Category: March 2014

CATEGORIES: March 2014

Chinese Professor Receives a Fellowship to Study Calligraphy in China

Tonglu Li, Assistant Professor of Chinese, is WLC’s most recent recipient of the Jeoraldean S. McClain Art History Faculty Fellowship. The Fellowship – established by Jeoraldean McClain, professor emerita of art history – covers a portion of travel abroad expenses for faculty who wish to engage in a structured summer study program in art history.
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CATEGORIES: March 2014

A Note From the Chair

Dear WLC students, alumni and friends, Each month we highlight recent accomplishments in our department. These have included unique curricular endeavors such as the Language and Cultures for Professions (LCP) secondary major, extraordinary study abroad and international internship programs, or successful student projects. As mentioned previously, WLC offers coursework in nine different languages (ten if … Continue reading A Note From the Chair

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WLC Helps Prepare Culturally Competent Professionals for Today’s Global Engineering World

Shown from left to right: Sebastien Feve, Kevin Ehrecke, Jim Oliver, Rob Hanson, Mark Rectanus, Shannon Miner, Chad Gasta and Mark Looney at “Preparing Tomorrow’s Global Engineer,” March 3rd, 2014.  _____________________________________________________ by Stacey Weber-Feve On Monday, March 3rd, 2014, WLC faculty members Mark Looney, Mark Rectanus, Chad Gasta, and Stacey Weber-Fève participated in an evening … Continue reading WLC Helps Prepare Culturally Competent Professionals for Today’s Global Engineering World

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WLC World Scholars: Samantha Huisman

Major: Kinesiology and Health – Athletic Training · Spanish 3rd year ATS – ISU Women’s Swimming and Diving Sigma Delta Pi – la Sociedad Nacional Honoraria Hispánica | President 2013 winner of Alfred P. Kehlenbeck Scholarship 2013 winner of Louise Semmons Scholarship I spent six weeks in Valencia, Spain independently studying the picaresque genre of Spanish literature … Continue reading WLC World Scholars: Samantha Huisman

CATEGORIES: March 2014

Stories from Study Abroad. Neil Gerstein’s Expedition in China

   My Expedition in China by Neil Gerstein [slideshow_deploy id=’363′] Last semester I had the amazing opportunity to study abroad in China. Being my first, and probably only study abroad experience I’d have while pursuing my undergraduate degree, I took every opportunity I could to see and experience everything China had to offer. My journey … Continue reading Stories from Study Abroad. Neil Gerstein’s Expedition in China