Student Highlights
MLG students at Undergraduate Research projects being presented on April 3. Below are those that are being presented by our students. Congratulations to those of you who have worked so diligently with these students. Let us try to attend some of these sessions in support of our students and our colleagues.
1) 9-9:20, CC 326: Katy Borden, Integrating Technology into Foreign Language Education. (Faculty Advisor: Jean Janecki)
2) 9:50-10:10, CC 326: Amy Schott, A Comparison of Iconography from Northwestern Costa Rica and the Mixtec Culture of Central Mexico. (Faculty Advisor: Tim McAndrews)
3) 12:45-1:05, CC 326: Rachel Kramer, Fukú y el fantasma de Trujillo: La construcción de la identidad dominicana-americana en The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. (Faculty Advisor: Don Socha)
4) 1:10-1:30, Port O’ Call: Caitlin Helgesen, Mexican Immigrant Challenges in the United States Public School System: A Case Study of Two Schools. (Faculty Advisor: Jean Hindson)
5) 1:10-1:30, CC 332: Gina Lessard, Persuasion, Symbols, and Alfajores: A Qualitative Study of Unique Advertising Approaches in Argentina. (Faculty Advisor: Scott Dickmeyer)
6) 1:35-1:55, CC 332: Rachel Kramer, La relación entre el lenguaje y la cultura según las teorías de Wilhelm von Humboldt, Edward Sapir y Benjamin Whorf. (Faculty Advisor, Melissa Wallace)
7) on display in Valhalla throughout the day: a poster presentation by Kelliann Blazek, Hispanic Content in Agricultural Media Outlets. (Faculty Advisor: Darlene Lake)
8) another poster presentation, also on display in Valhalla, is by Emily Frank: Student-Professor Interactions in Spanish vs. American Classrooms. (Faculty Advisor, Virginia Crank).