An in-class project has led to real-world expansion for a local business, with an upcoming talk highlighting international entrepreneurship from one of its former students.
In 2020, Kerrie Stacks, co-owner of Bold Mariner Brewing Co. in Norfolk, enrolled in the 300-level course “French for Business: Language and Culture” with Peter Schulman, Eminent Scholar and professor in the World Languages and Cultures Department.
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Two members of the department were honored at the 2022 College of Arts and Letters Faculty and Staff Recognition Awards Ceremony on April 27, 2022.
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Featuring musician Jae Sinnett, poet Tim Seibles, Associate Professor of English Delores Phillips and student Jack Beckner, the event will celebrate the life of Peanuts Holland.
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Three department professors, Michiko Kaneyasu, Minori Marken, and Zhongtang Ren, participated as panelists and shared their stories and poems at the "Stronger Together: An AAPI Solidarity Reading" on May 3, 2021.
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They are scheduled for Wednesday and Monday.
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The Swiss native taught at ODU from the 1960s to 2016 and served as chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature.
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Our congratulations to Alex Gaggiotti ('21 Computer Science major, Cybersecurity minor, and studies German) on being awarded an internship with the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP)!
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ODU’s Department of World Languages and Cultures Will Virtually Host the International Event Locally on Jan. 28.
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Language Learning Center Director Betty Rose Facer and senior Kelsey Norton began working on the initiative during the spring semester.
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Kelsey Norton, a world languages and cultures major, is one of the inaugural recipients of Broderick Honors Opportunity Scholarships.
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LLChat is the new podcast from the Language Learning Center at Old Dominion University dedicated to issues related to world languages and cultures from the perspective of students, faculty, and community members.
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Lee Slater, Director of the World Cultural Studies program at ODU, was an invited guest on WHRO's "HearSay with Cathy Lewis" on October 30, 2019. Dr. Slater discussed global migration in the wake of the recent violence in Northern Syria, and the dynamics of refugee resettlement in Hampton Roads.
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The Spanish Club invited Officer Valdez, from the Norfolk Police Department, to give a talk at ODU on October 8.
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Peter Schulman, Professor of French at the Department of World Languages and Cultures, successfully organized the 4th annual Quebecois-ODU Poetry Festival, which took place from September 23-24, 2019.
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