At our Betty Ashbury Jones MA ‘86 School of French, Marian “Ify” Okpali gained the confidence and language proficiency she needs to pursue long-term field work studying the political communication and engagement of African youth in Senegal, Nigeria, and Morocco.
Read about Chuck and Vanessa Nicholls’ experience attending our School of Spanish as a married couple!
Middlebury has named Nader Morkus as the director of the Arabic School, one of 13 Middlebury Language Schools, known internationally for their full-immersion approach to language teaching and the Language Pledge®.
“I think many military veterans can definitely appreciate the Language Schools because the immersive and intensive structure of the program is similar to what they may have experienced in their technical or occupational training in the past. Additionally, the camaraderie developed and friendships made while working together towards a common goal is definitely something they can relate to and benefit from.”
| by Joe Bruchac
Joe Bruchac wrote about his son, School of Abenaki Director Jesse Bowman Bruchac, in a recent blog post.
Attending the German School prepared Brandon Dumont for living abroad, as well as provided him with inspiring moments that found their way into his first book of poetry.
Students with graduate level proficiency can apply to attend a graduate program for only one 6-week summer, also called the non-degree graduate option. Graduate-level students in Spanish can participate in the Buenos Aires 6-week summer if they are currently enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program in Spanish.
Dr. Huerta Alardín shares about his first summer teaching at our School of Spanish!
Kazem Abdullah, who studied German and Portuguese at the Language Schools, is conducting the Metropolitan Opera premiere of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
Fang Bian and Ying Zhang—both students in the Middlebury Language Schools’ Master’s in Chinese degree program—are the two recipients of the 2023 Outstanding Chinese Teacher Award of the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS).
