Department News

As featured in The Appalachian: "Bonjour from Boone"
Nov 5, 2019

A partnership was created to connect FRE 1050 students at Appalachian State University with students at Université de Mons-Louvais in Mons, Belgium. ...

Connor Millward at Novgorod State University
Sep 10, 2019

Connor Millward travelled to Novgorod in Spring 2019 to study at the Novgorod State University in Russia.  Connor thinks back on his experie...

Art Starts with a Line: Foundations of Arabic/Islamic Calligraphy
Aug 28, 2019

 Nihad Dukhan is a Palestinian-American master of Arabic and Islamic calligraphy.  He is a professor of mechanical engineering at ...

Dr. Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand receives Fulbright Award for Spring 2020
Apr 24, 2019

Dr. Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, professor of German and global studies,  has received a Fulbright award to teach at the University of Graz in...

McBarrett Abroad

McBarrett S. Good in Veliky Novgorod
Feb 6, 2019

McBarrett Good traveled to Novgorod  during the summer of 2018 where he studied Russian at the Language Institute at Novgorod State University. M...

DLLC Majors and Minors Recognized at International Business Awards Luncheon
Dec 5, 2018

A number of DLLC majors and minors were recently recognized at the International Business Award Luncheon this year which is hosted by the Walker Colle...

DLLC Alumni Receive Notable Awards at the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina Conference
Oct 22, 2018

Carmen Scoggins (MA, '98) and Valerie Daratony (BS, '18) were recognized with benchmark career awards during the recent Foreign Language Association o...

Dr. Kennedy's screening of new documentary in Germany
Oct 1, 2018

Dr. Kennedy will be screening his newest documentary "Baron Maximilian von Ketelhodt and the Morant Bay Uprising" at the Jahrestagung der Deutsch-Jama...

LLC Alumni Co-Author Article in the IALLT Journal
Sep 4, 2018

LLC alumni Amanda Romjue (BA 2007, MA 2008, PhD Univ. of Nebraska 2016) and Judson MacDonald (BS 2017, MA 2018) have co-authored a paper which in...

Drs. Xiaofei Tu and Wendy Xie awarded STARTALK Grant to offer Chinese instruction to high school students.
Apr 25, 2018

Drs. Xiaofei Tu and Wendy Xie were awarded a STARTALK grant of $89,724.10. The federal grant will fully fund 18 high school students to participate in...