Dept News Archives

Sep 16, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Spanish Medical Interpreter with ECU Health visits Spanish for the Medical Professions Course

Ms. Valeria Chaires-Marin, a Spanish Medical Interpreter with ECU Health and an MA student in ECU's Public Health program, visited Dr. Jennifer Valko's Spanish for the Medical Professions class last...

Sep 10, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

FLL Welcomes New French Professor

As of August 12th, we’re excited to officially welcome Dr. Renée Altergott to our faculty! Dr. Altergott brings a wealth of expertise in: -Francophone Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures -Sound Studies,...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

FLL Honor Societies inducts new students

FLL graciously welcomed Hispanic Studies Alumni Becky Leon who gave this year’s welcoming speech before we celebrated academic excellence and passion for foreign languages and cultures as our most outstanding...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Dr. Araceli Hernández-Laroche visits as Linda E. McMahon Distinguished Guest Speaker

We had the absolute pleasure of hosting Dr. Araceli Hernández-Laroche on Wednesday, April 3rd, at our Linda E. McMahon Distinguished Guest Speaker Series. Her speech emphasized the importance of building...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Student Employees Recognized during Student Employee Appreciation Week

Did you know this week is Student Employment Appreciation week East Carolina University? We are thrilled to shout out aaarghmazing student employees Vanessa and Alyssa. Alyssa was nominated as for...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Students visit Holocaust Museum in Richmond, VA

Students from German Club and Dr. Jill Twark’s Holocaust class (GLST 2600) visited the Holocaust museum in Richmond, VA earlier this month. For information about our GLST 2600 course visit...

Feb 04, 2019
  • Kevin Syers

Global LLC Bowling Success!

Global Living Learning Community students are helping to host a group of 14 Short-Term Study Abroad Students who are here for one month from Shaanxi Normal University in Xian. Our Chinese...

Apr 16, 2018
  • Irina Swain

Dr. Papalas’ publication receives feminist scholarship award

The Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages selected “Fashion in Interwar France: The Urban Vision of Elsa Schiaparelli,” an article by Dr. Marylaura Papalas, Assistant Professor of French, as the winner of the...

Apr 04, 2018
  • Irina Swain

Dr. Valko Receives Centennial Award for Excellence

Dr. Jennifer Valko, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, was part of a team of colleagues from the Department of English and Joyner Library that won the Chancellor’s Centennial Award for...

Jan 09, 2018
  • Irina Swain

Dr. Wilmes Gives an Invited Lecture at Davidson College

Dr. Justin Wilmes, Assistant Professor of Russian Studies Interdisciplinary Program, was invited to Davidson College, a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina, to give a lecture on April...