Hispanic Studies at William & Mary

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Hispanic Studies News:

Marianne McLaughlin (Hispanic Studies student) has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship for next year in Chile
04/23/2008

    Hispanic Studies Alumna and Faculty Team Up for Spanish Day at Smithfield Middle School
    03/18/2008
    Latreesha Herring participated in organizing Spanish Day for her 8th graders at Smithfield Middle School. Among the events was a screening of the Cuban film "Viva Cuba," introduced by Ann Marie Stock.

      Student Focuses on Argentine Human Rights
      02/01/2008
      Christine Kudrav ’08 Studies Argentine Human Rights through Internship and Senior Research Project

      Hispanic Studies Alumnus General Manager of Busch Gardens Europe
      11/20/2007
      Busch Entertainment Corporation (BEC), the family entertainment subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Cos., today announced the promotion of Hispanic Studies alumnus John T. Reilly, Corporate Vice-President of Merchandising, to Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg, Va.

      Hispanic Studies Professor George Greenia Awarded Highest Spanish Honor for Cultural Achievement
      10/12/2007
      George Greenia professor of Medieval Hispanic Studies and known for his work on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage received Spain’s highest cultural achievement distinction for foreign nationals on October 11.

      Hispanic Studies Student David Culver Blogging for NBC News from Seville
      09/19/2007
      Hispanic Studies student David Culver is blogging his experiences as a foreign student in W&M semester program in Seville, Spain, for NBC News

      Hispanic Studies Graduate Michelle Neyland Receives Rotary Scholarship to Costa Rica
      09/10/2007
      Michelle Neyland is a 2005 Hispanic Studies graduate. She is the recipient of the 2007-08 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for District 7610. In addition to serving as an ambassador of goodwill abroad in Costa Rica, Michelle will be pursing an MA in Media, Conflict and Peace Studies at The University for Peace in Ciudad Colón.

        Participants in W&M Summer Program in Cadiz (Spain) Featured in Local TV
        06/28/2007
        Author:Cindy Baker. In what may well be a first for William and Mary, a student from the College and her professor were interviewed for a local TV news show—in Spain. Addison Porter ('09) and Francie Cate-Arries, professor of modern languages and literatures, spoke to a reporter at Cadiz’s cultural center, Centro Municipal de Arte Flamenco La Merced. The news report was scheduled to air on TV Onda Cadiz on June 28.

        HS Graduate Recipient of Fulbright Scholarship
        05/19/2007
        Charles Abbot, graduate in Hispanic Studies, was recently awarded a Fulbright scholarship. He will be conducting research in Argentina during 2008.

          Grants: Language and Culture Assistants in Spain 2007-08
          03/12/2007
          The Education Office of the Embassy of Spain in the U.S.A. has announced the opening of the period for applications for the program of Language and Culture Assistants in Spain 2007-08.

          Prof. Francie Cate Arries receives Commonwealth
          02/20/2007
          Francie Cate-Arries, professor of Hispanic studies, and Daniel Cristol, associate professor of biology, were selected as two of the 12 statewide recipients of the 2007 Outstanding Faculty Awards, sponsored by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and Dominion. The award recognizes the finest among Virginia’s college faculty for their demonstrated excellence in teaching, research and public service.

          Hispanic Studies Students Selected for Internship at the Spanish Embassy
          01/01/2007
          Hispanic Studies majors Andrew Cunningham and Catalina Esguerra were granted internships at the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC for the summer of 2007

          Students serve Eastern Shore farm workers under the direction of HS Professor Arries
          8/8/2006
          Hispanic Studies students were interviewed about their experiences working with migrant farm workers as language interpreters in Virginia's Eastern Shore.

          Cate-Arries's book receives MLA Honorable Mention
          12/02/2005
          The MLA announced on November 30, 2005 that Francie Cate-Arries's book, "Spanish Culture behind Barbed Wire," received the Honorable Mention Award for the fifteenth annual Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize for an outstanding book published in English in the field of Latin American and Spanish literatures and cultures.