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Student Experience

WEBOn campus and in the Bloomington community there are plenty of opportunities to use your Spanish or Portuguese in a variety of ways beyond the classroom—through lectures, social coffee-hours, festivals, film series, student organizations, theater, and volunteering.

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Career Preparation

WEBOur students go on to exciting futures in business, law, education, the humanities, and medicine. A large number are double majors in a health science field; they find that Spanish or Portuguese provides them with the language skills and cultural preparation they need to succeed in their careers.

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María Montenegro

WEBMaría is the Supervisor of S250. She has over ten years of experience teaching at every curricular level, including courses such as general education, basic language, literature, advanced grammar, and Spanish for heritage students, and in different formats such as in person, online, and study abroad.

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Kimberly L. Geeslin (1971

WEBIn Memory of Professor Kimberly L. Geeslin. Professor Kimberly L. Geeslin (1971-2023) was a once-in-a-lifetime friend, mentor, and colleague. She was born May 13, 1971, in Stanford, California, the eldest child of William and Eileen Brown Geeslin, and grew up in New Hampshire.

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Portuguese: Undergraduate: Department of Spanish and …

WEBUndergraduate studies in Portuguese. The Portuguese Program at Indiana University, one of the oldest in the country, is distinguished by its interdisciplinary focus. We offer classes in Portuguese language, literature, and culture, looking at the rich achievements of Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, and other Portuguese-speaking countries.

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Funding Opportunities

WEBIn Fall 2012 the Department of Spanish and Portuguese was awarded a major multi-year grant by the U.S. Department of Education (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need – GAANN) which now enables us to recruit outstanding students with extremely competitive fellowship packages.

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Undergraduate Spanish Language Programs

WEBStudents in Spanish have the opportunity to choose among a great number of study abroad programs. Yearlong programs are available in Lima and Madrid, and semester-long options include Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Spain.

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Spanish B.A.: Undergraduate: Department of Spanish and …

WEBGlobally, Spanish is spoken in over 20 countries and is one of the most demanded foreign languages worldwide. Spanish is thriving as a language in global business and commerce; in arts, design, and cultural management; in science research and the humanities; in publishing and entertainment; in global health and environmental management; and in …

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Kathleen Sideli Retires: La Gaceta Internacional 2022: : Department …

WEBWhen Kathleen Sideli (M.A. 1975, Ph.D. 1983) retired from the Office of Overseas Study on June 30, 2022, it ended a career of almost fifty years at Indiana University. She originally arrived in Bloomington in 1973 to pursue a graduate degree in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, encouraged by Professor Russell Salmon who had been a close …

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Recent Student Achievements

WEBView recent student achievements. Jessica Chiang was awarded the prestigious Susan Butler Award. Lucy Brown and Caroline Oates were awarded the highly competitive Kate Hevner Mueller Award.

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Santiago, Dominican Republic: Culture and Conversation

WEBThis IU-administered summer program is led by faculty from our Spanish and Portuguese department. Students enroll in two Spanish content courses, with instruction provided by IU faculty members, including Erik Willis.

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HISP-S269: Fall Courses: Courses: Undergraduate: Student Portal

WEBInstructor Sandra Ortiz Location Online Days and Times MWF 10:20A - 11:10A Course Description. Prerequisite: HISP-S 250 or equivalent. This course is designed for intermediate students of Spanish interested in acquiring the historical, social, cultural, and linguistic knowledge necessary to recognize and analyze critically the multiple issues …

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In Memory of Professor Kimberly L. Geeslin

WEBy aplicación de la lingüística hispánica (with Manuel Diaz-Campos and Laura Gurzynski-Weiss, Wiley-Blackwell, 2018); Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition: Learning to use language in context (with Avizia Long, Routledge, 2014); The Handbook of Spanish Second Language Acquisition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014); Selected Proceedings of the 14th …

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WEBS317: Spanish Conversation and Diction—Study Abroad Service Learning in the Dominican Republic --- May 8-24, 2022 . https://spark.adobe.com/page/qJvDNc1L5pFHq/

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