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CMLL
A Taste of the World
CMLL hosted “A Taste of the World” event for the Texas Tech advising community on February 10 in the CMLL Qualia Room and basement. Approximately 50 academic advisors and program directors attended the one-hour event where they first learned of the vast language, culture, and academic offerings in the department.
Bringing awareness of how languages and cultures are important in upholding the mission of Texas Tech was an important objective of the event. One way was to share how the advising community shares the mission of Texas Tech in “preparing learners to be ethical leaders for a diverse and globally competitive workforce and its commitment “to enhancing the cultural and economic development of the state, nation and world.”
Advisors learned about faculty-led study abroad, dual, and double majoring opportunities, undergraduate certificates offered and community engagement opportunities for undergraduate language learners to put their skills into practice. Each language program decorated a table, filled it with artifacts and informational materials for advisors. Faculty were on hand to engage in conversations about their program and language could enhance the undergraduate students. Language is alive and CMLL communicated this well throughout the event. ( https://www.ttu.edu/about/mission.php)
CMLL Inaugural Awards Banquet
The Department of Classical & Modern Languages held its inaugural awards banquet on April 20, 2023, in the Hall of Nations, International Cultural Center, Texas Tech University.
Dr. Carmen Pereira-Muro, CMLL Chair, gave a warm welcome and opening remarks to this momentous occasion for CMLL.
Dr. Belinda Kleinhans, CMLL Associate Chair, had the privilege of recognizing CMLL faculty for their contributions this academic year.
CMLL was delighted to welcome Dr. Tosha Dupras, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, who shared words of congratulations and encouragement to everyone in CMLL.
Faculty and Staff were recognized for their contributions to Texas Tech University and to the Lubbock Community at large. Acknowledgment for Length of Service, Awards, and Fellowships both internal and external was highlighted.
Recognition of the Spring 2023 Centennial CMLL graduating graduate and undergraduate
students was a segway into the undergraduate and graduate departmental scholarships
awarded by the respective faculty.
List of Recognitions & Awards.
CMLL Babies
This spring and summer our CMLL family is growing a delightful new way in welcoming new babies. CMLL would like to congratulate each CMLL faculty and administration on the birth of their babies.
Linley Melhem, Assistant Professor of Practice of ESL, and husband welcomed a new daughter in March 2023.
Sarah Cantor, Lecturer in Italian, and husband, Nick, are anticipating the arrival of their first child (gender surprise) on July 20, 2023.
Linda Gosner, Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology, and Andrew Waters welcomed their son, Reid Deming this spring. He weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce, 20.5 inches.
Generous Texas Tech University supporters: Texas Tech Humanities Center, Office of Research & Innovation, Office of International Affairs, TTU Medieval & Renaissance Studies Center, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of History, Department of English, College of Education, Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures, Museum of Texas Tech University
Applied Linguistics
11th Annual CALICHE Conference
The theme for the 11th Annual CALICHE Conference was Exploration & Innovation: Moving forward building on the past. The conference took place on the Texas Tech Campus March 31-April 1st. Dr. Carl S. Blyth, Associate Professor of French Linguistics and Director of the Center of Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, The University of Texas at Austin.
This event was sponsored by the Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures and the College of Arts & Sciences. CMLL Presenters
Applied Linguistics Student Panel at Lubbock Christian University
Applied Linguistics students were invited to be on the linguistics panel in an SLA course at Lubbock Christian University, on April 25. The Q&A session provided the panelist with the opportunity to answer questions about second language acquisition and teaching.
CMLL Panelists
Kevin Andia (backrow center left)
Lydia Ferris (second row second from right)
Joseph Garcia (second row fourth from right)
Chin Ni Hsiao (second row center)
Jude Mensah (backrow center right)
Angela Pineda (second row third from the right)
Arabic
Arabic Service-Learning Classes
Students enrolled in Arabic service-learning classes taught Arabic in two different ways this spring. Teaching included one hour weekly at three Lubbock high schools including Lubbock High, Coronado High and Monterey High as well the Lubbock community at the Mahon public library on Saturday afternoons and Tuesday evenings.
Seventy plus families, retirees, children of all ages, and Texas Tech staff and students participated in and enjoyed freshly made Middle Eastern foods and music at the Tuesday evening sessions.
Students also volunteered at Culture Day at Preston Smith Elementary where they taught students Arabic vocabulary, made presentations on various Arabic countries, and taught Arabian dances.
Arabic Spring Event
Arabic student organization participated in several activities like baking Arabic goodies and being invited to present the Arabic program to the Introduction to Languages & Cultures class with Dr. Charles Grair and to the director of Global Studies, Dr. David Lektzian's class on the importance of learning language and culture to understand global challenges.
