Week 5 Modern Languages Newsletter
"We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Academic Advising Updates: Priority Registration
Sydney Webb is the Academic Advisor for the School of Global Integrative Studies and the Modern Languages department. You can make an appointment with her through MyPLAN.
Be sure to read this newsletter's advising updates on Priority Registration dates! Continue reading…
CAS Career Coaching
Our CAS Career Coaches Meagan, Kristen, and Joanna want to help you set yourself up for career success! Check out these events and opportunities to enhance your career development.
Continue reading for more info about the Career Fair and other opportunities to gain experience! Continue reading…
Congratulations to Fulbright Semifinalists!
Three DMLL students have been named semifinalists for the 2021-22 Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Congratulations to Christopher Etheredge (Master's student in German Studies, Germany), Cole Kovarik (Spanish major, Germany), and Roni Miller (Spanish major, Colombia)!
Join Russian Conversation Hour!
Join us for Russian Conversation Hour every Friday at 2pm to practice Russian, discuss various topics of cultural and political importance, and meet other students in the Russian program!
Fridays, 2:00-3:00pm
Zoom ID: 956 7581 6238
Contact: olha.tytarenko@unl.edu
Join the French Table!
Students of French at all levels are warmly invited—come and join La Table Française for 15 minutes or an hour, to enjoy fun, free-flowing no-pressure conversation. The French invented the word camaraderie: come and experience it!
Thursdays, 3:30-4:30pm
Zoom: https://unl.zoom.us/s/99930922848
Cristina Rivera Garza's "Writing in communality: An aesthetics of disappropriation"
Join DMLL and Humanities on the Edge on March 18th for Cristina Rivera Garza's "Writing in communality: An aesthetics of disappropriation." Rivera Garza is a great Mexican novelist and McArthur fellow.
Thursday, March 18th at 5:30pm
Register at the provided link to access the event Zoom. Continue reading…
Helen Epstein's "Franci's War"
Join DMLL for this event in the "A World of Migrants" series featuring Helen Epstein: "Franci's War: Daughter on her mother's manuscript, Holocaust survival, and immigration."
March 25, 2021
12:30-2:00pm
Zoom ID: 961 1377 4767 Continue reading…
Education Abroad: Fall Semester in Berlin
How does Germany in the fall sound? Check out DMLL program, Fall Semester in Berlin, and earn 15 credits! For questions, contact Dr. Patty Simpson at psimpson4@unl.edu.
For questions about other study abroad programs, contact Marnie Nelson at mnelson38@unl.edu.
Application deadline: March 1, 2021 Continue reading…
Fall Global Experience: "Becoming American"
Fall 2021
MODL 291/UHON 298H: Becoming American: How Identities are Created and Re-Created
3 credit
Reflect on the process, experience and impact of "becoming American" and explore the tension that sometimes exists between embracing diversity and cultivating a shared American identity and culture. Continue reading…
Summer Global Experience: "Searching for Freedom, Belonging and Hope"
Check out this Summer course: "Searching for Freedom, Belonging and Hope: Lessons from Central Europe to the Heartland of America"
This course can count toward the Czech minor and can also count as ACE 9 if registered under the UHON298H listing (no need to be a student in the Honors program). Continue reading…
Global Café: Careers in Foreign Service
Join us for a Global Cafe focused on careers in diplomacy and with the foreign service. Amanda Johnson, Diplomat in Residence, U.S. Department of State, will talk about various opportunities available to students who wish to pursue this career path. Continue reading…
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/diplomacy
Love Your Heart events for diverse students
Mark your calendars for Love Your Heart, a series of fun, interactive and educational events held in celebration of American Heart Month.
The events will be held February 22–26 and include free breakfast and wellness profiles, stress reduction yoga, a social media challenge and more. Continue reading…
Free Tutoring for Military-Affiliated Students
The Military and Veteran Success Center offers free tutoring in mathematics, science, writing, English, engineering and Spanish. Any military connected student can drop into the MVSC, room 16 in the Nebraska Union, Monday through Thursday from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. during the semester. Continue reading…
More details at: https://vetsuccess.unl.edu/
Writing Center Consultants Needed
The Writing Center is looking for consultants for next Fall! Learn more about the job on their website at https://www.unl.edu/writing/become-a-consultant
Applications Accepted until March 1, 2021
Originally published February 24, 2021 -
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