Professor Gillian Lord has co-created an all-digital, low-cost Spanish language program that looks to give students have a more relevant, meaningful experience in class.