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Please join the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in congratulating undergraduate Spanish major Anna Schiessl on her Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship. FLAS fellowships assist students in the acquisition of foreign language and either area or international studies competencies and are available only for specific languages. Summer fellowship awards, like the one awarded …
Congratulations to Saylín Álvarez Oquendo on receiving the College of Letters & Science Academic Staff Teaching Excellence Award! L&S honors outstanding instructional academic staff for their excellence in evidence-based and student-centered teaching and undergraduate student mentoring. Award recipients contribute to an inclusive, fair, and equitable environment that fosters engagement and a sense of belonging for …
Professor Rajiv Rao has been awarded an appointment as a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor. This coveted professorship recognizes “UW–Madison faculty members whose distinguished scholarship has advanced the confines of knowledge, and whose excellence also includes teaching or service. Faculty members receiving this award keep the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship title for the duration of their …
Please join the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in congratulating Jamie de Moya-Cotter, winner of the 2024 Pedagogical Innovation Contest! Contestants submitted a detailed proposal involving the incorporation of artificial intelligence into an existing lower-division Spanish and/or Portuguese course. All submissions underwent a rigorous review by a committee of language acquisition and teaching and artificial …
Please join the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in congratulating Letícia Barbosa on being selected as the University of Wisconsin–Madison doctoral nominee for the 2025 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award. The Graduate School can nominate only one student at the doctoral level from across campus, and Letícia was the student …
Congratulations to Keria Hook, winner of a 2025 Language Institute Generative AI and Language Education Instructional Innovation Award! She will put this award toward using generative AI for an instructional activity in which Spanish 102 students interact with a famous artist from the Spanish-speaking world.
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese would like to congratulate Professor Paola Hernández, who has been selected as the incoming Editor of Latin American Theatre Review (LATR), one of the most prestigious journals in the field of Theatre. The LATR is an internationally-known academic journal in the field of Latin American and Latiné theatre and …
Video #1: Latine Students, Ideal Language Class Question: What would you like to see in terms of diversity and representation in a Spanish class? Description: This interview features UW–Madison students Kymberly Pedro-Merlos, Alejandro Robinson, Denni Cevilla, and Ari Jordan, as well as UW–Madison alumni Jazmine Zuniga-Paiz, Luam Rincón and Gerardo Parra Noble. It is part …
The Fulbright Specialist Program pairs highly qualified US academics and professionals with host institutions abroad to share their expertise, strengthen institutional linkages, hone their skills, gain international experience, and learn about other cultures while building capacity at their overseas host institutions. Specialists, who represent a wide range of professional and academic disciplines, are competitively selected …