2008

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Prof. Dejbord is recipient of two Teaching Awards

Akron, April 24, 2008 - Congratulations to Dr. Parizad Dejbord on having been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award and also the 2008 UA Alumni Association and Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost Outstanding Teacher Award.

The BCAS award carries an honorarium of $1,200 for the recipient and a $1,000 monetary payment to the department. The Alumni award includes an honorarium of $1,000 for the recipient.

The BCAS award will be presented at the A&S reception on Wednesday, April 30, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in STUN 335.

The Alumni Award will be presented at the Founder’s Day Luncheon on May 2, 2008.


UA Students receive Maison Française prizes

Cleveland, April 20, 2008 - Pictured at right with Maison Française president Lillian Politella, UA students Jane Walter and Rebecca Wendeln received prizes in the annual Maison Française de Cleveland competition.

Their achievements competing against students from throughout Northeast Ohio in a timed essay competition were recognized today in a ceremony at the Cleveland Skating Club. The keynote speaker at the ceremony was Prof. Robert Jeantet, who lectures on an annual basis at Maison Française meetings on cultural and historical topics. The students received their awards from Mrs. Lillian Politella, who has been organizing this contest since its inception in 1976.


M.A. graduate to present paper in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, May 2008 - UA Spanish part-time faculty and M.A graduate Tatiana Jordan (University of Akron), presents “La mujer como ente promotor de cambio a favor del medio ambiente en La loca de Gandoca de Anacristina Rossi" at the 28th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, to be held in Cincinnati, May 8-10, 2008.


UA part-timer publishes articles

Akron, February 2008 - UA Spanish part-time faculty Brenda Ortiz-Loyola has recently published the article "Colonizadores y colonizados: las relaciones de poder con respecto a la raza, el género y la clase social en Maldito amor de Rosario Ferré y su efecto en la construcción de la identidad nacional" in the Utah Foreign Language Review (2007) and has had the article "Bodas de sangre de Federico García Lorca y Puñal de claveles de Carmen de Burgos: dos versiones de una misma historia" accepted for publication in 2008 by the journal Céfiro of Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas.

Ms. Ortiz-Loyola was the third-place award winner for her presentation "(Re)escribiendo la historia: un análisis de la perspectiva femenina sobre la Guerra Civil española en La voz dormida de Dulce Chacón" at the UA Graduate Gender Symposium in 2006.