Dept News Archives

Apr 22, 2025
  • Lily Johnson

Carnaval, Karneval, Mardi Gras: A Cross-Cultural Festival of Joy

Last month, we successfully hosted our first cross cultural Carnaval/Karneval/Mardi Gras event! Dozens of students, faculty and staff gathered to celebrate through shared food, games and even enjoyed playing along...

A group of students and community members participate in a traditional Maypole dance at River Park North, holding colorful ribbons as they walk around a central pole under the trees.
Apr 13, 2025
  • Lily Johnson

German Club Hosts Festive Easter Fire Celebration

On April 13, students, faculty, and community members gathered at the River Park North to celebrate Osterfeuer, a traditional German spring festival. We came together for live music, games, egg...

Mar 25, 2025
  • Lily Johnson

FLL Emerging Voices Hosts Emily Eyestone

Emerging Voices Presents Emily Eyestone; Fissuring the Surface: Edouard Glissant’s poetics of the concrete   Emily Eyestone presented her research at our Emerging Voices Guest Lecture yesterday, offering insightful perspectives...

Headshot of Dr. Altstaedter
Mar 25, 2025
  • Lily Johnson

FLL Appoints New Associate Chair

We're thrilled to announce Dr. Laura Levi Altstaedter as the new Associate Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures! Her leadership promises great strides for our initiatives and...

Dr. Levi-Altstaedter with 2024 Art Expo Students
Nov 14, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

2024 Summer in Buenos Aires Creative Art Workshop Art Exhibition

Dr. Laura Levi-Altstaedter and students from the Buenos Aires Study Abroad program hosted an inspiring art exhibition, showcasing pieces created during the 2024 Summer Creative Art Workshop in Buenos Aires....

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Oct 11, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

2024 Summer in Buenos Aires Creative Art Workshop

Yasmin Morales Rodriguez   Title: Amar Garpa   About me: My name is Yasmin Morales Rodriguez, and I am a current Junior here at ECU. I am majoring in chemistry with a...

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...