New Chinese & Japanese Minor Announced!
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is excited to announce two new minor programs. Students can now earn a Minor in Chinese or a Minor in Japanese. Interested students should visit the DFLL website for more information about the program and faculty. Professor Lily Yang will be advising Chinese Minors and Professor Masako Cook is advising those wishing to minor in Japanese. Please follow this link to faculty/advisor contact and office information and interested students can follow this link to the student resources section of the DFLL webpage.
For additional information and inquiries, please contact The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at 934-4652 or via email at foreignlangs@uab.edu
Outstanding Students!
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - On Tuesday, April 15th, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures held a reception to honor outstanding students and scholarship recipients. Click here to view all honorees and scholarship recipients. Congratulations to all!
The Deparment of Foreign Languages & Literatures would like to express appreciation and special thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their scholarship donations: Ms. Gwendolyn Pitt Alcazar, Alliance Française of Birmingham, Dr. Catherine Daniélou, Ms. Jacqueline David, Prof. Belita Faki, Don Quijote Language School, Mr. Stanley Erdreich, FIESTA Board, Foreign Languages Advisory Committee, Ms. Tamarra Matthews, Mr. Richard Newton, Drs. John & Sheri Spaine Long,
Ms. Ann Sweeney, Dr. Avie Overbach, Cohen Tunisian Community Center, Dr. Rodolfo & Mrs. Maria Vargas, and Ms. Ruth Varnell
Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures Professors and Student Honored!
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -The Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures is excited to congratulate Professor Belita Faki and Dr. John K. Moore! Professor Faki will be honored March 20, 2008 at UAB as an Oustanding Woman Faculty in celebration of Women's History Month. Please click here if you would like to learn more about Professor Faki. And Dr. John Moore recently achieved honorable mention for his essay on the history of ideas submitted for the Conner Prize. Please click here to learn more about Dr. Moore. Congratulations to them both!
Also, The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is excited to congratulate one of our own Spanish majors! Miss Olivia Telle has been named to the USA Today Third Team! Click here to read the press release.
Lydia Cowser, UAB Employee of the Month!
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -The Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures is excited to congratulate: Ms. Lydia Cowser, UAB Employee of the Month for January! Lydia, Administrative Associate for the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, works very hard and we are so proud that she has received this recognition. Congratulations Lydia! Click here to get to know Lydia or click here for a photo slideshow from her reception.
Foreign Languages for the Professions:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Once again, The UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures presented the Foreign Languages for the Professions Panel. We would like to thank: Josh Carter, Blake Samper, Whitney López-Hardin, James Herring, Amelia Lewis, Amador Jiménez, Brandon Blewett, Wendy Padilla Madden, Larry Bachus and Richard Newton for their participation in this years panel. If you were unable to make it in person, you can click the pic below to view the entire presentation. (Approximately 60 minutes)
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*The video is Quicktime format and total time is approx 60 minutes.
The Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures celebrates Homecoming 2007!
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Foreign Language and Literatures Department celebrated Homecoming 2007 by creating a banner that represents the languages taught by the department. We would like to thank all of the students that helped with the banner . . . we could not have done it without you! We were able to capture a few students in action, such as Blair Farley, Katie Francher, Christel Carlisle, Katie McClung, Tammy Adams, and Taylor Heaton. We were also fortunate to have faculty participation from Dr. John Moore, Dr. Lamia Zayzafoon, Xinxin Ma, and Tommy Skinner.
Click the image to see the slideshow of development of the banner, as well as the final product! *Slideshow is PDF format
Foreign Languages for the Professions:
The Benefits of Language & Culture
Immersion for a Successful Career
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Once again, The UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures presented the Foreign Languages for the Professions Panel. We would like to thank: Kristy Lievens, Blake Samper, Whitney López, Alana Jordan, Justin Brown, Amador Jiménez, Miles Walls, Keith Cullen, Lilz McCormick and Teresa Zuñiga Odom for their participation in this years panel. If you were unable to make it in person, you can click the pic below to view the entire presentation. (Approximately 60 minutes)
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*The video is Quicktime format and total time is approx 60 minutes.
"Food of the Gods"
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Once again, The UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures presented another installment in the Spanish-Speaking World Series. If you were unable to make it in person, you can click the link below to see the entire presentation.
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*The video is Quicktime format and total time is approx 60 minutes.
Foreign Languages for the Professions
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Once again, The UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures hosted the spring 2007 Foreign Languages for the Professions panel. Nearly 300 students were in attendance, but if you were unable to make it in person, you can click the links below to see the entire presentation.
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*The video is Quicktime format and total time is approx 60 minutes.
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