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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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Summer Programs
Would you like to enrich your language study and learn about a different culture by experiencing it in person? Would you like to change your worldview? Then come on one of our study abroad programs in Austria, Belgium, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Peru or Spain. You can earn language credit on programs that last from one semester to a year or summer programs that range from two to five weeks.
All of these programs qualify for financial aid. You can’t afford not to go! For more information visit International Programs.
French in France
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This program will give you a taste of life in Nice. You can receive 6 hours of credit in French, based on your previous experience with the language. Enjoy an intensive immersion experience on the French Riviera, with great shopping, spectacular beaches and close proximity to Italy, Monaco, and Spain. The program includes tuition and fees, housing and meals, excusions, and in-country transportation. Join us on Facebook.
German in Austria
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Earn 4 hours of academic credit in German at your own level by taking classes at ActiLingua Academy in the heart of Vienna near the fabled Ringstraße. The program includes housing, tuition and fees, roundtrip airfare, and transportation in Austria.
Spanish in Spain
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Earn 6 hours of credit in Spanish by taking language classes at Enforex. Group excursions on weekends show you the diversity of Spain. Enjoy tapas, nightlife, and the art and history of the country. The program includes roundtrip airfare, homestay with 2 meals a day, tuition and fees, books, and transportation and lodging on excursions. Join us on Facebook.
Spanish in Costa Rica
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Students live with families in Heredia and take group trips to rainforests, volcanoes, and a coffee plantation. Six hours of credit in Spanish classes are available, and placement is based on your previous language classes. The program cost includes tuition and fees, in-country transportation, a homestay and two meals a day. Join us on Facebook.
Classics in Rome
This intensive three-week course offers students an on-site investigation of Roman history, spanning roughly the beginnings of the Roman Empire (c. 31 BCE) until the 9th century CE, through visits to archaeological sites, churches, museums, and other locations that played important roles in Rome’s storied past. Program dates: July 25-August 15. Email Professor Doleac for more information.
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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