Announcements

Events

February | Tournées Festival of French Films Thanks to a grant from the French-American Cultural Exchange, Entre Nous is bringing a Tournées festival of French films to Morris for the second consecutive year. For more information, visit the UMM Tournées Festival web site.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 | 22nd Annual Edith R. Farrell Poetry Contest
We will gather for our most important tradition. Students compete at their level of proficiency for a variety of prizes, carefully preparing a French or Francophone poem for recitation. Last year, some sixty students gathered for an evening of food, live original music (in French), and poetry. We will also be inducting at least one new member into Pi Delta Phi, The French National Honor Society. In Oyate Hall beginning at 7:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public--please join us!

May 3, 2008 | Travel to the Twin Cities for production of Marivaux's Jeu de l'amour et du hasard by presented La Chandelle Verte
We will be traveling as a group to the College of Saint Catherine's for a production of Marivaux's Game of Love and Chance (in French). La Chandelle Verte is a theater troupe of national renown that specializes in making French theater accessible to students of French. La Chandelle Verte visited UMM in the spring of 2004 to present Corneille's Illusion Comique and it was vraiment merveilleux! We've since been to the Cities for Une Soirée Ionesco, another of La Chandelle Verte's fantastic productions. (Can you tell we are big fans?) Stay tuned for more details...

July in Paris 2008 | Planning for July in Paris 2008 is in full swing! See program link for more details. Application deadline is February 15, 2008. Professor Sarah Buchanan and her charming assistant, Caitlin (July in Paris 2007 participant) can't wait to travel with you. Contact Prof. Buchanan with questions.

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Bonnes Nouvelles!

Professor Stephen Martin successfully defended his dissertation devoted to editoral issues in the meddieval manuscript, Aucassin et Nicolete.

The book Worlds Apart, Disability and Foreign Language Learning, co-edited by French professor Tammy Berberi, was published in January, 2008 by Yale University Press.

Sarah Buchanan Awarded UMMAATA | Sarah Buchanan, Associate Professor of French, was awarded the UMM Alumni Association Teaching Award, an honor bestowed upon only one UMM faculty member per year. Buchanan is recognized for outstanding teaching and an unflagging commitment to study abroad and extra-curriculars. Chapeaux!

Amanda Hinzmann (French and Global Business, '07) left soon after graduation to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo, West Africa. Along with other volunteers, she recently toured the region by bicycle to talk about the importance of education for young girls and to raise money for the Karren R. Waid Fund, which pays for a girl's education through university. Together, UMM French students donated $75, enough money to pay for three years of schooling. Amanda and fellow volunteers raised more than $5,000 for the fund.

Becky Oman (French '07) uses her French every day in a MN car insurance company with ties to Quebec, and says she loves her job, which offers a solid salary, full benefits, bonuses, and opportunities for advancement and growth

Audrey Respet, a UMM senior graduating with majors in French and Biology, recently learned that her application to serve the Peace Corps has been accepted. She knows shw will be teaching science somewhere in French-speaking Africa. Will she find herself in Togo with Amanda? Stay tuned!