Tag: Spanish
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Emily Miller and Mackenzie Ringer take first place in the UW-Green Bay Liberal Arts Essay Contest
Twenty-five students submitted essays and two students claimed the top prizes and a scholarship for the annual Liberal Arts Scholarship Essay contest. The Selection Committee was composed of Rebecca Abler, Vicki Medland, Chris Williams and Xan Bozzo. The essays will be published in the Sheepshead Review. The first-year award went to Emily Miller (Psychology/Spanish). The…
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Spanish students and faculty are serving as ‘over the phone interpreters’ in Brown County
After the sharp increase of COVID-19 cases in Green Bay linked to food plants, and given the number of Spanish-speakers employed in those plants, some UW-Green Bay Spanish students and faculty from the Spanish Translation Certificate program have joined forces with other bilingual members of the community to serve as “over-the-phone interpreters” and assist Brown…
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Spanish students continue weekly Tertulia with Zoom. You are invited!
As the current situation has required all members of the University community to use creativity and ingenuity to continue with our lives, Spanish students, faculty and community members have switched their weekly Tertulia meetings to Zoom. If you are interested in practicing your Spanish, please send a message to Prof. Cristina Ortiz to join the…
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UW-Green Bay alumna shares her story of faith and hard-work | The Compass
UW-Green Bay alumna Robyn Hallet (Urban & Regional Studies, Spanish) ’98 has gone on to do great things in the community. She is the current executive director of Literacy Green Bay, spending her time helping others get accustomed to the area and learning the English language. Her time at UW-Green Bay strengthened her faith and…
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Prof. Cristina Ortiz to be honored as a recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award
Prof. Cristina Ortiz (Spanish and Humanities) will be honored as one of 13 recipients of the 2019 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award on Nov. 7, 2019. The award ceremony takes place in Madison and will be done in conjunction with the Dr. P.B. Poorman Awards for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People ceremony. The…
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Faculty note: Professors Ortiz and Coury contribute to volume of essays
Professors Cristina Ortiz (Spanish and Humanities) and David Coury (German and Humanities) are contributors to a new volume of essays: “Resistiendo al Imperio: nuevas aproximaciones al antiamericanismo desde el siglo XX hasta la actualidad” (Resisting the Empire: New Approaches to Anti-Americanism from the 20th Century to the Present), published in Spain by Silex and edited by…
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Reminder: Friday, Oct. 11 is next Global Studies conversation
Global Studies hosts “Invention of Nature – Alexander von Humboldt’s New World: A Book Discussion,” Friday, Oct. 11, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in MAC 201/Gathering Room on the Green Bay Campus. This book relates to a semester-long celebration of the legacy of Alexander von Humboldt, whose 250th birthday anniversary the world observes in 2019. The…
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Friday, Oct. 11 is next Global Studies conversation
Global Studies hosts “Invention of Nature – Alexander von Humboldt’s New World: A Book Discussion,” Friday, Oct. 11, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in MAC 201/Gathering Room, Green Bay Campus. The book is available at The Phoenix Bookstore. This book relates to a semester-long celebration of the legacy of Alexander von Humboldt, whose 250th birthday anniversary…
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Two UW-Green Bay alumni nominated for Ambassador of the Year by Chamber
Two UW-Green Bay alumni, Dan Terrien (Business Administration) ’99 and Kasha Huntowski (Spanish) ’11 are nominated for Ambassador of the Year with the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce. Terrien and Huntwoski act as members’ liaison to the Chamber of Commerce, answering questions about the Chamber of Commerce and helping to promote member businesses through Chamber functions.…
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First Global Studies Roundtable Discussion is Friday, Sept. 13
The UW-Green Bay Global Studies program is holding a very important campus discussion about the legacy of Alexander von Humboldt, whose anniversary of his 250th birthday is celebrated by the world in 2019. The first fall 2019 conversation, “Alexander von Humboldt: An Intellectual Giant for All Ages,” will be led by Professors Marcelo Cruz (Global Studies, PEA, Geography)…