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Liberal Arts Building (LAB), 305
118 College Drive, Box #5038
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601.266.4964
Fax: 601.266.4853
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Departmental Events and Announcements
SEPTEMBER
September 13, French Film LAB 110 at 7:00 pm Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain.
September 20, Dr. Joanne Burnett will give a pre-recital lecture for "An evening of French music" at 7:00pm in Marsh Auditorium.
September 25, French Film LAB 110 at 7:00 pm L' Artiste.
September 28, 2:00 pm French Gathering in LAB 110. Come meet some exchange students from France and enjoy a snack.
French 101 is being offered at the Gulf Coast campus on Tuesdays from 6:30-9:15pm. French 102 will be offered in the spring.
OCTOBER
October 1, Spanish Club Meeting at noon in LAB 110.
October 8, special lecture on Claude Debussy in Thad Cochran at 7:30 pm.
October 18, Le Diner de Cons Gonzales Auditorium at 7:00 pm TBA.
Starting October 2, join us for the Café de español on Tuesdays in the Power House courtyard, 3:30-4:30 pm. All are welcome!
Spanish tutoring is available in the Learning Commons rm. 107 of the Library in Long Beach: Tuesdays: 1-5, Wednesdays: 2-6, Thursdays: 9-1, Fridays: 9-11
Spanish Tertulias: Thursdays at 2:00 in the Learning Commons (Gulf Coast); every third Thursday in Juan Tequilas, Long Beach (schedule permitting)
October 30, Italian Film Io non ho paura at 7:00pm in LAB 109.
NOVEMBER
November 5, Special screening of the film Sin Nombre (dir. Cary Fukunaga) at 7:00 PM at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center in Ocean Springs
November 8-14, National French Week
Thursday, Nov. 8th French in France information meeting at 12:15 p.m. in the International Center, 4th floor.
Thursday, Nov. 8th Soirée Cinéma "Molière" 7:00 p.m. Gonzales Auditorium (LAB 108).
Friday, Nov. 9th- Bavardons! 2-4 p.m. LAB 110 Bring a French dessert or a typical French (non-alcoholic!) beverage (or if you don't bring anything, a donation of $2) and come join us for desserts, games, and information about studying abroad in France and Belgium!
Monday, Nov. 12th- "An Afternoon of Art and Coffee" 3:30- 4:30 p.m. Meet at Starbucks in Cook library and enjoy coffee while learning about the paintings by French heritage painters next door in the art gallery.
Tuesday, Nov. 13th- Jouons à la Pétanque! 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the open area by the LAB. Come learn to play this popular French sport!
Thursday, Nov. 15th- International Week Fair 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. in the TCC by the Fresh Food Court. We will have a table with treats and information about L'Association Française, taking French at USM, and studying abroad.
Thursday Nov. 15th- USM's Got Talent- 6:00 p.m., Stout Hall. Come show your talent by singing, dancing, reading a poem, etc. in French, Spanish, Italian, etc. No English! ;)
November 12-16, International Education Week
DECEMBER
Brown Bag Lunch: "Teaching French in the Americas: A closer look at the Gulf South," with speaker Dr. Joanne Burnett on December 8 at noon in LAB 305.
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
Spanish conversation at the Tertulia on Thursdays at 2:00pm in The Grind, first floor of the library (Gulf Coast).
Tutoring in Spanish in the Foreign Language Lab, Room 105 of the library: Wednesdays from 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:00-6:00pm; Thursdays from 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:00-5:00pm; and Saturdays from 12:00-4:00pm (Gulf Coast).
Spanish Club Dinner at La Fiesta Brava on Hwy. 49, March 3, at 7:00pm.
APRIL
Soirée Cinéma La Guerre des Boutons, 7:00pm in LAB 110, April 4.
International Karaoke Singing in LAB 109 at 6:00pm, April 18.
Soirée Cinéma L'Arnacoeur LAB 110 7:00pm, April 25.
MAY
Departmental News
Dr. Laura Guglani presented “The role of religion in Spanish language maintenance in a Hispanic church” at the ALDEEU-Spanish Professionals in America Conference in St. Augustine, Florida, in April and “‘Somos la Iglesia Hispana’: Spanish language maintenance and religion in a Hispanic church” at the 24th Conference on Spanish in the United States in conjunction with the Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages: Language Contact, Conflict, and Confluence at the Edge of the Nation in McAllen, Texas, in March.
Dr. Chris Miles presented "El lenguaje de la comida como cultura en la clase de español", at the ALDEEU-Spanish Professionals in America Conference in St. Augustine, Florida, in April.
Dr. Laurel Abreu presented "Applied linguistics and the foreign language teacher" at the Southern Conference on Language Teaching in Birmingham, Alabama, in April.
Dr. William Odom's latest book is his translation Bombing Hitler: The Man Who Almost Assassinated the Führer, a biography of Georg Elser. It is now available in a Kindle edition and as an audiobook.
Congratulations to Gilman Scholarship winners Kiara Breland, William Crosby, Norma Forrest, Laken Kendrick, and Bridgette Issacs (Spain); LaVanda Walker (Costa Rica); and Jonathan Sandig (Belgium).
Congratulations to Outstanding Language Students 2013: Katherine Perry, Danielle Adams, Lauren Stealey, and Breanne Saliba.
The department welcomes back graduate teaching assistant Kristen Carter from her semester as an assistant in Granada, Spain. Kathy Kaufmann is working as a graduate teaching assistant on the Abbey Program in Pontlevoy, France.
The Department welcomes new faculty members Dr. Laura Guglani (Spanish and TESOL), Luisa Garrido Báez (Spanish and Italian), and visiting faculty Miles Doleac (Classics) and Jennifer Weir (French).
Courses in Russian, Chinese, and Italian are currently being offered on the Hattiesburg Campus. French is being offered for the first time on the Gulf Coast Campus.
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