The French FLEX undergraduate volunteer program was featured in a recent Crimson White article. See link for details: http://cw.ua.edu/44631/culture/french-department-grows-flex-program/.
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Four students receive Boren Scholarships for Language Study
Boren Scholarships, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide funding for US undergrads to study languages in world regions critical to US interests, and underrepresented in study abroad
Nine Graduates win Fulbright Awards for 2017-2018
Sponsored by the US State Department, Fulbright Awards are highly competitive, and provide grants for individually designed study and research projects, or for English-teaching assistantships. Nine UA graduates have been
Coffman receives Merit Award
PhD student Jana Coffman received a Symposium Merit Award for her paper presentation at the Educational Studies Graduate Research Symposium, recognizing her excellent research based work.
Barthès receives teaching award and further nomination
PhD student Maud Barthès received the Arts & Sciences Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student Award, and was further nominated for the Graduate School’s Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student
Coffman nominated for Educator of Excellence Award
Graduate student Jana Coffman, who is working towards her PhD in Spanish Linguistics with a French minor, was nominated for the Educator of Excellence Award in August of 2016 through
Congratulations to Our 2017 Student Honorees
The French program presented the following student awards in 2017: James Lamar McCann Award for Excellence in French: Brelahn Wyatt and Martin Cole Lewter Prix d’excellence en français: Addison Kennedy Outstanding
Mike Picone: “French Dialects of Louisiana: A Revised Typology”
Dr. Picone also authored a book chapter titled, “French Dialects of Louisiana: A Revised Typology.” In New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Approaches, eds. Michael D. Picone,
Michael Picone: “New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Approaches”
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Picone on the publication of his 800+ page co-edited volume with Dr. Catherine Davies, New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Approaches (Tuscaloosa: