Opportunities in French

French listserv | UMMENTRENOUS@lists.umn.edu is a listserv for Morris' francophiles. Subscribers receive reminders about conversation table, announcements about upcoming French events at UMM and elsewhere, and posts about available jobs and other opportunities in French. To subscribe, e-mail Prof. Berberi.

French Pilot Program | The French Pilot Program is a partnership between Morris Area Elementary School and the French Program at UMM that allows you to try teaching, and elementary school students the chance to learn some French. Ali Kondrick ('05) helped these students create a family tree in French. Without the Morris Pilot Program, these kids would have to wait until high school to study French! E-mail Prof. Senior if you are interested in the Pilot Program.

Peer Tutoring | Each year, the French Discipline recommends several students to Academic Assistance to serve as Peer Tutors in French. As a Peer Tutor, you may meet with one or several students who request help in French. You manage your own schedule with clients and are paid work-study wages.

Work-Study | The French Discipline typically employs two motivated advanced students to grade workbooks for the first-year course or to complete other, related tasks in the French Discipline.

French & Francophone Cinema | The Hasselmo Language Teaching Center continues to add great films to an impressive collection of over 150 classic and contemporary films from France and the francophone world. Many courses in the French curriculum offer the opportunity to study these films; you can watch them with friends on a large screen in the Media Room of the LTC.

MAP | Morris Academic Partnership is a selective program that allows you to work closely with a French professor on a particular project. You might be asked to work on a manuscript in progress or compile an index, or develop multi-media materials for a French course. The MAP Program involves 8-10 hours of specialized work per week and provides a maximum stipend of $2,000 per academic year.

UROP | The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, administered through UMTC, is a highly competitive program that enables a student to develop a research project in partnership with a French faculty member. In 2004-05, Anna Harrington ('05) was awarded a UROP to study the effects of Rap and Hip Hop music on French national identity:“Piaf to Rap: French Music and Lyrics as Instruments of Cultural Critique.” UROP Home