Category Archives: Spanish

Clavering ’13 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Malaysia

Alex Clavering ’13, of Dix Hills, N.Y., has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Malaysia, where he will teach English to Malaysian high school students from January to October 2014. A political science major, Clavering says his enjoyment … Continue reading →

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Blog: Irish American Riley ’14 Sets Off to Ireland for Spring Semester

NAME Katie Riley ’14 HOMETOWN Alameda, Calif. AREAS OF STUDY Political science and Spanish double major WHERE SHE’S STUDYING Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland WHY SHE CHOSE IRELAND “I fell in love with Dublin and Trinity College during a family … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Professor and Students Recognized for Multimedia Project on Latin American and Spanish Film

Bridget Franco, assistant professor of Spanish at the College of the Holy Cross, was awarded the “2012 Best Media Prize” by the New England Council for Latin American Studies (NECLAS) for the development of CINEGLOS, a web-based Spanish-language audiovisual glossary … Continue reading →

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28 Holy Cross Students to be Inducted into Jesuit Honor Society

Twenty-eighty students from the class of 2013 at the College of the Holy Cross will be inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit honor society, on October 28. Alpha Sigma Nu seeks out students at Jesuit institutions of higher learning … Continue reading →

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Blog: Montoya ’14 Looks Forward to Improving Spanish, Traveling Europe During Semester in Spain

NAME Melissa Montoya ’14 HOMETOWN Pawtucket, R.I. AREAS OF STUDY Economics and accounting major with a Women’s and Gender Studies concentration WHERE SHE’S STUDYING University of A Coruña in Galicia, Spain WHY SHE CHOSE SPAIN “In the accounting curriculum, most … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Students Win National Video Contest

Two Holy Cross students won a national video contest sponsored by Vista Higher Learning, a publisher of world language programs for educational institutions. Frances Klimczak ’13 and Matthew Regan ’15 worked with this year’s foreign language assistants (FLAs) and students … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Hires 17 New Faculty Members for 2011-12 Academic Year

The Office of the Dean at the College of the Holy Cross announces the hiring of 17 new faculty members, 14 in tenure-track positions and three postdoctoral teaching fellows, for the 2011-12 academic year. They are: Alo C. Basu (assistant … Continue reading →

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Blog: Cain ’13 Aims for Fluency in Spanish During Year Abroad

NAME Shannon Cain ’13 HOMETOWN Webster, Mass. AREAS OF STUDY Spanish major in the premed program WHERE SHE’S STUDYING University of León in Leon, Spain WHY SHE CHOSE SPAIN “To attain Spanish fluency and gain a firsthand experience of the … Continue reading →

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