The Global Correspondent Program is an initiative from within the Study Abroad Office that allows students and other members of the Wesleyan community to see what the day-to-day looks like for students studying abroad! This semester, four students were selected as Global Correspondents. While abroad, Global Correspondents will document their study abroad experience through…
Announcement
FLTA Series: Introducing Yenyu Lin
Hey! My name is Yenyu Lin (Chinese name: 林晏羽), I am the Chinese FLTA this year! I grew up in Tainan, a beautiful historical city in southern Taiwan. Before I came to Wesleyan in 2021, I studied my master degree in Teaching World Languages at University of Kentucky. And before that, I taught English to…
Changes to the Middle Eastern Studies Minor
Established in 2010, the Middle Eastern Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary program that offers students interested in a Middle East concentration with a curriculum that integrates government, history, religion, art history, and language study. The minor has historically required eight credits, including two language courses at the intermediate level. After a re-evaluation of the curriculum…
Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) Classes Being offered in the spring
What is CLAC? Wesleyan University’s CLAC program is administered out of the Fries Center for Global Studies, and aims to provide students and faculty across the campus with opportunities to deepen their engagement with their subjects through the use and further development of their language and intercultural skills. CLAC courses at Wesleyan can be linked to…
FLTA Series: Introducing Romane Rousseau
Hi everyone! My name is Romane and I am one of the French FLTAs for the 2022-2023 academic year. I was born in Vendée, a region located on the west coast of France, but now I live and study in Paris. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English after completing a three-year program in…
Deadline extended: submit an event proposal for IEW!
What is IEW? Taking place from this year from Saturday, November 12, to Friday, November 18, IEW is a week-long event at Wesleyan that aims to increase awareness of and promote global learning opportunities within and outside of Wesleyan; preserve and celebrate our interconnected cultural and linguistic heritages and shared environment; foster togetherness via intercultural…
Welcome to Wesleyan’s International News Group!
by Dylan Campos ’24 On Friday, September 30, 2022, the International News Group held its inaugural meeting at the Fries Center for Global Studies common room. In conjunction with the FCGS and the Shapiro Writing Center, students, faculty, and staff met to share their interests in current global affairs, international media messaging, and multicultural learning…
FLTA Series: Introducing Elena Rota
Hey everybody!This is Elena and I’ll be the Italian FLTA for this academic year at Wesleyan. I was born and raised in Bologna, Italy, a city considered to be the Italian capital of food and home to the oldest University in the western world. I study Foreign Languages and Literatures, in particular the English and…
Meet Teresita Padilla-Benavides, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
A globally-engaged researcher, collaborator, and scientist, Teresita (Tere) Padilla-Benavides is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry committed to increasing access to the sciences and centering culturally diverse research. Tere conducts biochemistry research at the Hall-Atwater building, but her outreach spreads far beyond the lab, campus, and borders of the US to increase access…
FLTA Series: Introducing Rachel Urbano Querol
Hey! Welcome everyone! This is Rachel, one of the Spanish Foreign Language Teaching Assistants for the 2022-2023 academic year at Wes. I am from Madrid, a beautiful city that never sleeps, has a bar in every corner, and happiness in every street. Today has been 1 month and 1 day since I arrived in Middletown.…