MCL Announcements and News

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - Language Learning Center Photo Contest

The Language Learning Center (LLC) is happy to announce the winner of the International Photo Contest for spring 2011.

This year's photo submissions spanned six continents and highlighted the phenomenal artistic talent of Saint Louis University's many students.

While over fifty photos were under consideration, two stunning shots of Toledo and Vienna were selected as winners.

Both photos came from Senior Stanley Donahoo. His photos will be on display in the LLC next semester. Stanley has been awarded a large 500 gb external hard drive which will hopefully encourage him to keep taking photos.

Thursday, April 29, 2011 - Annual French Soirée Cabaret

Under the direction of Dr. Jean-Louis Pautrot, the French division came together this past Thursday for another sensational production of the annual Soirée Cabaret. This springtime tradition consists of French poetry, music, and other lively performances. The evening started with a silky saxophone rendition of La Marseillaise and finished with an operatic interpretation of the Edith Piaf classic La Vie en Rose. Senior Sara Brouillette kept the evening on track as the delightful master of ceremonies. This year's production filled the venue and attracted over 120 guests and participants.  

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - Senior Legacy Symposium

MCL student Eldin Duderija presented during the Universtiy's annual Senior Legacy Symposium. His presentation was entitled "Germany and the European Union: Advantages from an Economical, Political, Socio-Cultural and Environmental Perspective". Eldin is a graduating senior in German and Biology (pre-med).

The Senior Legacy Symposium is a University tradition that provides seniors with a venue for professional presentation preparation and communication as well as a showcase opportunity for student academic achievements to celebrate accomplishments.

The symposium gives seniors an opportunity to reflect their career at SLU and how they will carry that forward into their careers and further studies. For more information and a video on this year's symposium, please click here.

Friday, April 15, 2011 - Department's 24th Annual Spring Colloquium

MCL Faculty member Dr. Amy E. Wright presented at the department's 24th-Annual Spring Colloquium on "Serial Time-Space as New Form of Consciousness: The Case of Lizardi's El Periquillo Sarniento (1816)". The Spring Colloquium took place during ATLAS week, a University-wide initiative that celebrates international awareness.

Friday, April 9, 2011 - Chinese Language and Talent Competition

MCL Chinese students recently competed at the 3rd annual "Happy Chinese" language and talent competition. The event was presented by the Confucious Institute and hosted at Webster Universtiy.

Arthur Bartels, MCL student of Chinese, received the 2nd place award for speech and 3rd place for talent. The department's student team (Sara Lin, George Sand, Arthur Bartels, John Fu, Maximillan Schumittt, Eileen Baker and Lucy Wang) received the 3rd place award for the team language competition.  They were selected from 34 presentations from SLU, Washington University, UMSL, and Webster University.  

Arthur Bartels is also selected as one of the top 3 awardees to represent the St. Louis Region and will be competing at the Midwest competition in Chicago.

Saturday, April 2, 2011 - French & Spanish Graduate & Undergraduate Student Symposium

On Saturday, April 2, 2011, the Department of Modern & Classical Languages hosted their annual French and Spanish Graduate and Undergraduate Student Symposium. The department welcomed Sheri Spaine Long (PhD, UCLA) as the 2011 Symposium keynote speaker. More information, including presentation information, can be found here.

Monday, March 28, 2011 - Delta Phi Alpha Induction

On Monday, March 28, the German Division initiated the following students into the national honor society Delta Phi Alpha: Stephen Carr (German Major), Samantha Kern (German Major),

Erica Dlubala (German Minor), Paul Paetow (German Minor), Nitin Khurana (German Minor), Kathryn Winiecki (German Minor), Sam Cotten (German Minor), Nicole Gremaud (German Minor), Jasmine Coleman (German Minor), Kiley Volker (German Minor), Katie Robertson (German Minor), Colleen Sheehan (German minor), Eric Smith (Certificate), Eric Cooney (German major), Rebecca Grenning (German major), Dr. Colleen McCluskey (German major)

Pictured L to R: Katharina Kraatz (German FLTA), Kiley Volker, Rebecca Grenning, Eric Cooney, Dr. Colleen McCluskey, Dr. Evelyn Meyer (Faculty Advisor)

Monday, March 1, 2011 - Maslenitsa

The Russian Club had a merry party "Maslenitsa" celebrating the farewell to winter and welcoming spring with pirozhki and pancakes, symbols of sun and energy. The food and presentations were prepared by the students of "A Taste of Russia" class under the guidance of the instructor Dr. Natalia Makarova-Thaman. The guests enjoyed the food and entertainment. For more images from this event, please click here.