JMU Dual Masters Degree in Spanish Language and Culture for Educators

¡Buen viaje!
Wishing our students safe travels as they head to Salamanca!✈️
We’re excited for all the learning, growth, and new experiences ahead—¡buen viaje!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! 📚🎓✏️📓🏫🍎

Happy International Women’s Day!

Today we celebrate remarkable women educators whose courage, scholarship, and advocacy have shaped Spanish language learning, multilingual education, and cultural equity across generations.

Here are a few inspiring figures (clockwise from center):

⭐️Beatriz Galindo (“La Latina”)
Although her family expected her to join religious life, she chose scholarship; becoming one of Spain’s most educated women and serving as Latin teacher to Queen Isabella of Castile.

⭐️Dolors Bassa
An educator and educational psychologist who dedicated her career to strengthening public education and social services in Catalonia through both classroom experience and public leadership.

⭐️Sylvia Méndez
Central figure in Mendez v. Westminster (1947), the first successful U.S. school desegregation case, which paved the way for Brown v. Board of Education and inspired her lifelong advocacy for bilingual and multicultural education equity.

⭐️María Goyri de Menéndez Pidal
The first Spanish woman to earn a degree in Philosophy and Letters (1896) and later the first to receive a doctorate (1909), expanding women’s access to advanced scholarship.

⭐️Dr. Marta Moreno Vega
A pioneering Afro‑Puerto Rican educator who founded the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, advancing cultural equity and Afro‑Caribbean representation in educational spaces. 

⭐️Jovita Idar
A Mexican American teacher, journalist, and activist who championed quality bilingual education for Mexican American children and helped establish one of the earliest Latina feminist organizations

Reminder‼️ Join us tomorrow at 4:00 PM for our virtual information session to learn more about our Dual Master’s Degree program.

Registration is required, here is the link to register: https://jmu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/qNGv1eznTO2btuQaPjKzVw

February is Black History Month. We take this time to honor Black history, excellence, and the legacy that continues to inspire our community.

Curious about our Dual Master’s Degree? 🎓📚
Join us for an info session on Thursday, February 26 at 4 PM!

Registration is required, here is the link to register: https://jmu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/qNGv1eznTO2btuQaPjKzVw

Happy Valentine’s Day!! ❤️💗🇪🇸