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Va’ Pensiero, Itinerant Stories

Ethiopian film director Dagmawi Yimer will present a screening of “Va’ Pensiero, Walking Stories.” The docu-film is an interwoven account of two racist attacks in Milan and Florence and the victim’s painful attempts to piece the fragments of their lives back together. The screening will be on Monday, April 27th, from 5:00pm-8:00pm at the Library… Continue Reading

World Languages and Cultures International Film Festival present: Barbara

World Languages and Cultures International Film Festival presents: Barbara. The viewing will be on April 16, 2015 in the Library Auditorium from 5:30pm-7:00pm. A presentation will be given by Prof. Karen Fenner. Continue Reading

World Languages and Cultures International Film Festival Presents The Women on the Sixth Floor

World Languages and Cultures International Film Festival Presents The Women on the Sixth Floor on February 26th, in the Library Auditorium from 7:30pm- 10:00pm. Set in Paris in the 1960s, Jean-Louis lives a bourgeois life absorbed in his work, with his neurotic socialite wife Suzanne. The couple’s world is turned upside-down when they hire a… Continue Reading

Congrats to WLC alumna Lindsay Pettit!

Congratulations to WLC alumna Lindsay Pettit! Lindsay has been accepted into the doctorate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for Education in Curriculum and Instruction. This degree is the number one program in the country! Continue Reading

Spring 2015 Universidad de Alcalá de Henares

TCNJ students spending the semester in Alcalá de Henares, Spain made the local paper. The story is about the volunteer work they did at a local homeless shelter. During the course of the semester they created a new website for the shelter as well as volunteering there. TCNJ students in Spain received diplomas and recognition… Continue Reading

World Languages and Cultures International Film Festival presents: Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

The World Languages and Cultures International Film Festival will be viewing, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame on February 12, 2015, 7:30pm-10:00pm at the Library Auditorium. Detective Dee is an action-packed, visually breathtaking Sherlock Holmes-style mystery starring some of China’s top acting talent. Stunningly choreographed by master Sammo Hung, this intricately… Continue Reading

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Congratulations to Priya Gupta and Katrina Notarmaso!

The first official act in our last Spanish Section meeting was the presentation of the inaugural Excellence Awards to two students of the Spanish minor. Professors Kentengian and Figueroa, having taught two classes to each, presented the awards respectively to Priya Gupta and Katrina Notarmaso Continue Reading

Congratulations to Tyler Liberty!

Congratulations to Tyler Liberty who was accepted in the”Teach for America” program. He’ll be teaching in Arizona in the fall. Tyler is graduating with a self-designed double major in Chinese Language and Culture and English. Below is Tyler’s testimonial.
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Students Travel to Russia and present at Celebration of Student Acheivement

Dr. Rifkin (WLC/Russian) and Dr. Marino (History) won a 3-year grant from the US Department of Education to internationalize the history secondary education program with an emphasis on Russia. The grant provides funding for a small group of students of Russian language at TCNJ to travel to Vladimir, Russia, a city of about 400,000 approximately 4 hours’ drive east of Moscow, for an alternative spring break experience during which time they volunteer in a K-12 school. The students who participated in this year’s trip were Kyriaki Christodoulou (3rd year Russian), Lia Lumauig (1st year Russian), Joanna Peluso (3rd year Russian), Michael Schiumo (3rd year Russian), Skyeler Sudia (1st year Russian), and Kathryn Wertheimer (1st year Russian). Continue Reading