“Classics major senior Lauren Milburn is traveling through time to the 1500s through her work translating ancient texts and studying the civilizations who created them. However, her capstone experience for her classics major is more than translating a textbook or famous novel.”

Read more from the Index article: http://www.trumanindex.com/finding-faith-in-translation-1.2680672

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, hosted Zombie Zumbathon Saturday, October 29th from 1-3pm in the SUB Activities Room! Zumba is an increasingly popular latin dance aerobics work out. This Zumbathon was led by certified Zumba instructor Chelsea Braun of Columbia, MO and can help you burn 2000-3000 calories during the event. There was a costume competition during the event as well.

José Antonio Fábres (’88) volvió a Truman para nuestro Homecoming, y dio una presentación sobre el Camino de Santiago el viernes, 7 de octubre a las 7:00 en BH 314. Después de haber obtenido su bachillerato en español de NMSU, en 1988, José obtuvo su maestría y doctorado de la Universidad de Kentucky en Lexington. Desde entonces trabaja para las instituciones College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University en Minnesota. Su vida académica, aparte de haber publicado artículos en el Instituto Cervantes, ha estado dedicada casi exclusivamente al servicio. Además de haber ocupado el cargo de jefe del departamento de Hispanic Studies por 12 años ha creado programas académicos en Valladolid, Viña del Mar y el Camino de Santiago.

Sigma Delta Pi presented

 Law School:

Myth and Reality

Interested in law school?  Wondering about the application process or what law school is really like?  Would you like to find out how the knowledge of another language like Spanish can be useful in a career involving law?  Informal discussion with 2009 Truman State Alumni:

Elizabeth Bonanno

Political Science and Spanish major at TSU

3rd year law student at University of Colorado

 Friday, October 7^th  * Baldwin Hall 226 * 12:30-1:30 p.m.

The Classical and Modern Languages Faculty invited alumni who majored in foreign language to return to the Truman campus in Kirksville for Homecoming 2011. There were a number of alumni guests at our First Annual Classical and Modern Languages Open House! Professors in Spanish, French, German, Russian and Classics were there! We went back 15, 20, 25 years and more, and we loved seeing you again! Alumni got together with old classmates, networked with other alums, sampled international cuisine, and re-connected with their old professors!

Saturday, October 8th, 2011, 5pm-8pm at the University Club (behind Ryle Hall).

Slam de Poesía/ Poetry Slam
Wednesday, April 13, 9:30 PM
Dukum Up
18 & Up!

Works by students’ favorite Hispanic authors and original works were performed by students and faculty. There were 3 rounds: beginning Spanish, advanced Spanish, and English.  There were also fun prizes and karaoke between rounds! Admission was free, but donations were accepted at the door on behalf of a charity.

Screening of Biutiful
Friday, April 1, 7 PM
Violette Hall 1000

Admission was free, thanks to the generous support of the Funds Allotment Council (FAC). There was a pre-movie mini presentation on Javier Bardem and illegal immigration in Spain. Refreshments followed the movie.

Professor Liudmila Pravikova

of Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University, Pyatigorsk, Russia
spoke on “The North Caucasus after the collapse of the Soviet Union: a sociolinguistic perspective”
Wednesday, January 26 at 7 p.m in Baldwin Hall 231