The Department of Spanish & Portuguese is delighted to announce this year’s Marsha Gray Ehrlich Scholarship Fund recipients. Marsha Gray Ehrlich was a former graduate student in our Department, and an inspirational teacher during her …
Department News
Two Students Win Fall 2020 L&S Teaching Fellow Awards
Two students from our department, Isabel Martín-Sánchez and Jorge Fernández Cienfuegos, were selected for Fall 2020 L&S Teaching Fellow Awards. This highly selective award recognizes top-notch TAs across the College of Letters & Science, who …
2019-20 Best Paper Award
We would like to thank our colleagues for nominating students’ papers for the 2019-2020 graduate student “Best Paper Award.” There were three papers submitted for consideration, with a $500 prize up for grabs: Apresar sin …
Former Undergraduate Enhances Perspectives on Law and Education through Global Experiences
Congratulations to the 2019 Joaquim Nabuco Essay Award Winners!
Congratulations to Logan Krishka and Carlos Andrés Rojas on their award-winning papers!
2018-19 Best Paper Award
We would like to thank our colleagues for encouraging students to submit their work for the 2018-2019 graduate student “Best Paper Award.” There were three papers submitted for consideration, with a $500 prize up for …
Congratulations to our 2019 Marsha Gray Ehrlich Scholarship Fund Recipients
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese is delighted to announce this year’s Marsha Gray Ehrlich Scholarship Fund recipients. Marsha Gray Ehrlich was a former graduate student in our Department, and an inspirational teacher during her …
Mark Radomski Wins a Fall 2019 L&S Teaching Fellow Award
This highly selective award recognizes top-notch TAs across the College of Letters & Science, who serve as instructors during the fall training for incoming TAs. Congratulations, Mark, you have made the department very proud!
Marcelo Pellegrini’s ‘The Beautiful Game’
Through Professor Marcelo Pellegrini‘s new course, Spanish 468: Soccer? ¿Fúbol? The Beautiful Game, the UW-Madison associate professor of Spanish is transferring his childhood passion to the classroom. He’s challenging students to better understand Latin American …
Marcos Colón Receives 2018 Nabuco Award
Marcos Antonio Colón presented one of two winning essays about Brazil, winning a lump-sum cash award of $2000 for a research trip to Brazil. His project, “Seeing Amazônia Slowly: Its Connection with Beyond Fordlândia” deals …