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Podcast: Rethinking the Final Project with Professor Liana Hakobyan | Hispanic Studies

Literature profs may be especially interested in this episode. Dr. Mike Overholt of the Teaching and Learning Team interviews Dr. Liana Hakobyan in Hispanic Studies about a multimedia research assignment.

blogs.cofc.edu Podcast: Rethinking the Final Project with Professor Liana Hakobyan By mosesle | December 13, 2019 0 Comment Dear HISP & Friends, Check out Dr. Liana Hakobyan’s recent interview with Teaching, Learning & Technology’s Dr. Michael Overholt on “Rethinking the Final Project” here. Un saludo cord...

HISP / Carmen Grace / Publication News | Hispanic Studies

Dr. Carmen Grace’s most recent article, “Encuentros retóricos en las artes: La pintura y la predicación áureas,” has been published in eHumanista 42 (2019): 55-65.

blogs.cofc.edu HISP / Carmen Grace / Publication News By mosesle | December 13, 2019 0 Comment Dear HISP Colleagues & Friends, I am pleased to announce that Dr. Carmen Grace’s most recent article, “Encuentros retóricos en las artes: La pintura y la predicación áureas,” has been published in eHumanista 42 ...

HispaCasts: Episode 10, Alumnus Justin Lyons (CofC Class of 2014) | Hispanic Studies

Dear HISP Faculty & Friends,
On November 12, Hispanic Studies alumnus Mr. Justin Lyons visited campus as part of the department’s Hispanic Studies Career Seminar Series. Besides delivering a wonderful talk, titled “Language Learning as an Exercise in Empathy & Perspective,” Mr. Lyons sat down for a brief interview. The result is the latest HispaCast, which can be found at this link. Justin has some fascinating things to say, so give it a listen.
Saludos cordiales,
Mike Gómez
Dr. Michael A. Gómez
Chair & Professor of Spanish
Affiliated Faculty in Philosophy
Department of Hispanic Studies
College of Charleston

blogs.cofc.edu HispaCasts: Episode 10, Alumnus Justin Lyons (CofC Class of 2014) By mosesle | December 6, 2019 0 Comment Click the playbar below to hear the 10th episode of HispaCasts created in collaboration with Dr. Mike Overholt from the Teaching and Learning Team. Justin Lyons – November 2019 https://blogs.c...

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"Innovations and Challenges in Second Language Teaching" Promoting Intercultural Competence Development
in a Globally Connected Course through Flipgrid

"Innovations and Challenges in Second Language Teaching" Promoting Intercultural Competence Development
in a Globally Connected Course through Flipgrid

No digas "DE NADA": Cómo responder a "GRACIAS" || Aprender español

No digas "DE NADA": Cómo responder a "GRACIAS”
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¡Feliz domingo! Hoy os hablo de las alternativas para no decir "de nada" cuando respondemos a un "gracias" en español. Hay muchas maneras diferentes en las q...

HISP Faculty Focus, December 2019: Dr. Daniela Meireles | Hispanic Studies

Hispanic Studies’ Faculty Focus for December 2019 is Dr. Daniela Meireles. Please click on our blog link to read about her. Parabéns, Daniela!

blogs.cofc.edu HISP Faculty Focus, December 2019: Dr. Daniela Meireles By Michael Gomez | December 1, 2019 0 Comment   Professor Daniela Meireles earned her Ph.D. in Iberian and Latin American Literature and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research on inter-American cultures focuses on contempor...

Hispanic Studies, Student Focus for December 2019: Mr. Bryson Cook | Hispanic Studies

Mr. Bryson Cook (Class of 2022) is Hispanic Studies’ Student Focus for December 2019. Please click on the link to read our blog. Congratulations, Bryson!

blogs.cofc.edu Hispanic Studies, Student Focus for December 2019: Mr. Bryson Cook By Michael Gomez | December 1, 2019 0 Comment Mr. Bryson Cook (Class of 2022) is Hispanic Studies’ Student Focus for December 2019. Pursuing an impressive triple major course of study in Public Health (B.S.), Exercise Science (B.S....

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The Nu Zeta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi
National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society
presents its Sigma Delta Pi Lecture Series

Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro
Associate Provost for Curriculum and Academic Administration
Member, Sigma Delta Pi’s National Executive Committee

“Rediscovering a Century (1919-2019):
The National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society”

November 14, 2019
Photos by Carmen Grace and Laura Moses

The Nu Zeta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi
National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society
presents its Sigma Delta Pi Lecture Series

Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro
Associate Provost for Curriculum and Academic Administration
Member, Sigma Delta Pi’s National Executive Committee

“Rediscovering a Century (1919-2019):
The National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society”

November 14, 2019
Photos by Carmen Grace and Laura Moses

Hispanic Studies Career Seminar Series
Highlighting the career advantages of language study and cultural proficiency

"Language Learning as an Exercise in Empathy and Perspective: Leveraging Spanish as more than a line on your résumé"

