Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Office of Inclusion and Department of World Languages and Literature will host a Cultural Cafe event in the Upper Manley Student Center from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26. The event will feature salsa and samba dancing, Spanish food, featured coffees from Peru, Guatemala, Colombia and Costa Rica, music, and lots of giveaways.
On Wednesday, Oct. 2, a screening of the film "Real Women Have Curves" will be shown at 6 p.m. in lower level Cosby, room 31.
A discussion with professors Julio Gonzales-Ruiz and Anastasia Valecce will follow. Also, on Sunday, Sept. 29, the College will host the 36th Annual International Student Welcome Concert and Reception. The evening will begin with a concert featuring the Atlanta Opera in Sisters Chapel at 4:30 p.m., followed by a reception in the Manley Student Center. International students from area Atlanta colleges and universities will be in attendance.
Free and open to the public, the event is sponsored by AMIS Inc. and Atlanta area Kiwanis clubs. For more information, students should speak to their international student adviser, email amis@peachtreepres.org, or visit www.amis-inc.org.
Hispanic Heritage Month will be celebrated through Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Discovering the World Through Language
The department of world languages and literature offers a wide array of language, culture and literature classes in six world languages – Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese and Latin.
Our department helps students prepare to meet the demands of an increasingly global economy where language and cultural skills are vital. We also lead study abroad efforts, prepare students to study in another country during the academic year, and lead our own departmental study abroad programs in the summer.
The department offers specialized programs in French and Spanish that lead to either a major or minor. Japanese language students can elect to take an interdisciplinary minor in Japanese Studies; and students of Chinese may take part in the College’s new Asian Studies minor. Students may fulfill the College’s general language requirement of study through the 202 level in any of the languages above.
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