Week 7 Modern Languages Newsletter

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Week 7 Modern Languages Newsletter

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." - Ella Fitzgerald

 

Academic Advising Updates

Sydney WebbSydney 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 mental health and registration.
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A Note from German Faculty...

Auch unter schwierigen Bedingungen kann Schönes gedeihen.Liebe Deutsch-Studierende: Das ½ Semester ist fast vorbei- arbeiten Sie weiter fleißig, und wenn Sie Probleme bekommen, wir Lehrende helfen Ihnen immer gerne! Sie/Wir schaffen das!

 

Cristina Rivera Garza's "Writing in communality: An aesthetics of disappropriation"

Photo from: http://www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/en/2017/july/cristina-rivera-garza-poetics-border-sarah-booker-and-aviva-kanaJoin 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…

More details at: https://unl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_THubOC8QQv24b6aDt88WVw?fbclid=IwAR2E5RRblgQfJbWIaTd8WlI8bSqCudW9c-kc5Vl0xL0ZzN_D-V-KM8IbBfg
 

Helen Epstein's "Franci's War"

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…

 
Fall Global Experience: "Becoming American"
Fall Global Experience: "Becoming American"

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…

More details at: https://myworld.unl.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=12991
 
Start Learning Russian Online This Summer!
Start Learning Russian Online This Summer!

Start Learning Russian Online This Summer!

Did you know Russian is spoken by some 150 millions of people around the world? It is also a strategic language considered critical to US national security and continues to be one of the most in-demand languages on job market in both public and private sectors.

Take RUSS 101 & 102 this summer! Continue reading…

 
Summer Global Experience: "Searching for Freedom, Belonging and Hope"
Summer Global Experience: "Searching for Freedom, Belonging and Hope"

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…

More details at: https://myworld.unl.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=12993
 
Undergraduate Thesis Deadline
Undergraduate Thesis Deadline

Undergraduate Thesis Deadline

Are you a junior and would like to attend graduate or law school someday, or perhaps you wish to engage in research? Writing an undergraduate thesis is a must for you. Deadline to submit paperwork to be able to complete an undergraduate thesis and graduate with distinction is March 14th. Continue reading…

 
Latinx44 Scholarship Program
Latinx44 Scholarship Program

Latinx44 Scholarship Program

The Latinx44 Scholarship Program was created by former White House staffers Antoinette Rangel and Alexa Kissinger and is funded by dozens of Latinx former Administration officials. The program will award several scholarships to Latinx students to help fund a public service oriented internship in DC. Continue reading…

More details at: https://www.latinx44scholarship.com
 
Originally published March 10, 2021 - Submit an Item