Justin Lyons ’14
Residence Coordinator, Department of Housing and Residence Life at the University of Dayton

November 12, 2019
Photos by Carmen Grace

Hispanic Studies Career Seminar Series
Highlighting the career advantages of language study and cultural proficiency

"Language Learning as an Exercise in Empathy and Perspective: Leveraging Spanish as more than a line on your résumé"

Justin Lyons ’14
Residence Coordinator, Department of Housing and Residence Life at the University of Dayton

November 12, 2019
Photos by Carmen Grace

The Office of Institutional Diversity's 4th Annual Holiday Drop-In is DECEMBER 3, 2019, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Stern Ballroom. Learn about three major Hispanic/Latino holidays: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Las Posadas and Navidad. Authentic dishes from each holiday will be served!
Activities Will Include:
Reindeer Food
Poinsettia Ornaments
Peg Doll Painting
Raffle Prizes

Home - PCG | Public Consulting Group - Solutions that Matter

CCSD is looking to fill teacher assistant positions to support the ESOL teachers in the classroom. We need people with the ability to converse proficiently in Spanish. They do not have to be certified teachers, but our instructors typically have a minimum of a 4-year degree. The pay range for the positions will likely be between $20-$24/hour. They will be Monday-Friday positions during school hours beginning January 6, 2020 and ending May 29, 2020. They will not need to work on teacher work days or holidays. Each position is 35 hours per week.

Kara E Lewis
Regional Educational Consultant
[email protected]
919-608-9983 direct
ui.pcgus.com | edforcesolutions.com
www.PublicConsultingGroup.com
9 Liberty St, Charleston, South Carolina 29424

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Please join the Linguistics Club for a presentation by Dr. Elizabeth Martínez-Gibson: “Language contact in Spanish-language newspaper advertisements in South Carolina.”
Friday, November 15, 4 pm in ECTR 101, reception to follow.
This talk presents research on language contact and the effects of English influence in the advertisements of Spanish-language newspapers/magazines in South Carolina. — with Elizabeth Martinez-Gibson.

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Special Topics course flyers Spring 2020

Sabbatical Lecture by Dr. Joseph Weyers
"What Spanish (or other language) should we teach? : Addressing dialectal differences in the classroom"
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
4:00 - 5:00
TATE 202, 5 Liberty St.
(enter either Tate Ctr or Beatty Ctr entrance)
Written vos is on the rise in Medellín, Colombia. So,
what do Spanish teachers think about it? Language
teachers are linguistic gatekeepers; we can affect the
growth (or not) of a language form. We will talk
about Medellín's linguistic profile, teachers' attitudes
there, and what they teach us about addressing
dialectal differences in the L2 classroom.

Please join us for the 11th lecture in the Hispanic Studies Teaching Discussion Series
Innovations and Challenges in Second Language Teaching
Dr. Antonio Pérez-Núñez
Department of Hispanic Studies, College of Charleston
Promoting Intercultural Competence Development in a Globally Connected Course through Flipgrid
Monday, November 18, 2019
4:15 – 5:15 pm
JC Long 336, 9 Liberty Street
In this presentation, Dr. Pérez-Núñez will share his experience developing a Globally Connected course to promote the development of intercultural competence beyond the language classroom by means of asynchronous interaction between students in the U.S. and Spain using FlipGrid.

Free and open to the public - Lecture will be in English
Teaching Discussion Series Organizers
Silvia Rodriguez Sabater
[email protected] 843-953-5882
Mary Ann Blitt
[email protected] 843-953-0248

These students were inducted as new members of the honorary chapter Nu Zeta of Sigma Delta Pi, on Friday, November 1, 2019: Katie Moen, Sonia Rojas, Jacob Brown, Tomas Cox, Kylie Hayes, Presley Conaty, Kylie Wehunt, Jennifer Smith-Pickreign, and Madison Young. Also inducted were three honorary members: Michael A. Gómez (Chair of Hispanic Studies), Laura Moses (Hispanic Studies Administrative Assistant), and Kimber Bates (Hispanic Studies Administrative Assistant) Congrats to all! Photo by Daniel Delgado Photography

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The following students were inducted as new members of the honorary chapter Nu Zeta of Sigma Delta Pi, on Friday, November 1, 2019 at 5 pm in the Alumni Center (School of Education, corner of St. Philip and Wentworth):
Katie Moen
Sonia Rojas
Jacob Brown
Tomas Cox
Kylie Hayes
Presley Conaty
Kylie Wehunt
Jennifer Smith-Pickreign
Madison Young
At this event they had the pleasure to induct three honorary members:
Michael A. Gómez (Chair of Hispanic Studies)
Laura E. Moses (Hispanic Studies Administrative Assistant)
Kimberly Bates (Hispanic Studies Administrative Assistant)

Congrats to all!

