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Welcome from the Chair
Graduate Student Spotlight: Alioune Fall
Alumni Spotlight: Rachel Licina
Intercultural Competence in World Language Education
FIGSA (French and Italian Graduate Student Association)
Staff Spotlight: Adam Keller
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Welcome from the Chair
Dear Friends, I open this message by wishing you all the best for the new year. 2020 was indeed remarkable, and in Autumn semester members of the FRIT…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Alioune Fall
Alioune Fall is in the sixth year of a Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies. He is working on a dissertation titled “From Negritude to Afro Diaspora: Multi-Dimensional Resonances of Blackness”…
Alumni Spotlight: Rachel Licina
We had an opportunity to catch up with FRIT alumna Rachel Licina, who graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in French and History. Licina has taken full advantage of her undergraduate education,…
Intercultural Competence in World Language Education
Intercultural Competence (ICC) is a lifelong process that includes the development of knowledge and respect of other cultures, and the ability to behave and communicate effectively in a global world…
FIGSA (French and Italian Graduate Student Association)
The French and Italian Graduate Student Association (FIGSA) is an important part of FRIT and the graduate student experience. The organization is run by students who are elected by the department’s…