Tag Archives: Spanish (Romance Languages)

Kendre Barnes and Wayde Marsh Awarded 2013 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion

Wayde Marsh

Kendré Barnes and Wayde Marsh, 2013 graduates of Washington and Lee University, have been named this year's winners of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion.

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Kendré Barnes Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Panama

Kendré Barnes

Washington and Lee University senior Kendré Barnes, of Omaha, Neb., has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Panama.

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W&L Students Invent Class in Medical Spanish

From left, Maggie Holland, Megan Bock, and Professor Ellen Mayock.

An interest in medical Spanish led to a student-created and student-directed class.

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W&L Seniors Alexandra Fernandez, Ronald Magee Named Generals of the Month for November

Ronald Magee '13

Washington and Lee seniors Alexandra Fernández and Ronald Magee will be recognized at Generals of the Month for November on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 12:30 p.m. in the Marketplace in Elrod Commons.

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W&L Hosts 11th National Symposium of Theater in Academe

The cast for "Natural Woman" Back row (standing, L-R): Prof. Kimberly Jew, Caroline Crichlow-Ball '15, TJ Fisher '15, Todd Smith-Schoenwalder '14, Hank Mierzwa, Chauncey Baker '15 Front row (sitting, L-R): Sara Hardman '13, Lorraine Simonis '14, Elizabeth Lamb '13

Washington and Lee University will welcome visitors from around the world to its 11th National Symposium of Theater in Academe on Oct. 18 – 20.

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W&L Brings World Languages to Area Elementary Schools

Lenna Ojure, associate professor of education, and Dick Kuettner, director of Tucker Multimedia Center

It is well documented that the earlier a child is exposed to a foreign language, the easier it is for them to learn it. Still, learning Japanese and Chinese would seem particularly daunting. Thanks to Washington and Lee University's Languages for Rockbridge program, area elementary school children are not only learning Spanish and Chinese, but [...]

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Recent W&L Graduate Receives Teaching Assistantship to Austria

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Nico Gioioso of Baltimore, Md., a 2012 graduate of Washington and Lee University, recently received a U.S. English language teaching assistantship to Austria for the 2012-2013 academic year. While at W&L, Gioioso was a Johnson Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and was president of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was also a [...]

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Virginia Governor's Language Academies Begin at W&L

Students in the Virginia Governor's French Language Academy at Washington and Lee University.

Washington and Lee University will host three Virginia Governor’s Language Academies this summer with 165 of the Commonwealth’s top high school language students coming to campus for a three week full-immersion residential program beginning June 23 and continuing through July 14. After hosting a successful French Academy last summer, the German and Spanish academies have been [...]

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W&L's Ellen Mayock Serves as Guest Editor on Spanish Journal

Ellen Mayock, professor of Spanish, Washington and Lee University

Ellen Mayock, professor of Romance languages at Washington and Lee University, served as guest editor on a new double issue of the journal Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Humanísticos y Literatura (Volume 16/Fall 2011), published by the University of Puerto Rico. The special issue brings together 26 essays from leading experts to discuss the Spanish novel [...]

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In Spain for Thanksgiving, pining for Dundalk

Michael McGuire, Washington and Lee Class of 2013

The following piece by Washington and Lee University junior Michael McGuire was published in The Baltimore Sun on Nov. 24, 2011, and is reprinted here with permission. By Michael McGuire SEVILLE, Spain—Here, the orange trees are the only things changing color as autumn takes its hold. The palmeras and the jasmine vines that climb the [...]

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