This Week in LANG 2/10/2025

February 10, 2025
Categories: Community Events, Conference, Cultural Events, General Events, General News Tags: 2025, french, german, heritage, japanese, poetry, spanish

In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours: T 10-12 f2f and zoom, W 1-3 f2f and zoom, R 3-5 zoom**

Dear colleagues, 

Thank you for all your contributions to the search process and thank you to the search committee for an outstanding job. Next week is full of events: the Poetry Slam, the Heritage Language Learning Symposium and SEACS. Looking forward to seeing many of you at these exciting events.

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Dates and Events this Week

February is Black History Month 

Wednesday, February 12

Looking Ahead Dates and Events Spring 2025

February 20 

  • Poetry Slam

February 20-21

  • Heritage Language Learning Symposium

February 21-22

  • SEACS Conference

February 21

  •  Nominations for International Women’s Day close 

March 13

  • 2025 Faculty and Staff Achievement Recognition Reception at 4 p.m

March 14

  • Department Meeting

April 8

April 11

  • Save the Date for possible Department Meeting

May 1

  • Reading Day, Department Meeting and End of Year Potluck

Congratulations

Information for Faculty and Staff

Training Reminder
The annual EHS compliance training was assigned to all University faculty, staff and student workers Friday, Jan. 3. Employees have 45 days to complete the required training, which can be accessed through the Learning and Development Portal.

TIAA Webinar
Register for the TIAA webinar “Retirement Planning Across Generations and Demographics: Navigating the Big Decisions” scheduled for noon, Wednesday, Feb. 12.

Upcoming Events

For more information, please visit the website.

Poetry Slam 

Yukko Yokono, Susana Cisneros, Don Cross, Maria Mahaffey and Xiaohong Hu Mueller invite you to the 8th Multi-Language Poetry Slam.
Date & Time: Thursday, February 20, 2025, 7:00–9:00 pm
Location: Fretwell 100
Submission Deadline: Thursday, February 13, 2025, at 11:59 pm

SEACS 2025 February 21-22

Please join us for SEACS 2025 on Friday afternoon, February 21 and all day Saturday, February 22.  For more information, visit theseacs.org.

Thank you for all you do. 

All the best,

Anabel