Modern Languages News Archive
2022
Linguistics Professor Secures Grant to Study Wordlikeness Judgments, Erin Garrett
Spanish Professor Honored by Medieval Association, Erin Garrett
Professor Using NEH Summer Stipend for Language Study, Edwin B. Smith
2021
Modern Languages Doctoral Program Enjoys Growth, Edwin B. Smith
Partnership Prepares SEC Universities for Increase in Spanish Speakers, Shea Stewart
2020
University Keeps Producing 'Global Citizens' Despite COVID-19, Michael Newsom
2019
Students Experience Study Abroad Trip to Paris, Kathryn Abernathy
Flagship Status Pays Off for UM Arabic Program, Students, Dana Engelbert
Student Gets Immersed in Arabic Culture, Language in Morocco, Dana Engelbert
From Finland to the Flagship, Michael Newsom
Seven UM Arabic, Chinese and Swahili Students Named Boren Scholars, Edwin B. Smith
UM Hosts Down Syndrome Workshop, Edwin B. Smith
2018
Rusovich Family Bolsters UM Arabic Program, Tina H. Hahn
UTSA English Professor to Deliver 58th Annual Longest Lecture, Ally Langston
Graduate Student Leads State's Largest High School Chinese Program, Edwin B. Smith
Three Liberal Arts Professors Honored for Excellence in Teaching, Edwin B. Smith
Two UM Chinese Language Students Named Boren Scholars, Edwin B. Smith
UM Sets Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Observances, Edwin B. Smith
Visiting Professor Studying Language Development in State's Children, Edwin B. Smith
Language Instructor Takes Experiential Learning Workshops Abroad, Christina Steube
Spanish Instructor Recognized for Work with Elementary Students, Christina Steube
UM Granted Prestigious Arabic Flagship Program, Shea Stewart
2017
Modern Languages Department Offers New Doctoral Program, Michael Newsom
Third Annual Hispanic Heritage Film Series Begins Sept. 21, Michael Newsom
Six UM Students Awarded Prestigious Language Scholarships, Edwin Smith
StarTalk Program Gives High School Students Education in Chinese, Edwin Smith
UM Student Selected as Inaugural Ira Wolf Scholar, Edwin Smith
Chinese Flagship Program to Present Teaching Success in San Francisco, Christina Steube
2016
Operation Magnolia Lightning' Teams Up ROTC, Arabic Students, Michael Newsom
UM Swahili Program Provides Exotic Option for Students, Shelby Nichols and Mitchell Diggs
Mississippi-Made Mandarin Recognized as World-Class, Edwin Smith
UM Language Professor Heads to Germany as Humboldt Research Fellow, Edwin Smith
Vanderbilt University Scholar to Discuss 'Faulkner and Latin America', Edwin Smith
John R. Gutiérrez Named UM Humanities Teacher of the Year, Christina Steube
2015
UM Hosts Joint Language Workshop with French Embassy, Michael Newsom
UM Hispanic Heritage Series Concludes, Kelley Norris
UM Arabic Student Awarded Prestigious Boren Scholarship, Edwin Smith
Korean Language Scholar to Deliver 55th Annual Longest Lecture, Christina Steube
Thirteen UM Students Selected for Chinese Program's Capstone Year, Christina Steube
2014
Three Students Receive Critical Language Scholarships, Misty Cowherd
High School Students Study Chinese at UM, Dennis Irwin
Indiana Professor to Discuss Growing Influence of African Languages, Michael Newsom
Three Receive Liberal Arts Teaching Honors, Edwin Smith
2013
UM Faculty Member Receives Fulbright Specialist Award, Tyler Aberg
UM Students Win Top Honors in Japanese Speech Contest, Lindsey Abernathy
Recent UM Alumnus Wins Prestigious Qatar Scholarship, Misty Cowherd
UM Program Helps Improve Foreign Language Proficiency, Misty Cowherd
UM Language Professor Named Humanities Teacher of the Year, Michael Newsom
Brandon Resident Lands Prestigious Study Abroad Scholarship, Elaine Pugh
Russian language students win, place in national contest, Elaine Pugh
UM Senior in Jordan Studying Arabic Language, Culture and Traveling, Elaine Pugh
2012
Dedicated Spanish Teacher Wins Outstanding Instructor, Erin Garrett
Six Students Studying Abroad This Summer on Critical Language Scholarships, Elaine Pugh
Student's First Trip Outside the South Takes Her to Korea for Six-Month Study, Elaine Pugh
Annual Christopher Longest Lecture to Examine Concept of 'Otherness', Deborah Purnell
UM Leads Effort to Train Ecuadorian English Teachers, Deborah A. Purnell