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From left, sophomore Marlena Bailey and senior Alonso Gonzalez Raynaud discuss food during the Tertulias conversation group meeting. The group aims to help students practice speaking Spanish.

Students learn new languages in conversation groups

By Lily Lipka, Staff Writer • February 22, 2023
The Italian and Spanish conversation groups on campus, known as Chiacchiere and Tertulias respectively consist of weekly informal sessions for students to practice their conversation skills.
Language department holds graduation party and competition

Language department holds graduation party and competition

By Alisha Tamarchenko, Staff Videographer • April 17, 2017
To honor graduating seniors, the Modern Languages and Literature department hosted a graduation party and annual Journey's Competition.
IC student establishes charity event for Amatrice earthquake

IC student establishes charity event for Amatrice earthquake

By Colette Piasecki-Masters and Kate Nalepinski • November 16, 2016
Veltri pitched the idea for the fundraiser event, Love and Aid for Amatrice, which the Ithaca College Italian Club hosted Nov. 11 in Emerson Suites.
From left, James Pfrehm, assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, and Marella Feltrin-Morris, associate professor in the modern languages and literatures department, contributed to the creation of three new minors for the 2016–17 academic year.

Ithaca College will add three new minors in the fall

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • April 28, 2016
The Park School will offer an animation minor, and H&S will offer linguistics and translation minors. The three minors will include classes that are new to the college and classes that already exist.
It is not decided where the African Diaspora learning community will be housed on campus, but other learning communities exist in the Terrace dorms, pictured above.

Dual language learning community to return to Ithaca College

By Kyle Arnold and Natasha Curran • March 9, 2016
“You can study through books, but by personal experiences, you get to master it,” he said. “The books won’t show you the language of the street. You need to go out and, for example, learn slang. These communities would help with the oral component.”
Graduate fellows and undergraduate interns collaborate at the summer 2015 workshop for a master’s program combining writing and photography. This initiative is one of several new programs in the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences.

Ithaca College H&S school expands program opportunities

By Annika Kushner, Staff Writer • March 6, 2016
By increasing collaborative efforts, the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences is expanding the number and nature of its programs to attract different kinds of students and offer more diverse opportunities.
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