3 Language Schools Alumni Receive Fulbright Awards
Sydney Armor (German School ‘21), Demetra (Alex) Evangelidis (German School ‘22), and Kenta Togo (School of Spanish ‘21) receive Fulbright Awards.
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Margaret Sullivan: Middlebury French MA Alumna, Author and Illustrator
Margaret Sullivan, an alumna of our Betty Ashbury Jones MA ‘86 School of French MA program (2004), published a book: “Following the Sun: Tales (and Fails) From a Year Around the World With Our Kids,” about her family’s 2019 gap year. She has relied on the gift of her Middlebury French for two decades now, and credits the program with giving her the confidence to see the world this way.
Middlebury Language Schools, Hebrew College Announce Partnership
Students from Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts, will attend the School of Hebrew at Middlebury to hone language skills for rabbinical school.
Tatiana Smorodinska Named Director of Middlebury School of Russian
The C.V. Starr Professor of Russian and East European Studies will start in September as director of the Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian.
Ying Zhang wins CLTA Distinguished K-12 Chinese Program Award 2024
Chinese School graduate student Ying Zhang awarded CLTA Distinguished K-12 Chinese Program award.
Staff Spotlight: Matthew Guiffré, Assistant Director, Arabic School
The Language Schools are excited to welcome Matthew Guiffré, Assistant Director at the Arabic School.
Faculty Spotlight: Giovanni Minicucci, Italian School
Academic Year Position: University of Chicago
Hometown: Pescara, Italy
Program/Level: 7-week Italian Immersion Program/Level 1
Summers Taught at the LS: 1
I hope that my students leave my classes not only with a deeper understanding of the Italian language itself, but also with a newfound confidence in their ability to communicate effectively.
Law student in the 8-week Arabic School
| by Noor Shater
Learning Arabic has really opened up opportunities that I would not have had otherwise.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯: Language Schools Faculty and Staff Win the AATSEEL 2023 Book Award
Jason Merrill (Director), Evgeny Dengub (Associate Director), and Irina Dubinina (Instructor, STARTALK program), of the Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian, received the AATSEEL 2023 Book Award for Best Contribution to the Study of Slavic Linguistics or Second Language Acquisition for their collection 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯.
Meet Ify Okpali: French 7-week Immersion Student
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.