Modern Language Activities: Winter 2025

Travel Smart: Language and Etiquette Essentials Event

Our department co-hosted Travel Smart: Language and Etiquette Essentials on Tuesday, March 18th from 12:30-1:30 in the Alvin Sherman Library’s Cotilla Gallery. International Studies /Political Science double major, Paula Recio Rey organized the event with the help of Dr. Yvette Fuentes and counted with the participation of full time and part time DHP faculty and students. During this special event, participants had the opportunity to learn basic language skills in Arabic, French, Hebrew, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Ukrainian, as well as learned about practical skills needed when traveling abroad. The events were co-hosted by NSU’s Alpha Alpha Zeta Chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma and Razor’s Edge Global. All participants received a “passport” and a “travel bag”. Refreshments were also provided.

Alpha Mu Gamma: National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society

NSU’s Alpha Alpha Zeta Chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma: National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society held its annual induction ceremony on Thursday, April 10th in the DeSantis Bldg. AMG officers Alora Da Fonseca (President), Madison Ferry (VP) and Makayla Walas (Secretary) officiated the ceremony together with Dr. Yvette Fuentes, Associate Professor and AMG Faculty Advisor. Also assisting were Dr. Joanne P. Urrechaga, Associate Professor of Spanish, Dr. Ying Ma, Assistant Professor of Chinese and Literature, and Professor Riva Markowitz, ASL Instructor at the Patel College of Health Care Sciences. A reception followed the ceremony.

The new members and their languages of study are: Sarah Abushi (Arabic), Darielle Bullard (ASL), Aubrey Diller (ASL), Alivia Klipp (ASL), Rebecca Lyons (ASL), Kristen McFarlane (ASL), Drekaria Miller (ASL), Emma Patel (Spanish), Bryanna Pirozzi (ASL), Maddie Richardson (ASL). Caroline Tipton (ASL), Emma Vignona (ASL), Alicia Wallace (ASL), Sophia Wehle (Spanish). For more information about Alpha Mu Gamma go to https://www.amgnational.org