Department of Hispanic Studies Newsletter Spring 2011 Editorâs Note: Hola! This newsletter aims to keep faculty, students and alumni up to date of our activities and achievements. We would like to encourage you to contact us with any news that you would like to share. Please email us at hispanic@iwu.edu or visit us at www.iwu.edu/hispanic, donât forget to list what year you graduated! Saludos, Christina Isabelli This year the department celebrated its 10th anniversary at Homecoming. Graduates from several classes joined with faculty and friends of the department. For pictures of the event visit: http://estudioshispanicos.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/el-departamento-de-hispanic-studiescelebra-su-10%C2%BA-aniversario. To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month our students were encouraged to attend the Immigration Reform Forum. The keynote speaker was Marti Jones, executive director of the Immigration Project, a non-for-profit that offers immigration legal services throughout downstate Illinois. Jones also joined students on a discussion forum at Hansen Center. The Spanish and Latino Student Association and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs sponsored the event. Other co-curricular events included the participation of our faculty in the International Film Series. Prof. Carmela FerradĂĄns presented âThe Secret in their Eyesâ (2009, Argentina) and Prof. Alejandro Enriquez presented âMachucaâ (2005, Chile). We were also visited by four alumni (Matthew Brown â03, Zaya Fusco â05, Craig Knoche â02, and Brianna Welch â07) at the Crystal Ball Coffeehouse for Foreign Languages who talked about their career choices and how studying a second language has enriched their careers and lives, we are proud of you!
back row: Christina Isabelli, Mauricio Parra, Arturo GarcĂa, CĂŠsar Valverde, Carolyn Nadeau, Gayle Sauer front row: Allison Weiss, Carmela FerradĂĄns, Cecilia SĂĄnchez, Alejandro Enriquez 1