For Alumni & Friends

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Click on the linkabove to submit your donations online. On the drop boxes provided please select the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of World Languages and Cultures as the designee of your donation. As you submit your donation you can specify exactly what type of activity, initiative, program or event you would like to support.

Your donations will fund student scholarships, student travel assistance, multicultural events, and many other very worthwhile causes related to the study of World Languages & Cultures.

Your donation will make a SIGNIFICANT difference and, in the name of the students of World Languages and Cultures, we thank you whole heartedly.

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Archived WLC Departmental Newsletters

March 2011

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

At the 2011 College of Humanities & Social Sciences Annual Honors Banquet, the World Language & Cultures Department honored three of its esteemed graduates with an "Outstanding Senior Award".

The award winners were:

Ms. Valarie Hoke, BSE World Languages and Cultures with Spanish Emphasis

Valarie graduated May 2011, Magna Cum Laude. Valarie has been selected to teach English in Spain this coming fall, along with several other WLC graduates. We wish her the best of success in her new role as she begins this new chapter in her life.

Ms. Candice Groves, BSE World Languages and Cultures with French Emphasis 

Candice graduated May 2011. Candice plans to teach French in an area High School. We wish her the best of success in her professional career and know that she will go far with whatever path she chooses.

Mr. Chad Whatley, BA World Languages and Cultures with Spanish Emphasis and International Studies Minor

Chad graduated May 2011, Magna Cum Laude/Honors. Chad has worked for the WLC Department for the 2010-11 academic year as a Spanish Tutor and as needed in the office. Chad along with another WLC graduate, Ms. Haley Worthen, have always been ones to volunteer their time with departmental functions and they will both be especially missed this next year.

Chad has applied to teach English in Korea in the fall. We wish Chad the best as he moves on to new adventures and the best of success in all his future endeavors and hope that one day our paths will cross again.

Ms Shannon O'Nale, BA World Languages & Cultures, emphasis-Spanish & BS Radio & Television

 

Shannon graduated in spring 2009 with a Bachelors degree in Spanish and a Bachelors of Science degree in Radio and Television through both the College of Humanities & Social Sciences and the College of Communications. Shannon was also the 2011 winner of the R. E. Lee Wilson Award, which is the university’s highest honor for a student who best exemplifies qualities of character, determination, involvement, and academic achievement.

http://www.astate.edu/a/asunews/article-details.dot?id=b8274c5e-2c80-4ec6-841c-38e6e394b6e3

 

Additional Achievements of May 2011 Graduates

Joining Valarie Hoke to teach English in Spain this fall are Todd Fogle, Michele Shearer, & Katharine Spencer.