Spanish 391: Using Spanish in Our Community
In Fall 2025, Dr. Allison Libbey of the Spanish program launched a new service learning class allowing students to use their Spanish language skills while working with Milwaukee-area nonprofits.
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Japanese minor serves as youth ambassador at World Expo in Osaka
UWM student Gabrielle Sweeney, a political science major and Japanese minor, worked at the American Pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka, Japan this summer as one of 100 youth ambassadors, using her Japanese language skills to give presentations to a Japanese-speaking …
WLC Faculty and Staff Honored as 2025 International Advocates
Congratulations to Anita Alkhas of French, Masako Lackey of Japanese, and Christine Wolf of Global Studies, who have all been honored as 2025 International Advocates by the Center for International Education for their exceptional support and guidance of international students.
ITALIAN 333 Enacts Dante’s Inferno
Students in ITALIAN 333: Dante’s Divine Comedy in Translation act out a circle of Dante’s Inferno on Monday, September 15 at the fountain outside of Curtin Hall. Dante students acted the roles of the Inferno’s hoarders and squanderers, pushing boulders (aka yoga …
Students gain valuable career skills while translating Japanese media
Students in JAPAN 361: Translating Japanese Media developed their translation and Japanese language skills while also building other valuable career skills.
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Sarah Davies Cordova on Rive Gauche to Commemorate 31st Anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
Prof. Sarah Davies Cordova joined Alliance Française Executive Director Anne Leplae on the Rive Gauche Riverwest radio show/podcast on April 8 to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda with a reading from Franco-Rwandan …
UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony 2025
Professor Sarah Davies Cordova and Professor Emerita Robin Pickering-Iazzi were among the members of the Department of Global Studies celebrated at the biannual UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony on March 27, 2025, acknowledging UWM scholars who have published books since the …
Japanese major Keizan Sato’s Study Abroad Experience
How do you travel internationally, learn a new language, make lifelong friends, and broaden your cultural horizons, all on a student’s budget? One answer is scholarships. Just ask Keizan Sato. Read about Keizan’s study abroad experiences in the College of Letters …
Japanese alum hosts Kokoro Cafe pop-up restaurant
UWM alum Brandon Crisp (Japanese and Film Studies, 2019) is hosting Kokoro Cafe, a pop-up restaurant, at Faklandia Brewpub in St. Francis on Monday, November 11. Get more information and RSVP here!