Department of Languages

Clemson ranks high in African Americans who earn language degrees

Study Abroad in Ecuador

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 […]

L&IH students do internships at Seville hospital

L&IH students at the Victoria Eugenia Hospital in Seville.

Language and International Health (L&IH) students studying abroad in Seville, Spain through the Centro Internacional de Estudios Culturales (CINECU) have the opportunity to do internships at the Victoria Eugenia Hospital. The three-month, 135-hour internship allows students to directly observe the structural and functional organization of the healthcare system in Andalusia. These internships were facilitated by the Institute […]

Building Healthy Communities in the Dominican Republic project takes fall trip

Building Healthy Communities in the Dominican Republic is an undergraduate research and study abroad Creative Inquiry (CI) project led by Dr. Arelis Moore de Peralta. The project is an interdisciplinary, holistic effort dedicated to improving the health of Las Malvinas, a poverty-stricken community in the Dominican Republic (DR). Moore de Peralta holds a joint appointment with […]

Students, alumni and faculty form Clemson Club in Japan

Clemson Club in Japan

From Clemson World: A group of alumni, former faculty, exchange students and current students are beginning the process to form a Clemson Club in Japan. They recently gathered in Tokyo with a group of about 12, including former faculty members Toshiko and Yuji Kishimoto, at an izakaya (a Japanese gastropub) for drinks and food and […]

Department hosts International Forum for German and Spanish in the Professions

IFGSP Roundtable

The Department of Languages and the German and Spanish Programs hosted the International Forum for German and Spanish in the Professions on September 28, 2016. This conference, the sixth in the annual German conference series, was held in the Hendrix Center Ballroom on the Clemson University campus. German companies from the region with markets and investments […]

In memoriam: Dre Martin, L&IH graduate

Dre Martin

Clemson mourns the death of Chardrevius “Dre” Martin, 22, of Dewy Rose, Georgia. Dre passed away on May 20, 2016. He graduated in May with a degree in Language and International Health (L&IH) and served as the president of the L&IH Society. He studied abroad in Seville, Spain, where he also completed an internship. Dre was […]

Students honored at annual CAAH awards ceremony

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 […]