September 2008

Tharrington is flanc 2008 teacher of the year - Karen Tharrington is the 2008 FLANC Higher Education Teacher of the Year! Karen is Program Coordinator for Spanish Teacher Education at NCSU. Her broad experience as a foreign language educator equips her superbly for her current responsibilities. Her students at NC State will one day teach small children, adolescents, and adults, and Karen knows what they will face, having been both an elementary and high school teacher. She continues to volunteer in projects that help teachers around the state. Karen has always stood out for being passionate about her profession and for mastering a wide array of teaching methods in order to reach as many students as possible. Thanks to her current position as a teacher of teachers, she will be reaching countless students for decades to come. (Source.)

june 2008

Salstad Retires - Dr. Louise Salstad retires as of June 30, 2008. The department hosted a party for her in May. See the photos page.

MAY 2008

Minor Report - The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers 12 language minors. The 2007-2008 minor report was recently prepared by Ms. Susan Navye-Davis. A copy of the report is here.

Spring graudation - Spring Graduation was held on May 10, 2008. Dr. Louise Salstad was the speaker at the departmental ceremony. Her speech can be read by clicking here.

Passing of Diane fagin adler - Diane Fagin Adler, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, passed away May 9, 2008. We have lost a wonderful colleague, educator, administrator, and friend. (See tribute here.) One of Diane's greatest pleasures was seeing the often profound impact travel or study abroad in France had on her students' lives. Diane's family has set up the Diane Fagin Adler Francophile Scholarship. It will be used to support one outstanding French student each year for a study abroad experience in France. Her husband thought this would be a wonderful way to honor her memory. Donation information can be found here: http://sa.ncsu.edu/fl/giving.htm

Sosower Appointed to Distinguished Professorship - Mark Sosower has received a Distinguished Professorship appointment. To receive this designation, an individual must be "one of the best scholars in his/her discipline and known and respected nationally and internationally by scholars in their field." They also must have improved the quality of NC State and served its mission through service and involvement in the campus community. As one of a handful of authorities on Greek codicology, especially of late Medieval and humanistic manuscripts, Mark's accomplishments were praised in letters from colleagues at Oxford, the Bavarian State Library, Yale, Rome, Switzerland, and the Vatican. In addition to numerous articles and presentations, he has published four books and two catalogues, and has four more catalogues forthcoming. (Source.)

APRIL 2008

Boyd Wins whitaker fellowship - WHITAKER INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Jennifer Boyd, 2008, Caldwell, USP, CSLEPS, Biomedical Engineering & German Studies, has won a fellowship from the Whitaker Foundation.  A relatively new award, the Whitaker seeks to promote internationalization in the field of bio-medical engineering by offering full-support packages to those seeking education abroad.  Jennifer benefitted from endorsement by the Department of BioMedical Engineering and the College of Engineering in her application for the Whitaker.  She will use her award at University of Oxford, pursuing a D.Phil in Orthopaedic Engineering.

Navey-Davis earns outstanding teacher award - Susan Navey-Davis, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, has been named the first recipient of the First Year Inquiry Program's Outstanding Teaching Award for her innovative teaching practices in FYI courses.  She will receive the award at the Honors Baccalaureate and Celebration of Academic Excellence in the McKimmon Center on May 8.

Sosower earns University Alumni Association Award - Dr. Mark L. Sosower, professor of foreign languages and literatures, has earned [May 2007] the University Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award. Sosower is one of the world’s experts in Greek codicology—specifically, paper forensics. Sosower has carried out much of the foundational work in this field and has altered the way it is done. He developed a methodology for analyzing watermarks by integrating hand tracing with computerized imaging, significantly advancing dating paper of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. The Vatican recently published the centerpiece of his cumulative research on its collection, Index seu Inventarium Bibliothecae Vaticanae Divi Leonis Pontificis Optimi anno 1518. He currently is using the technique to prepare a new album of watermarks of Greek manuscripts at the Bayerische Staatsbliothek in Munich. (From Results Volume VII, Number 4 )

March 2008

Belltower Lit for Brody - March 10, the NC State University Belltower was lit in honor of Toby Brody, who received a Fulbright grant for the Fall 2007 semester.
The ESL section honored her that night by gathering at the Bell Tower for the lighting and then traveling to Frazier's restaurant for a dinner in her honor. (Photos by Nancy Swisher)

At the foot of the Bell Tower	Dinner at Frazier's

Five North Carolina State University faculty members have received Fulbright Scholar grants to study and teach abroad during the 2007-08 academic year.
Fulbright grants are awarded each year to leading researchers, teachers and administrators at universities worldwide, allowing the recipients to travel, conduct research and teach abroad at host universities for up to one year.
This year's NC State recipients are among the approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who were selected for the program. NC State's recipients include: Toby Brody, director of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program and a faculty member in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Brody received a lecturing award on "Teaching English as a Foreign Language" at the Technological University of Panama in Panama City, Panama. (From NCSU News Service)

German Studies Major Inaguration - The German Section of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at NC State University cordially invites you to an Inauguration Celebration of the new German Studies Major at NC State University. Dr. Lutz Görgens, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, from the consulate in Atlanta, will be with us for this event!
Please join us on Wednesday, March 12, anytime from 11:30 - 2:00 in Caldwell Hall Lounge. Number 25 on map: http://www.ncsu.edu/campus_map/north.htm
Speakers - 12 noon, Dr. Terri Lomax, Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice Chancellor 12:15, Dr. Toby Parcel, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences 12:30, Dr. Lutz Görgens, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany 13.00, Dr. Raymond Burt, Professor of German, Department Head at UNC Wilmington and Creator of the UNC German Studies Consortium. Check out our website: http://sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/fl/german/.

Withers Media Viewing Room - The Media Viewing Room, equipped with a large plasma screen, is now up and running in Withers 131. You can show VHS tapes and DVD's, as well as use the attached computer. The room seats 6 students comfortably, and a few smaller chairs could probably be brought in as well. The room is also set up for video conferencing.
Incidentally, the default page for the computer browser is set to http://cervantestv.es, the continuous video feed from Spain that Louise Salstad recently pointed out. If you know of similar feeds in other languages or from other countries, please let Vijay know (vijay@chass.ncsu.edu).
Questions regarding the use of the room can be directed to Vijay. Scheduling of the room can be done by following the "Classroom Schedules" link from the Lab web site: http://chasslabs.chass.ncsu.edu/laundry/home. The room shows up as 131a.

Buescher wins Fellowship - William Buescher, a graduating senior in German Studies, has won the Congress/Bundestag Exchange Fellowship for Young Professionals.

February 2008

Boyd Named Clarendon Scholar --Jennifer Boyd '08, Biomedical Engineering & German Studies, Caldwell Fellow, University Scholars, Undergraduate Research.
Jennifer has been named a Clarendon Scholar at the University of Oxford.
Fewer than 250 Clarendon Scholars are at the University at any given time.  They are selected on the basis of merit from a world-wide pool of candidates.  The Clarendon ensures complete financial support for top students for the duration of their graduate programs.  Jen will take a DPhil in Orthopedic Engineering.

Jennifer also won a scholarship to the Technische Hochschule at Aachen, Germany for this summer where she will use the skills of both her majors.