May 26, 2017
According to a recent media release, Clemson University selected eight students for the 2017 National Scholars Program, the university’s most selective academic merit program. The eight are an extraordinarily gifted group. Beyond the remarkable academic records they present — an average SAT of more than 1530 and high school class rank in the top 1 percent — these Scholars […]
April 11, 2017
The following Department of Languages students were honored at the 2016-2017 College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities (CAAH) Honors and Awards Ceremony on April 7 in the Brooks Center Theatre. Congratulations! See all the photos from the event here. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE Linda Wilson – Gallaudet/Clerc Award for Excellence in American Sign Language The award is given […]
April 7, 2017
The College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities inducted 17 founding members of a new Hall of Fame celebrating alumni, faculty and friends who have made a significant impact upon the educational, research and/or service goals of the college. The induction ceremony was held March 31 at the Madren Conference Center, with 14 of the new […]
March 26, 2017
2017 marked the 10th anniversary of the Department of Languages‘s annual Language and International Trade (L&IT) Conference, held March 8 in the Hendrix Student Center ballrooms. The theme of this year’s conference was inclusiveness in the business world. The conference featured a keynote speech about the business case for diversity by Lee Gill, Clemson’s Chief […]
February 24, 2017
Clemson ranks 16th in the nation in the number of African American undergraduate students earning a foreign language degree in 2016, according to Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Clemson ranked 19th in 2015 and 35th in 2013. Since 2010, the magazine has published rankings of the top 100 institutions that confer the most degrees to minority […]
April 27, 2016
The following Department of Languages students were honored at the 2015-2016 College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities (CAAH) Honors and Awards Ceremony on April 8 in the Brooks Center Theatre. Congratulations! Jane Kuebler – American Association of Teachers French Award Ana Montoya – American Association of Teachers Spanish & Portuguese Award Hanna Denney & Jamie Gillespie – Carlton Moore Award […]
April 26, 2016
Laura Hilty is a graduating senior in the Language and International Trade (L&IT) program. She studied and worked abroad in Spain, and she co-founded the Spanish Professional Society on Clemson’s campus. Let’s learn more about Laura and her accomplishments. Where are you from and why did you choose Clemson? I am from Lexington, Kentucky originally. When I […]
April 7, 2016
The 2016 Language and International Trade (L&IT) Conference focused on the theme of Nurturing Global Competence: The Relationships between Demographics and Marketability. It was held in the Hendrix Student Center Ballroom on March 9. The goal of the conference was to provide opportunities for students to learn about international business and to connect with leaders […]
September 23, 2015
The first time I ventured across the Atlantic was to study abroad in the coastal community of Alicante, Spain, during the spring semester of my sophomore year. As a Language and International Trade Spanish major, I wanted to be as immersed in the Spanish language and culture as possible. […]
