Congratulations to SLLC’s 2024 graduates! We are so proud of you and we can’t wait to see where your career takes you as the next generation of language students. A special thank you to our faculty, alumni and Dean Shonekan for sharing inspiring words with our graduates. #umdgrad

Join our commencement live feed here youtube.com/live/MTU6nKLHl…

On May 10, SLLC celebrated our professional track faculty and teaching assistants during an award ceremony. Congratulations to Magnus Jensen, Nery González, Valeria Federici and Makiko Inoue for receiving awards!

Join us in honoring our Class of 2024 during our #UMDgrad commencement ceremony on May 21!
go.umd.edu/sllcgrad

Meet N’deye Diop, an Arabic student sharing her experience with Winter at Yonsei University in Korea and advice for other students like her.
Maryland Arts & Humanities
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SLLC faculty and staff took a trip to Taipei City, the capital of Taiwan. They were joined by the Ministry of Education and National Taiwan Normal University, SLLC's partner university.

Over spring break, students completed a “life-changing” study abroad trip by walking 78 miles of El Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain to learn the historical, cultural and personal importance of pilgrimage: sllc.umd.edu/news/life-chan…

Congrats to Valerie Orlando, professor and head of French, who has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend to support her research and writing for a book on the themes of history and memory in contemporary Algerian literature. sllc.umd.edu/news/valerie-o…

Meet Keon, a public health science major part of the Language House Immersion Program in the Persian cluster!

On May 8, SLLC held an Undergraduate Student Awards Reception to celebrate our undergraduate students' achievements and recognize those who had received awards during this academic year.

The Outstanding Teaching Assistant (TA) of the Year Award was created to honor Graduate Teaching Assistants who have a lasting impact on their student's education. Nominate a TA whose class you have taken this academic year: go.umd.edu/sllctaawards24

Are you interested in taking a summer course with SLLC? Explore SLLC's online summer courses for the first session from May 30 to July 7. sllc.umd.edu/news/sllc-summ…

Today is #MarylandDay ! Stop by Jimenez Hall for the following activities today:
- Stories in Spanish, noon - 1 p.m. in Jimenez Hall Lobby
- Get Physical, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. outside of the Main Entrance
- Great Book Giveaway in the Jimenez Hall lobby and outside of the main entrance

Next Friday, join us for the Kang lecture series to discuss Buddhist medicine in China and explore qi, yin-yang, and the five phases through the clinical practice of Chinese medicine. sllc.umd.edu/events/kang-le…

Please join us for a poetry reading with Cynthia Guardado, author of Cenizas (2022) and ENDEAVOR (2017) on April 25.

See what's happening and get involved this week in SLLC: sllc.umd.edu/events

Twitter: “Theater is good for those who have what is called a social temperament. For those who want to change something in society,” said Mikhail Durenkov, Russian playwright and 2024 Maya Brin Resident at UMD. See his Q+A: go.umd.edu/durenkov

#FearlesslyGlobal #ArtsforAll

Join us today for the performance 'Are We at War Yet' at the The Clarice. sllc.umd.edu/events/are-we-…

Join the Spanish and Portuguese department as Miguel Valerio analyzes Salvador's pardo festival to explore how pardos engaged in racial self-fashioning through religion, particularly saintly devotion. sllc.umd.edu/events/pards-i…

Help shape the future of #UMD ! Share your insights on campus belonging and community in this quick survey. Let's work together to make UMD a place where all Terps can reach their full potential! Prizes and incentives are available: belonging.umd.edu