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Mexican Political Drama Performed

Full Cast of Spanish Play

Members of NMU’s Spanish theater class performed the Mexican classic “El Gesticulador” (The Impostor), a play by Mexican playwright Rodolfo Usigli.  Full story 


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French Flag Students of FR 361 are holding a French trivia contest. The contest is open to the public. This week's question: What is the name of the French pastry associated with the celebration of the Epiphany on January 6? Think you know the answer? E-mail it to tafoster@nmu.edu by December 2nd and have a chance to win a prize. Congratulations to Andrea Millimaki, who correctly answered last weeks question on French speaking Africa. To find out more about French-speaking Africa, click here.
fondue pot Taking a break from exams, the French Club hosted a mid-semester fondue-fest that was attended by both students and faculty.The French program has started a French Mentoring Program.  Students in the French 101 courses will now have the opportunity to meet upper-level students. Currently, members of the Club are working on a tee-shirt sale and preparing for a possible French film festival.
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The Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace Scholarship. One hundred paid summer scholarships are available to teach less commonly taught languages like Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew and Japanese. For more information visit http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/applications/kwd.htm.

Language Lab
NMU's Language Lab is housed at 203 Jamrich hall. Audio resources in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and English are available. The labLanguage Lab offers 30 laptop connections, Web cams, a library of software in all languages served and authoring software for the creation of individualized multimedia programs (Toolbook). Audiotapes, CD ROMs, and films in the target languages are available for group or personal viewing.

Meet the Faculty
Dr.Tera Foster comes to Marquette from Texas where she attended Rice University and earned her BA in English and French. She went on to Rutgers University to take both her MA and PhD in French. Her doctoral dissertation was on the lives of the saints and her area of academic interest is medieval literature of the eleventh to thirteenth centuries. She is also interested in Arthurian literature and in the interplay between secular dramas and the lives of the saints. This semester, she is teaching  FR102, FR305 Conversational French and FR310 French Culture (in English).

Career Information
Dreaming of working in another country?  Here are some resources to check out:

International career, job and study abroad search at Two Lingos, which has free registration and access.

Guides to foreign language careers are available via interlibrary loan at Melcat.org or for purchase at Amazon.com. Here are two examples:

  • Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados and Other Multilingual Types (MelCat)
  • The Grown Up’s Guide to Running Away from home  (MelCat)

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