Languages News
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2020-2021 Faculty Achievements
Despite the challenges of teaching during a year of a nationwide pandemic, our faculty went above and beyond in their accomplishments over the last year.
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Languages Chair's Corner: Fall 2021
While courses and classrooms are closer to regular capacity these days, wearing masks in the classroom continues to pose challenges – especially when teaching languages!
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Two Blugolds heading to Germany for Fulbright teaching assistantships
UW-Eau Claire graduates Michael Konetz and Mary Kate Schneeman will use their passion for Germany during their 2021-22 Fulbright English teaching assistantships in the European country.
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Students work together to capture stories about life during COVID-19 for Spanish-speaking populations
A team of UW-Eau Claire faculty and students who are studying public history, Latin American studies, Spanish and nursing are working together to capture stories about what life has been like during COVID-19 for Spanish-speaking populations in the region.
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Congratulations to the Languages Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to all of the recipients of this year's Department of Languages scholarships and awards!
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Five Blugolds compete in Wisconsin Chinese Language Speech Contest
The Chinese Program is very proud to share that five Blugolds participated and achieved various honors in the 18th Annual Wisconsin Chinese Language Speech Contest on April 17th.
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Graduating twins value shared experiences, opportunities to follow their own path
Allie and Chloe Knuth, twins from Green Bay, will graduate together this month from UW-Eau Claire, a campus they say is small enough that their lives sometimes overlap as students but big enough that they each could follow their own path.
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An ambassador for open educational resources
UWEC's French professor, Dr. Jessica Sertling Miller, has been recognized as an OER Ambassador.
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English, French major looks forward to teaching English in France after graduation
Angela Hugunin had great professors and interesting classes as a Blugold. However, the English-creative writing and French major says the fabulous experiences she found outside the classroom made her time at UW-Eau Claire even more extraordinary.
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Grad embraces opportunities to bring her nursing and Spanish majors together
Lucy Hobbs came to UW-Eau Claire already knowing she wanted to study nursing so she could make a difference in the lives of others. Once she was on campus, she found she could make an even greater impact on her future patients by also studying Spanish.
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Future teacher earns national Honors fellowship for world language teaching research
Jesselyn Nadolny's passion for languages and cultures — and her curiosity about the creative practices of world language teachers — has earned the future teacher a national Honors fellowship award that will fund her research.
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New grad takes research to a new level during her years as a Blugold
Caitlin Hedberg took student research to new levels while at UW-Eau Claire. She was part of five research projects with three professors. She'll graduate in May with a major in physics, minors in math and linguistics and a certificate in Mandarin Chinese.
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Blugolds help native Spanish speakers better access health care in the Chippewa Valley
Two Blugolds are making it easier for Spanish-speaking people to access health care more easily in the Chippewa Valley. Erin Fitzgerald and Breida Torres Berumen are translating some of the Chippewa Valley Free Clinic’s written materials into Spanish.
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Blugold's story gives hope to others facing chronic illness: Erica Nerbonne
With new passions and plans in graduate school ahead, May 2020 grad Erica Nerbonne continues to show that while chronic illness may slow her down a bit at times, it will never stop her from aiming high and reaching her goals.
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December grad connecting her culture, passions and skills: Monique Morales Briand
For Dec. 19 graduate Monique Morales Briand, finding a path that combined her business acumen, her Hispanic heritage and her Spanish-first language skills led her to wide-ranging undergraduate experiences and success.
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Research in area jails helps solidify Blugold's plan to be doctor
A research project that took Callie Vogel into area jails to document health inequalities was one of the most meaningful experiences she had as a Blugold and helped to solidify her plans to pursue a career in medicine.
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From the Desk of the Languages Chair: Fall 2020
To note that there have been a lot of changes since our last issue, not just department-level but in the world, seems a bit superfluous.
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2019-2020 Faculty Achievements
The Languages department faculty continued their quest for excellence during the 2019-2020 academic year.
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Using big data to solve a big problem: Biology alumna in vital COVID-19 data collection
As a critical-care research intern, Blugold Alana Lemke '19 has helped to solve important medical problems. Little did she know she would end up working on the single biggest medical crisis in a century.
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Global perspectives on COVID-19: Student-created video dialogue
What do Blugolds do with extra time on their hands during COVID-19 quarantine? For junior communications and Spanish major Grace Annis from Eau Claire, the answer was to talk to people about their experience — people all over the world.
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IEP Students Meet Local Author
For the last 2 semesters, students from Ami Christensen’s course in the Intensive English Program (IEP) at UWEC have met with local author Emily Anderson, who uses the pen name Max Howard, to discuss her young adult novel, Fifteen and Change.
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Five Blugolds named Fulbright recipients for 2020-21
Four Blugolds graduating this month and one recent alumna have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2020-21 academic year. Due to COVID-19, one placement has been delayed until January, so all five will teach overseas in the spring.
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Intercultural journey, continued: Fulbright award to enrich teaching of Chinese language, culture
Dr. Kaishan Kong, assistant professor of Chinese in the department of languages at UW-Eau Claire, has received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to teach in China.
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Languages Spring 2020 Virtual Awards Ceremony
The Languages Department congratulates its 2020 Student Scholarship and Award Winners!!