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Fulbright Language Festival Celebrates Student Accomplishment
Students compete in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and English a second language during Fulbright Foreign Language Festival.
German Student Receives National Study Abroad Scholarship
Esther Heckmann, a sophomore German and business management major, has been selected as a recipient of the 2018 Study Abroad Scholarship from the National German Honors Society.
Wondering What to Do With Your Degree in Spanish?
If so, join a conversation with alumni from the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in Room 207 of the J.B. Hunt Transport Center for Academic Excellence.
Christopher S. Hill to Give Department of Philosophy 2018 Kraemer Lecture
Christopher S. Hill of Brown University will give this year's Kraemer Lecture, titled "The Perceiving Mind and the Objective World" at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20, in GRAD 166.
Vitalis to Lecture on Oilcraft, Origins of International Relations, April 19
Robert Vitalis, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, will give two lectures on Thursday, April 19, on the University of Arkansas campus.
Historian to Discuss Chinese Books and Globalism in 16th and 17th Centuries
Devin Fitzgerald of Harvard University will give a lecture titled "Chinese Books and Sinocentric Globalization in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries" at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in Old Main 206.
Libraries Host Fourth Annual Earth Day M.F.A. Poetry Reading April 22
Join University Libraries and Open Mouth Reading Series for the fourth annual Earth Day M.F.A. Poetry Reading at 2 p.m. this Sunday, April 22, at Mount Sequoyah Gardens Park.
Designer Activist Antionette Carroll to Lecture on Redefining Design Through Social Justice
Antionette Carroll will talk about design and its use to embrace the rights, dignity and power of all. She will speak at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Hillside Auditorium, room 206.
Rome Center Communication, Journalism Students Visit Holy See Press Office
Greg Burke, director of the Holy See Press Office in Rome, spoke to U of A communication and journalism students studying at the university's Rome Center on April 4.
Turn Your Language Requirement into an Adventure
The Department of World Languages offers minors in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish, and majors in French, German, Spanish, and Classical Studies.