Community engagement is important and having the opportunity to share about language and culture is equally important. The Arabic program is making its mark on the Lubbock community when the director and students are invited to present Arabic language and culture. Two special and unique opportunities to share took place at The Texas Tech College of Arts & Sciences Ramadan banquet and The South Plains Rehabilitation hospital hosted Arabic-American Heritage month.
The Daily Toreador featured the Arabic program in an article in the March 20, 2023 edition, Arabic program offers opportunity to broaden horizons” by Nate Ziegner.
Study Abroad in Jordan
Eighteen TTU students will experience first-hand Arabic customs and foods when they study abroad in Jordan with the faculty led program led by Rula Al-Hmoud, lecturer and director of the Arabic program from May 20-June 2023.
ASL
Sean Benson Joins ASL Faculty
CMLL ASL's newest lecturer, Sean Benson joined the faculty in January. He holds certification from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, came to Texas Tech from Sorenson Communications, and has many years of experience teaching ASL. In his first semester at TTU, he has already become a great asset to our program.
ASL Spring Events
The spring semester ASL program events kicked off with hosting a Deaf Panel. There were about 50 people in attendance, with the majority being TTU ASL students. There were 4 panelists, and interpreting interns helped with facilitating communication.
Nine students were in ASL 4312 Interpreting Internship. These students were required to complete 40 hours of internship working in LISD, TTU, SPC and other places in the community.
The ASL program collaborated with the TTU Department of Theatre on Frontier Fest. Students interpreted one evening of shows. This was a grant-funded partnership that went extremely well. Melissa Hays and Sean Benson served as language mentors along with Benj Swindle, a University of North Florida graduate student studying Interpreting Pedagogy, who interned under Melissa Hays.
After the performance the director, two TTU ASL student interpreters, several actors, Sean Benson, and Melissa Hays participated in a “Talk Back” discussing the preparation process for the shows.
Izabelle Stanford, (pictured left) interpreting major and Signing Raiders president, was recognized at the CMLL awards banquet for outstanding service to our program.
Alissa Sewell, (pictured right) is the first interpreting major to be awarded study abroad funds to study at Gallaudet University this summer.
Interpreting and ASL students, along with several members of the Deaf community, Frank Torres, and Juan Garza, collaborated on April 21 to record videos to use as training materials for upper-level ASL & interpreting courses.
Chinese
Campus Engagement
The Chinese program at Texas Tech is very engaged in TTU student programs and community programs. Recruiting and program awareness is top on the list of events for the spring semester. Even though the wind and dust blew promotional materials around at the first recruiting event, it did not blow away their passion for promoting Chinese language and culture at TTU.
The first Chinese (TCLCA) Club Meeting was held on January 23 and all learners of
Chinese were invited to learn about the organization and upcoming activities for the
spring semester.
A Taiwanese Culture and Folklore presentation by Dr. Yanlin Wang during the Chinese Tea House took place on March 29 in CMLL. Taiwanese culture and folklore were explored and enriched with a virtual walking tour of historic Taipei, including the Taipei Longshan Temple.
Students learned the Asian Chinese makeup techniques taught by Chinese GPTIs Ginny Hsiao.
Online Tutoring Collaboration with Shenzhen University, China
The Chinese program initiated a weekly online Chinese tutor program with Shenzhen University, China. This semester, eighteen native Chinese undergraduate or masters level students majoring in Chinese as a foreign language held one-on-one fifty-minute tutoring sessions with TTU learners of Chinese at no cost to the students. The sessions targeted vocabulary, grammar, and communication in Chinese.
Comunity Engagement
Plainview High School Language and Culture Day
Supported by OIA K-12 Outreach office and TLPDC service-learning office, Chinese language majors and minors went to Plainview monthly for Chinese language and culture enrichment activities including chopsticks relays and Charades to review the Chinese words learned in the weekly online classes. Dr. Wang taught Chinese tea art and brewed green tea, Jasmine tea, black tea, and flower tea and were introduced to Chinese snacks, and received small Chinese gifts. It's a win-win program for both Chinese major and minor students and the Plainview high school students.
The Plainview Collegiate High School online Chinese program lasted for one academic year starting from fall 2022!
Around 10 TTU students majoring or minoring in Chinese engaged in the weekly online teaching and monthly onsite culture activity and in-person tutoring in this semester.
Celebrate Chinese New Year at Plainview Collegiate High School
Sponsored by the K-12 outreach, International Affairs at Texas Tech University and the service-learning office, TLPDC, Dr. Yanlin Wang and the Chinese minor and major students (Sydnee Cooper, Nolan Athor, Priscilla Stone, and Daniel Zhang) went to Plainview Collegiate High School to celebrate Chinese New Year.
