Mr. Mackenzie McMillan (B.A. 2013--Political Science, minors in History & Asian Studies) was admitted to the Japan Studies M.A. program at University of Washington where he was awarded the FLAS Fellowship for the 2016-2017 school year for Japanese language study. He was also accepted at the Social Policy and Development Program (NGOs) at the London School of Economics. Congratulations, Mackenzie!
Dr. Isabel Durocher received the Faculty Excellence in Teaching from the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences, 2016. ¡Felicitaciones, Dra. Durocher!
Hannah Griggs (English Literature/Spanish 2012) received her Masters from Boston College in 2016. She is currently an Adjunct Instructor of English at Boston College. ¡Felicitaciones, Hannah!
Loyola graduate Cheyenne Blackburn (Criminal Justice with a Spanish minor, 2015) received a position shortly after graduation as a Community Outreach Paralegal with the Southern Poverty Law Center. According to Cheyenne, part of the reason she applied for and received this position was due to her Spanish classes at Loyola! ¡Felicitaciones, Cheyenne!
Laura Givnish (International Development/Spanish--2016) was selected to become a Youth Development Volunteer with the Peace Corps in Perú. She will serve there for 27 months. ¡Felicitaciones y buena suerte, Laura!
On May 5, 2016, the Honors seminar "History of French Fashion" and some of their friends gave an exciting show. According to the program, the show was "a retrospective wink to three iconic French couturiers whose visionary work paved the way for revolutionary changes not only in our wardrobe, but also, in the way we live." More than 230 people attended to see this review of fashion to music. Many thanks to Aveda Institute for hair and make-up, and to the support of Francophilia Foundation, the University Honors Program, and the Department of Languages and Cultures.
¡Felicitaciones a los nuevos socios de Mu Kappa! In April, the following students were initiated into the national Spanish honor society, Sigma Delta Pi:
Sawyer-Rae Joseph
Darius Smith
Theresa Solenski
Jordan Cayley Kent-Wozinski
¡Bienvenidos!
A documentary on Cuban race relations, Código Color, Memorias, made its U.S. premiere on April 6, 2016 at Loyola University. Drs. Leopoldo Tablante and Dittmar Dittrich invited Cuban film maker William Sabourin O'Reilly to show his documentary and speak to the public afterwards. The film explores race relations in today's Cuban society, a critical issue that President Obama addressed during his historical visit to Cuba. The premiere brought a huge crowd to Loyola to share the opening of the film and to discuss race relations in Cuba and the filmmaker's techniques.
Dr. Jean Brager directed four students (Bari James Bellard, Antoine Barriere, and Linsey Shubert, Loyola students; and Luke Condzal, Tulane student) in a montage of monologues and scenes from the French and Francophone repertoire during two evenings in April 2016. The scenes led the audience behind the curtain, behind the façade of acting, and behind what is really at play onstage: the subtext of emotions. When art becomes deconstruction, life--and any action on or off stage, for that matter--is essentially performative.
Senior Genesis Rodas (French, 2016) has received the Escadrille Louisiane program's Teaching Assistantship in France for 2016-2017. This Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF), sponsored by the French Ministry of Education, for the 2016-2017 academic year, will place Genesis in Rennes, France, at the Académie de Rennes. In addition, she is sponsored through CODOFIL, the Council on the Development of French in Louisiana, to attend classes at the Université de Rennes, to begin her Masters in Teaching degree in French.