Portuguese students in the Department of Romance Languages had the privilege of receiving Brazilian percussionist Bill Lucas and Brazilian singer Maria Kamila, lead singer of Perrengue’s band, last week to learn about Brazilian rhythms. Students were invited to join in by singing and reproducing the rhythms they learned, clapping their hands, and moving their bodies. One of the rhythms they explored was coco de roda.

Every year the Center for Teaching and Learning recognizes the significant contributions graduate students make to the instructional mission of the University of Georgia through Teaching Awards sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction.

The Portuguese Flagship Program (PFP) proudly hosted a Professional Development event recently that brought together current PFP students and nearly 30 alumni from cohorts dating back to our very first overseas capstone group in 2013. Among the panelists, we had Romance Languages Majors: Mateo Villa '14, Rachel Osnos '14, Taylay Obeng-Akrofi' 15, Natalia Sanchez '16, Alejandro Espinosa '17, Jamie Sauerbier '19, and Baleigh Preston '21. 

The Portuguese Flagship Program is thrilled to announce that our Language Flagship Domestic Grant has been renewed for an additional four years. Since 2011, our mission has been to provide students from all majors with funded opportunities to become global professionals by achieving professional proficiency in Portuguese and becoming area experts in Brazil. We eagerly anticipate another four years of exciting cultural and professional initiatives through our seamless collaborations with the Department of Romance Languages and the UGA community at large.

Join us next week, April 17th, from 5:00 to 7:00 in Gilbert Hall 113, for an Afternoon of Art in Portuguese with MA student Elisa Braga and Dr. Vera Bulla. 

Come make your own painting inspired by Monique Malcher's writing. 

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Everybody is welcome! 

María González-Ferrer has been selected as a recipient of a 2024 Sigma Delta Pi (SDP) Graduate Research Grant Award among a very competitive pool of applicants nationwide. This will be a huge help in funding María's dissertation research project on clitic doubling in the Spanish of Spain, Argentina, and Mexico. ¡Enhorabuena, María!

French major Caitlin Lyons has been named Scholar-Athlete of the year by the Southeastern Conference. An accomplished equestrian, Lyons graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Ecology in 2023 and will receive her Bachelor of Arts in French next month. A three-time recipient of UGA Presidential Scholar Honors, she has been named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll every semester for four years.  

Romance Languages B.A. and M.A. graduate (2017) and former Foundation Fellow Joy Peltier, now Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and Linguistics Program at the University of South Carolina, has won a highly competitive and prestigious research fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies.

Congratulations to Sarah Hubbel, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, entitled "Predicate constituent order variation in the Andes: A comparative analysis of Andean Spanish and bilingual Cusco Quechua" on March 27, 2024.