 elcome to the Spring 2020 Issue of Global Voices, William & Mary’s Modern Languages & Literatures newsletter. Like all of you, we have had to adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of our time-honored traditions were adapted for a virtual environment. First and foremost here is our graduation ceremony. After a virtual conferral of degrees in the morning of May 16, the language programs that make up W&M’s Modern Languages Department met online to celebrate our graduating seniors. Family members and friends from far-flung places could join in the virtual space of the computer screen, hear about our students’ achievements, and wish them well as we sent the m out into the world. Visit our presentation of the MLL Class of 2020, and read up on our graduates’ profiles by clicking on the photographs!
Even though the semester was upended when the campus closed after spring break, most of our activities continued in innovative ways. Classes met online, research was planned and conducted, honors theses presented, and awards were won. While study abroad programs had to be cancelled, Language House operations swiftly moved online. We congratulated Prof. Giulia Pacini and Prof. Rob Leventhal on their promotions, and said farewell to Prof. Katherine Kulick of French and Francophone Studies and TESOL, who retired after a long career at W&M. In these times of financial uncertainty for many of our students, your gifts have an even greater impact than usual. As soon as we return to campus, and as study abroad programs resume, it will be your contribution that makes a difference in a student’s life. Consider giving to the department, or to one of our language programs: |
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