TTU students reviewed the Chinese they have learned in the online Chinese language program last semester, taught high schoolers how to make and eat Chinese dumplings (beef and onion fillings).
A screening of a video about Chinese New Year and sharing the coveted red envelopes made for a momentous event lasting 3 hours.
The Plainview Collegiate High School after-school program had twenty-five participants this year who trekked to the TTU campus where they played games and dressed up in traditional Chinese costumes. Each student was presented with a certificate of completion. Afterwards, they enjoyed a campus tour, dined at a local Chinese restaurant after placing their orders in Chinese. TTU Chinese majors and minors along with the instructors participated in leading this program.
Chinese New Year Lantern Festival Celebration
On Feb. 4th., Chinese program organized the Chinese New Year Lantern Festival Celebration. We organized 11 Chinese culture stations for the K-12 students and the people in the local communities, including photo booth, Chinese calligraphy, chopstick games, making lanterns, making paper dragon, etc.
Lubbock High School
Invited by Lubbock High School Chinese teacher, Miss Xie, Dr. Wang, the director of the Chinese Program, taught the students how to play Maj hang!
Roscoe Wilson Elementary School
Roscoe Wilson teacher Ms. McCall, invited the Chinese program for the second time to teach fifth graders Chinese calligraphy. Sophia, a TTU Chinese major, gave a talk on Chinese calligraphy and taught them how to make strokes with the brush.
To celebrate the Year of the Rabbit, students were provided a red envelope brimming with Chinese goodies and good wishes. Crafting their own rabbit with a Chinese character 福 is thought to bring good luck.
Cultural Day in Smith Elementary School
The Chinese program participated in Cultural Day in Smith Elementary School. Dr. Wang, Sophia Persad and Priscilla Stone (two Chinese major students) taught students Chinese words and sentences, numbers, strokes, characters, and calligraphy. The students practiced calligraphy.
Next, they played the Tou Hu, a traditional Chinese game. So glad to hear the positive and encouraging comments from them, like, “I love Chinese.”
Texas Tech Chinese Classes
I-Reading- a 10-week program
Students who participated benefitted by reading Chinese fables, short stories, and legends. They received extra-credit points in their Chinese courses and a certificate of completion.
CHIN 2301 & 2302 – Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration
Longtaitou Festival Chinese club organized the Longtaitou Festival and had a small character competition afterward.
CHIN 3310
The students in CHIN3310 Chinese Characters and Chinese Culture studied the Chinese character 茶tea and practiced how to brew Chinese tea. While enjoying the Kungfu tea, we compared Chinese tea with coffee from different perspectives, e.g. tradition, ritual, complexity, flavor, history, etc.
Students also learned about Chinese minorities in different dynasties and the attire worn. Students modeled the attire in their own fashion show.
Awards and Recognitions
National Collegiate Chinese Honor Society
Zarek Driver, Sydnee Cooper, Sophia Persad, and Priscilla Stone are enlisted in the National Collegiate Chinese Honor Society for their excellent academic performance in Chinese studies and their engagement!! It's the first for TTU students to receive this honor.
National Chinese Speech Contest
Congratulations to our Chinese Students Sydnee Cooper and Priscilla Stone made it into the final round of the National Chinese Speech Contest. The American Association of Immersion Chinese Education (AAICE) organized a speech competition for Chinese language learners in grades 3-12 and college across the United States. The competition has received over 1,420 recommendations from more than 300 Chinese teachers in the preliminary round, with participants from 39 states. The top 15-18 contestants from each group proceeded to the finals, and the winners and their instructors received awards. In addition, all students learning Chinese in elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as college students, could submit videos of their talent performances, even if they did not participate in the speech competition. Selected videos were showcased in the speech competition finals and other AAICE events and websites. This competition offers a unique opportunity for Chinese language learners across the country to showcase their language skills and talents.
Recipients of the A.H. Douglas Scholarship at the CMLL awards banquet Allison Langowski, Emma Pitts, Sydney Cooper, Sydney Caro, Ethan Edwards (not pictures Sophia Persad and Priscilla Stone).
Recipients of the TTU Asian Study Scholarship Emma Pitts, Allison Langowski, Jessa Bulman and Zarek Driver. This scholarship is awarded to Chinese majors and/or Asian Studies minors.
Chinese Bridge Summer Program
Donghua University in Shanghai China accepted TTU students Zerek Driver, Emma Pitts, Manini, Nicolai, and Emily Goldenberg for the two-week summer camp in Shanghai. They will participate in Chinese language study, cultural activities, and travel. Donghua University awarded each of them a scholarship covering the entire study abroad experience.