Hispanic Studies, Student Focus for November 2019: Ms. Millie Noury | Hispanic Studies

Millie Noury, one of Hispanic Studies’ impressive Spanish majors, is November’s HISP Student Focus feature!

blogs.cofc.edu Hispanic Studies, Student Focus for November 2019: Ms. Millie Noury By Michael Gomez | November 1, 2019 0 Comment Millie Noury (Class of 2021) is Hispanic Studies’ Student Focus for November of 2019. An accomplished major in Spanish and Elementary Education, with a minor in Linguistics, Ms. Noury ...

HISP Faculty Focus, November 2019: Marisol Castro-Calzada | Hispanic Studies

Hispanic Studies’ Faculty Focus for November 2019 is Professor Marisol Castro-Calzada!

blogs.cofc.edu HISP Faculty Focus, November 2019: Marisol Castro-Calzada By Michael Gomez | November 1, 2019 0 Comment Ms. Marisol Castro-Calzada–a 2008 graduate of the College of Charleston’s M.Ed. in Spanish program, as well as of Western Carolina University (B.A. in Business Administration, 2002)–has been...

Sigma Delta Pi Lecture: Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro
Thursday, November 14, 4 pm "Rediscovering a Century (1919-2019): The National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society”

Please join us for this alumni talk on careers in Spanish!

Faculty Marshal Devon Wray Hanahan assists with the Inauguration of President Andrew T. Hsu.

Inauguration of President Andrew T. Hsu 10 25 19

Please join the Portuguese Club and the Portuguese Program for our traditional Afro-Brazilian dish: Feijoada!

EODP Mineduc

The English Opens Doors Program’s Volunteer Initiative, is a fee-free opportunity from the Chilean Ministry of Education, supported by the United Nations Development Programme-Chile. The English Opens Doors Program is seeking native and near-native English-speaking volunteers above the age of 21 to teach English in coordination with Chilean teachers of English in public schools throughout Chile. Volunteers will work independently with students from 11 to 18 years old, and no previous teaching experience is needed to apply!

http://centrodevoluntarios.cl/

centrodevoluntarios.cl

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Special Topics course flyers Spring 2020

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[10/15/19]   The College of Charleston’s Hispanic Studies Department seeks an experienced adjunct lecturer of Spanish for the Spring 2020 semester that begins on January 8. Native or near-native fluency, at least 18 hours of completed graduate coursework in Spanish, college teaching experience preferred. Please email letter of interest and résumé to Dr. Michael Gómez, Chair of Hispanic Studies, at [email protected].

Special Topics course flyers Spring 2020

President Hsu's vision for the College of Charleston balances tradition, transformation

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/president-hsu-s-vision-for-the-college-of-charleston-balances/article_146269a2-e6ba-11e9-88a2-6366026a6e65.html

postandcourier.com Four months in, Andrew Hsu has already made a name for himself at the College of Charleston.

Special Topics course flyers Spring 2020

Join Hispanic Studies at the College of Charleston Academic Advising Major & Minors Fair TOMORROW! Thursday, October 10, 10:30 to 2:00 on Cougar Mall. Learn about programs of study in Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Linguistics.

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Thanks to Dan Dickison, Director of College Marketing, for the shout-out to Hispanic Heritage Month on the Sottile Theatre marquee!

HispaCasts: Episode 9, Mike Gómez (Professor and Chair) | Hispanic Studies

blogs.cofc.edu HispaCasts: Episode 9, Mike Gómez (Professor and Chair) By mosesle | October 8, 2019 0 Comment Click the playbar below to hear the 9th episode of HispaCasts created in collaboration with Dr. Mike Overholt from the Teaching and Learning Team.Dr. Michael A. Gómez – October 2019 https://blogs.cofc....

The October 15th deadline for the Argentina, Spring 2020 program is fast approaching! The CIE scholarship deadline is October 11th. Please contact Dr. Carl Wise ([email protected]) for more information.

This program is designed for students to complete all or most of a Spanish minor while studying in beautiful Buenos Aires.
Excursions include visits to some of South America’s most stunning natural regions.

MUSC Alliance for Hispanic Health pressents: FIESTA LATINA
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Wednesday, October 9, 11:30-1:30pm
MUSC Horseshoe, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston
FOOD TRUCKS
Sabor Cubarican ● Dashi ● Comostamos
● Cirsea Ice cream and sorbetto made by hand in Charleston, SC ●
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
DJ Luigi ● Latin Groove
http://www.musc.edu/ahh
www.facebook.com/MUSC.AHH

College of Charleston’s Alpha Sigma Chapter of Phi Lambda Beta, The National Portuguese Honor Society, presents: Noite de Poesia
Blacklock House
18 Bull Street ~ 2nd floor
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Celebrate Portuguese poetry with faculty and students from the Hispanic Studies Department! If you are interested in presenting a poem, please email:
Chapter Advisors
Dr. Luci Moreira / [email protected]
Dr. Daniela Meireles / [email protected]
All are welcome!