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                                                       Senior Presentations
Spring 2013 senior students from LLL 400 presented their final projects on April 17th and 18th. Pictured here are Pedro Ramirez, William Hollibaugh and Yichong Xu

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Spring 2013 Classics Fest was once again a successful event thanks to the hard work and preparation of the Classics Faculty, Dr. Don Shorter (pictured above), Ms. Marilyn Bisch and Dr. Don Jennermann, and the Classics students.

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Congratulations to Dot-Eum Kim, LLL's Outstanding Graduate Assistant for 2012-2013. To celebrate Dot-Eum's award, both she and
Dr. Melanie D'Amico attended the College of Graduate and Professional Studies Recognition Breakfast.

                                             Japanese Help Desk
Instructor Yoshiko Cockerham has been working with Japanese international students to create the Japanese Help Desk, a special tutoring service available three times per week. The help desk provides wonderful interactive opportunities between Japanese and American students.

Four students from the Student Study Abroad Organization extend their learning experience to include charitable work with Fundación de Misiones Mi Tía-Betel in San José, Costa Rica.

 Dr. Ann Rider and Dr. Keri Yousif hosted a discussion panel as part of the College of Arts and Sciences Community Semester, "A Tale of Two Cities: Paris and Berlin" featuring community and campus speakers.

Spanish student Monica Block discusses learning idioms in Spanish in a local Costa Rican news report (you can see her after about 2 minutes)

 

STudy abroad videos and Blogs

Kaylie Davitto's blog from Madrid

Nicole Stroller's blog from Sevilla

Study Abroad videos: Click here!

"Five experiments by Northwestern's Adam Galinsky showed that those who have lived abroad outperform others on creativity tasks.  Creativity is also higher on average for first- or second-generation immigrants and bilinguals.  The theory is that cross-cultural experiences force people to adapt and be more flexible.  Just studying another culture can help.  In Galinsky's lab, people were more creative after watching a slide show about China: a 45-minute session increased creativity scores for a week." --Newsweek 19 July 2010, p. 50.


More Pictures

If you have pictures you would like to share with the department please send them to mdamico@indstate.edu