OSU Languages and Literatures

✨Meet Maddie, our featured language student for the month of May and last of the 2025/2026 academic year!! ✨

🌏Maddie studied Spanish, Strategic Communications, and Chinese! 🌏

Maddie is a fantastic student and language scholar who knows that two languages are better than one! 😉

All of Maddie's hard work has successfully set her up for a lifetime of language learning and cultural exploration! 📝 💫

🎉🎉She graduated last weekend and we couldn't be more proud! 🎉🎉

We are so excited for you and wish you success on all of your endeavors! 🙌

🥳Congratulations, Maddie! 🥳 We are so proud of you! 🧡🤠

Click through to see what Maddie has to say about studying Spanish and Chinese at OSU! 🧐📚

P.S. Check out our profiles on Facebook and Instagram () in August to see who will be featured next!

🤠🤠Go Cowboys and Cowgirls! 🤠🤠🧡🖤

Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences

Now that all the celebrations have died down, we just want to say one final congratulations 🎊 to all our graduates! You know where to find us; we look forward to hearing about all your next steps!
To all our students, thanks for all your hard work and have a great summer 🏖☀️ and we'll see you back in August!! Tag us in your summer study abroad adventures!! 🌍

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✨Meet Grant, our featured language student for the month of April!! ✨
Grant has studied Global Studies and Russian.📝 He will be graduating this Spring 2026.

We are so excited for you and wish you success on all of your endeavors! 🙌
🥳Congratulations, Grant! 🥳 We are so proud of you! 🧡🤠

Click through to see what Grant has to say about studying Russian at OSU! 🧐📚

P.S. Check out our profiles on Facebook and Instagram () later this coming month to see who will be featured next!

🤠🤠Go Cowboys and Cowgirls! 🤠🤠🧡🖤

Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences

🧐On Tuesday, April 21, students that worked as Undergraduate Research Assistants presented their research at the Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium 📝🙌

Kaitlyn Ferguson worked with faculty supervisor Dr. Kimberly Hale on a project titled: "The Benefits of Undergraduate Research Experiences for ASL Students" 👋

Tanya Rodriguez worked with faculty supervisor Dr. Carol Ready on an ongoing project titled "Exploring factors affecting language maintenance and/or shift in Guymon, Oklahoma: First insights from the Spanish in Rural Oklahoma (SpiRO) Corpus" which they also presented at the 12th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. on April 10th! 💬

Undergraduate research pairs students directly with faculty mentors in a one-on-one relationship that offers personalized guidance, skill-building, and exposure to real scholarly work that classrooms alone can't provide. This close mentorship fosters intellectual growth, professional confidence, and lasting connections that open doors to graduate school and beyond. 🤓🤠

Congratulations on your successful completion of your research projects, Kaitlyn and Tanya! 🙌💫

🧡🖤Go Pokes! 🖤🧡

🎉🎉🎉Congratulations to Hiroka Thornton on receiving the Ethical Leadership (Favorite Faculty) Award! 🎉🎉🎉

This spring, the Ethical Leadership Award was presented to Hiroka Thornton, an educator who challenges students to embody the expectation of accountability and empathy of Oklahoma State students. Hiroka models ethical leadership through openness and courage in the classroom. 🖤🧡

One student shared, “...Professor Thornton always makes sure to let each student have a say in the discussion. In the past, she has stated that her calling as a teacher is to share her culture with us students, allowing us to hear new perspectives and become more open-minded. She gives us the opportunity to learn, debate, and grow alongside each other.”

Meaningful dialog in the classroom ensures students understand the importance of making informed decisions that encourage them to broaden their horizons. 🌏🗺

Hiroka Thornton, your example is supporting our future leaders! 💫💫

See the article regarding Favorite Faculty awards here: https://reslife.okstate.edu/residential-experience/favorite-faculty-award

✨Go Pokes! ✨

One last push! Join us with tomorrow (Tuesday) at Stonecloud to raise funds for Pokes am Pazifik! See you there!!

Scan the QR below to learn about another of our faculty projects during for 2026! Support and her work to spread the voices of Venezuelan women worldwide! Link to donate in the comments! .spanish.club

https://philanthropete.osugiving.com/project/49346/updates/1

Clear you calendars for Friday afternoon! Join us for a potluck with all our language clubs at 3:30 in GU 104, and if you're still hungry, at 5:30 you can head over to to play some lotería!
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's PhilanthroPete project, Pokes am Pazifik, is in 2nd place!! Tonight between 6:30 and 7:30pm, bonus $$ is available for donations, so let's help them get it across the line!! 🏁🏁

🚨🚨Event alert! Come join us to explore ASL Studies at OSU!!🚨🚨

Register now to reserve your spot! 😉

Go Pokes! 🤠