{"id":261,"date":"2018-06-21T20:59:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T20:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/global-languages\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2023-04-25T13:13:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:13:21","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-global-languages-cultures\/news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#038; events"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Moments to Remember:<\/h2>\n<h3>GLC Students and Faculty Honored at NAU&#8217;s Fall 2019 Gold Axe and Distinguished Senior Awards Ceremony<\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-uncropped-large wp-image-1085\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-global-languages-cultures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165415178_83fb71ea1d_k-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165415178_83fb71ea1d_k-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165415178_83fb71ea1d_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165415178_83fb71ea1d_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165415178_83fb71ea1d_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165415178_83fb71ea1d_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Congratulations to Austin Dikeman for receiving the College of Arts and Letters&#8217; Distinguished Senior Award in Fall 2019! Pictured here with her French Professor, Dr. Erika Hess.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1088\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-global-languages-cultures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166100397_e9bac8ef5b_k-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166100397_e9bac8ef5b_k-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166100397_e9bac8ef5b_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166100397_e9bac8ef5b_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166100397_e9bac8ef5b_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166100397_e9bac8ef5b_k.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to Kyndra Forsley, Fall 2019 Gold Axe Award recipient, and her &#8220;most influential faculty member,&#8221; Professor Di Wu of Chinese.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1086\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-global-languages-cultures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165391038_f04598171f_k-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165391038_f04598171f_k-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165391038_f04598171f_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165391038_f04598171f_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165391038_f04598171f_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49165391038_f04598171f_k.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Congratulations to Sierra Cottle, Fall 2019&#8217;s Gold Axe Award recipient, and her &#8220;most influential faculty member,&#8221; Dr. Jersus Colmenares of Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-uncropped-large wp-image-1093\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-global-languages-cultures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166092727_0dd793c536_k-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166092727_0dd793c536_k-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166092727_0dd793c536_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166092727_0dd793c536_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166092727_0dd793c536_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/49166092727_0dd793c536_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, congratulations to Lai Yan Lam for receiving the Fall 2019 Gold Axe Award, and to her &#8220;most influential faculty member,&#8221; Dr. Reiko Akiyama of Japanese.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Congratulations to our May 2019 graduates!<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-uncropped-large wp-image-971\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-global-languages-cultures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/IMG_1165-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/IMG_1165-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/IMG_1165-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/IMG_1165-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/IMG_1165-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/IMG_1165-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/IMG_1165-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/IMG_1165-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>GLC&#8217;s German Section was very pleased to host our May graduates, our scholarship donor, and recipients of scholarships and prizes. Depicted in the photo: Jessica Wood (faculty), Astrid Klocke (faculty), Bernd Conrad (faculty), Alexander Matic, Elizabeth Pruitt (Outstanding Student in German, Dec 2018 graduate) Skylar Weber (Elaine Loven &amp; Vera Laski scholarship recipient), Annalise Weiss, Tyler Clark (1st place, Annual German Translation Contest), Jacqueline Torpy, Pat Loven (donor, Elaine Loven Memorial Scholarship), Marilya Reese (faculty)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">NAU offering accelerated Brazilian Portuguese<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-933\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-global-languages-cultures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/bandeira-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/bandeira-232x174.png 232w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/bandeira-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/bandeira-464x348.png 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Started in the Fall of 2019, NAU&#8217;s Department of Global Languages &amp; Cultures, in conjunction with the Center for International Education, now offers Brazilian Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This program will\u00a0cover the equivalent of two years of Brazilian Portuguese in two semesters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/nau.edu\/nau-portuguese\/\">Program information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Latin American Studies Photo Contest!<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-721\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-global-languages-cultures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/las_photo_contest-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/las_photo_contest-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/las_photo_contest-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/las_photo_contest-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/las_photo_contest-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/las_photo_contest-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/las_photo_contest.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Recent events<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moments to Remember: GLC Students and Faculty Honored at NAU&#8217;s Fall 2019 Gold Axe and Distinguished Senior Awards Ceremony Congratulations to Austin Dikeman for receiving the College of Arts and Letters&#8217; Distinguished Senior Award in Fall 2019! Pictured here with her French Professor, Dr. Erika Hess. 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