Marcela Lopez has joined the Department of Language, Literatures, and Cultures this 19-20 academic year as Spanish lecturer.
New LAN Spanish lecturer, Marcela Lopez

Marcela Lopez has joined the Department of Language, Literatures, and Cultures this 19-20 academic year as Spanish lecturer.
Students in the semester prior to student teaching as part of the course LAN 320 World Language Teaching in the K-12 Setting attended one day of the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL) conference with hundreds of other State of Illinois World Languages teachers.
Spanish minor Kyli Selberg talks about her study abroad trip last summer to Costa Rica.
Incoming Redbird Sarah Sanders has already developed a worldly outlook and a passion for exploration.
Felicidades to Professor Angela Bailey for receiving the 2019 Premio Jose Martel award, bestowed by Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Honor Society, to its triennial outstanding faculty advisory.
Spanish Club will be hosting FIESTA LATINA 2019 from 7-11 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center.
Senior Spanish teacher education major and French minor Kiley Walsh was named Female Scholar-Athlete of the year at this year’s Reggie awards ceremony.
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures was pleased to host Illinois State alum Gigi Fansler, as part of Homecoming 2018 activities.
Illinois State University students Benicia Colon, Kylie Ashton Maurer, and Sydney Velez received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2018-2019 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Peace Corps Prep students Max Plonczynski and Brad Christin were accepted into the Peace Corps and will begin their service later this year. Peace Corps Prep is an undergraduate program offered by the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development that helps students develop and document core competencies valued by Peace Corps and other employers.