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Spring Semester 2010

Welcome Back!

1. Congratulation to Ana Fairchild! She received the 2009 College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award for Temporary/Special Faculty. Read on to learn more about Ana.

I was born in Mexico City and lived there until I was 18. I moved to the United Stated to study music and received a bachelors degree in music performance and Spanish literature in 1988. After a couple of years of working for an airline, I returned to graduate school. I earned an MA from CSU in Spanish literature in 1992. After one year of doctoral courses at Kansas University, I returned to CSU to teach. I have been teaching here (2 years as a GTA 1990-1992) and then since the Fall of 1993. I earned an MBA from Regis University in 2000. Throughout the many years I have been here, I have taught beginning, intermediate and advanced Spanish courses. In the more recent years I have been teaching the Spanish for business and the composition classes.

During the Fall semester of 2009 I was awarded the College of Liberal Arts “Excellence in Teaching” award

I have been dancing flamenco for 14 years and thanks to a grant from the Lilla B. Morgan foundation, which was awarded also in the fall semester of 2009, I will be bringing a flamenco troup to perform at the Lory Student Center Theatre on April 10 th and 11 th of 2010.

2. Congratulations also to Colin Fain, a student in the Russian program, who was awarded the Gilmore Scholarship!

3. Fall Newsletter for FL&L

4. LSPA310 Play Wizer of Oz in you Tube

Click on the folliwng links to see some of Dr. López-Cabrales' students in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_2R0jSin_s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C5uETE2Ahc&feature=related

5. NEW!!! “Graduate Student Exchange at the Universidade da Coruña, Spain” for 2010-11.

http://www.colostate.edu/dept/FLL/

http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/FLL/graduate.html

Starting next Academic year, 2010-2011, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures will begin an exchange of Graduate students with Universidade da Coruña, Spain. First year Graduate students interested in the program  will submit a research proposal. The Graduate Studies Committee will choose the best candidate. Information concerning deadlines and format will be posted soon. The student selected will reside for a whole academic year in A Coruña and teach English courses, depending on the needs of the Department of English (Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa), while completing his/her research project. This year will count as an year off from the M.A. Program at CSU.  For more information, please contact Dr. Pedrós-Gascón, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Antonio.Pedros-Gascon@ColoState.edu (Pictured below)

6. University-wide GTA Orientation - Thursday August 13th - Clark A101. Registration begins at 7:50 a.m. Orientation goes from 8-5. GTAs can register themselves, on the TILT Web site at http://tilt.colostate.edu/grad/orientation . If you have any questions, please contact Shirley Guitron, the administrative assistant for the Institute for Learning and Teaching, at 491-3132 or shirley.guitron@colostate.edu .

7. The Department of FLL will hold its own orientation for its GTAs on August 17-21. More information to follow.

8. Congratulations to two of our faculty members in Spanish. Dr. María del Mar Lopez-Cabrales was promoted to Full Professor and Dr. Jonathan Carlyon received tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor.

9. The importance of Global Competency.

10. IINFORMATION OF INTEREST FOR THE FALL 2009 SEMESTER AND BEYOND

For Career information click here

Please Note!!!

Wendy Rose deals with Career issues, not Foreign Language classes or questions regarding the study of these.

OFFICE LOCATION: Clark C211

APPOINTMENTS: Students make appointments with Wendy Rose (OR another counselor) at 970-491-5707 for advising on resumes, choosing a major, how your major relates to careers, and any career and internship counseling or questions.  Students may also meet with Susan LeBlanc if they are first and second year students in Liberal Arts, she is a generalist counselor.

LSC LOCATION (Convenient Walk-ins)  The Career Center's location in the LSC, Room 116, next to Sweet Sinsations is a prime place to send students for walkin counseling.  Counselors will be on staff there from 8:30-4:30 to see  students and provide career/resume tips and walk-in help (no appointment necessary).

For Liberal Arts specifically, Wendy Rose's WALK_INS are Fridays from8:30-12:30 for the Spring in LSC, Room 116 (next to Sweet Sinsations).

For any jobs or interships visit CareerRam, or just email them!  They post over 12,000 a year!  http://career.colostate.edu/

For further information about CAREERS (not the major program) on the above, contact:

Wendy Rose

Career Center Liaison

College of Liberal Arts

C211 Clark Building

Fort Collins, CO 80523-1701

970-491-5707; FAX: 970-491-1134

Wendy.Rose@Colostate.edu