This Week in LANG 11/25/2024
In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours: T 10-12 Virtual, Thanksgiving Break **
Dear colleagues,
I hope you had a good weekend and are looking forward to the upcoming long weekend. I am wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate and hope you enjoy great food, family and friends.
Thank you to all of you who contributed to International Education Week. I appreciate your efforts and love the visibility for our department.
We have almost made it to the end of the semester and I look forward to our celebration in honor of Carol. Please bring a dessert if you can. Lunch will be provided.
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Dates and Events this Week
November 27-28
- Thanksgiving Break
Looking Ahead Dates and Events Fall 2024
November 30
- Deadline to submit for Spring Witness in Residence Program
December 2
- Professional Clothing Drive Ends – Let’s win as a department!
December 3
- Dean’s Celebration of Commencement, 11:30-1:30 pm; Popp Martin Student Union, Norm’s Game Room
- 4:30-6:00 pm, drop-in Listening Session for all Full-Time Faculty Members regarding Proposed Annual Evaluation Guidelines.
December 4
- Last Day of classes
December 5
- Reading Day, Department Meeting, Retirement Celebration for Carol
December 13
- Commencement
- New Extended Deadline to submit proposals for SEACS: SEACS 2025 Paper and Panel Proposal Form
December 16
- Grades due
Congratulations
Congratulations to Ryan Augustyniak who presented a paper titled “Unseeing AI: Large Language Models, Shrinking Language Programs” at the South Atlantic Modern Languages Association Conference in Jacksonville, Florida on November 15.
Congratulations to Sandra Watts who has been awarded a Mini-Grant from the Free Expression & Constructive Dialogue Task Force to lead a Faculty Learning Community in Spring 2025.
Thank you to Shaun Stone and Yukiko Yokono for representing our department at the Language Tables in the Student Union for International Education Week.
Congratulations to Daniela Dal Pra for giving a wonderful presentation about Venice as part of the Global Perspectives Series–Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars. MoOnday November 18. Thank you to Susana Cisneros for organizing the event. 
Congratulations to Fang-yi for a successful calligraphy event! The Chinese Undergraduate Students Association (CUSA) in conjunction with the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation held an event on traditional Chinese Painting on 11/20. More than fifty students participated in the event. At the event, students learned about the history of traditional Chinese painting and gained practical experience in practicing traditional Chinese painting.
Congratulations to Carol Hartley for organizing a successful event at Aldersgate at which Anabel Aliaga-Buchenau, Jules Geaney-Moore and John Sullivan (Independent Scholar) presented their research about a post-WWII ethnic German camp doctor. The event took place on 11/21/2024 at 7:00pm and had more than 60 attendees. The stipend from the Dean’s Office of $500 will be given to the department for this act of service to the community.
The Japanese Studies Program successfully held a Film Screening and Lecture with a Q&A with the director on 11/18/2024. 65 participating attended the screening and lecture.
Congratulations to Enika Banerjee, Coordinator of the Certificate of Business Japanese for hosting the 4th annual JBusiness Forum. Thank you to the organizing team which included Jordan Bledsoe, Chikako Mori and Yukiko Yokono. 91 people attended the Forum, which was a wonderful success.
Save the Date for the Dean’s Celebration of Commencement
The CHESS Deans’ Office is hosting a casual and playful celebration for the December 2024 Commencement candidates. Please let your students know to look for an invitation, and plan to come take keepsake photographs for them and for your website. It’s a great way to begin building your alumni relationships! Students who complete the Next Destination Survey, to help the Career Center understand student activities beyond commencement, will be entered into a drawing for a diploma frame. Tuesday, Dec. 3; 11:30 to 1:30 pm; Popp Martin Student Union, Norm’s Game Room. Watch for more information.
SEACS 2025
Use this form to submit a paper or panel proposal: SEACS 2025 Paper and Panel Proposal Form. For more information, visit theseacs.org or email SEACS2019@gmail.com. I encourage everyone to submit a proposal and also to work with graduate and advanced undergraduate students to submit a proposal. Due December 13.
The College is seeking brief proposals to bring individuals to campus, who work on issues of social relevance and/or human rights, for the Witness in Residence Initiative. “Witnesses” are asked to share their stories about the issue, based on personal experience, and will be financially sponsored by the Dean’s Office, such as in this sample. The host department will provide stewardship and coordinate with the witness to engage students in discussion about the topic. The process of submitting an idea is short and sweet. It is also an opportunity for the Department to highlight its programming to the University and greater Charlotte communities.
Anyone can submit! Your suggestions for Spring 2025 are requested by November 30 for an residency tentatively scheduled for the week of 4/14. However, you are encouraged to submit whenever you encounter an interesting candidate and all themes are invited. For the Spring we are especially interested in a theme that is global and/or within the social/environmental sciences, to balance the recent local/humanities perspective. Please also send ideas for next fall.
Our department is participating in a Professional Clothing Donation contest through the Career Center. We will win a prize if we donate the most items. The boxes to put clothes in are in the workroom. Please plan to bring items before December 2.
Thank you for all you do.
All the best,
Anabel