“I tried it and got really good at it,” he says. “It’s become the driving force of my college career. I have my majors, but my minor is behind it all.”
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Recognized Leadership in International Education
While foreign-language course enrollments are dropping nationally, the number of language majors at URI has increased, and experts in the field of international education are taking note.
Continue reading "Recognized Leadership in International Education"World-renowned French playwright to perform staged reading with URI students
Jean-Rene Lemoine, a contemporary French playwright, director and actor, will visit classrooms and deliver a staged reading of his play “Erzuli Dahomey, Goddess of Love” on Oct. 23 as part of the University of Rhode Island’s Distinguished Visiting International Artist Program.
Continue reading "World-renowned French playwright to perform staged reading with URI students"Five URI students win Boren Scholarships to study languages overseas
Five University of Rhode Island students have been awarded Boren Scholarships of up to $20,000 to study foreign languages abroad – three in China, and one each in Indonesia and Senegal.
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Lars Erickson has been named a Chevalier (or Knight) of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques. The award recognizes his outstanding achievements at promoting the study of the French language and culture.
Continue reading "URI French professor honored by French government"URI students win grants to study foreign languages overseas
18 URI students received grants from the Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows fund to study overseas. The fellowships to study in Jordan, China, France, Germany, Spain, Japan and Chile cover the costs of tuition, housing and travel.
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Ian Kanterman, a cancer survivor, has been celebrating life since he arrived at URI. He studied and worked in France for a year as part of the French International Engineering Program.
Continue reading "Commencement 2018: URI engineering graduate grateful for life, friends, all things French"URI Chinese lecturer named teacher of year from Rhode Island Foreign Language Association
Xiaoyan Hu’s personalized, results-oriented, real-world approach to exciting students about learning Chinese earned her the Teacher of the Year Award from the Rhode Island Foreign Language Association.
Continue reading "URI Chinese lecturer named teacher of year from Rhode Island Foreign Language Association"URI engineering students win scholarships to study in Germany
Three engineering students at the University of Rhode Island are traveling to Germany soon to study and do internships thanks to scholarships from the German government and a fourth will participate in an exchange program.
Continue reading "URI engineering students win scholarships to study in Germany"URI students awarded many of nation’s most prestigious scholarships. Again.
It has now become commonplace that University of Rhode Island students are winning some of the top scholarships and fellowships in the nation. Many major scholarship announcements over the past two decades have included at least one URI student.
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