Classics
In connection with the March 8 talk "Perspectives on the Future of Technology and the Humanities from An Archaeologist in Silicon Valley," by Dr. Michael Shanks (Stanford University), the Humanities Center at Texas Tech held a workshop the following afternoon, March 9, at 2pm in the Formby Room of the Southwest Collection for graduate students.
Dr. Shanks and Dr. Christopher Witmore (Archaeology, Texas Tech University) hosted "Environmental Aesthetics: Exploring art and archaeology as an approach to future worldbuilding" for graduate students across humanities disciplines. In an open conversation with participants, Drs. Shanks and Witmore explored the potential for art and archaeology to confront current challenges in this time of crisis.
French
French Club Events
ISA gave a special presentation on April 11 about the extensive opportunities to study abroad for Texas Tech French students. The meeting was open to all learners of French.
Roundtable with Moroccan Novelist Zineb Mekouar
French MA students enrolled in FREN 5328 Francophone Literature and Culture: Advanced French Translation with Dr. Carole Edwards took part in a virtual roundtable with Zineb Mekouar (pictured top left) this spring. Mekouar was selected as a finalist for the “First Novel” category of the Goncourt Prize with her novel “La Poule et son Cumin” in 2022. Le Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of “the best and most imaginative prose work of the year”. Her novel tackles social and political divisions in Morocco with emphasis on women's emancipation and freedom in Morocco.
German
SPARKing Interest in German in the Community
In Spring 2023 Dr. Anita McChesney coordinated the SPARK for German Programs at Roscoe Wilson Elementary School. In this ongoing partnership between TTU and the elementary school, students in a German service-learning class, GERM 4335, designed and offered two after-school German lessons per week to 35 children in Kindergarten through the Fifth Grade.
During the ten weeks of the program, the 4335 student leaders energized the kids with topics on German language and culture from families and animals to hobbies and professions. The group leaders also had the assistance of students from Dr. McChesney's intermediate German course, GERM 2302. This program gives the university students an opportunity to develop skills in leadership, communication, teamwork, creative thinking, and civic engagement while serving as cultural ambassadors to the community.
Poster Presentations- German Culture in Theory and Practice
On May 2, 2023, undergraduate students enrolled in GERM 4306 H01: German Culture in Theory and Practice presented posters to showcase findings from research projects they conducted in this course, which investigated representations of disability in Thomas Mann's short story Little Herr Friedemann (1897), Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis (1915), and Wolfgang Borchert's play The Man Outside (1947).
Italian
The inaugural faculty-led study abroad program in Sicily is taking place in Summer I of this year in conjunction with the Classics program, led by Syd Roy, Bill Tortorelli, and Emily Jay.
Japanese
Korean
The Japanese and Korean program hosted A Taste of Japan and Korea event in the Texas Tech free speech area on Wednesday, March 1 from 11-1.
Even with colder temperatures, over 200 students stopped with an expressed interest in the programs, the courses offered, and Japanese & Korean cultures.
Among the 200 student attendees, 126 shared their contact information for future events. Japanese instructors demonstrated Mach Latta making and the Korean program demonstrated Kimchi making. Food is definitely a common interest among people.
Japanese & Korean Game Night took place in Urbanovsky Park on March 28. Students enjoyed pizza, games and a dance performance.
A special thank you to the College of Arts & Sciences and the Department of CMLL for their generous support.
Russian
During the SRAS meeting on February 13 & 14, Molly Cain presented the SRAS Study Abroad programs to inform students of the opportunities in Russian Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, and Georgia. SRAS has been a leader in innovative study abroad programs for over 20 years, working closely with institutions to integrate educational cultural and experiential learning.
Russian is steeped in romance revealed in its poetic traditions and February 14 was
the perfect time to share this during the TRSA meeting. Tragic endings and epic love
stories are part of the culture. Students learned Russian flirtatious phrases for
romancing. Dating etiquette for both USA and Russian were compared. Slavic proposals
were practiced in role-plays and Russian love songs were learned and sang while sporting
Russian traditional attire and enjoying sweets.
Guest lecturer, Ayaz Hajiyev, brought awareness of the Russian Language in Azerbaijan to members of the Russian Language Association meeting on March 27.
Movie Night is always a winner and learners of Russian enjoyed viewing “Ivan the Terrible Changes His Profession” on April 3 in the Qualia Room. Dr. Anthony Qualin led a discussion following the screening.
Fundraiser with the generous support of Krispy Kreme Digital Dozens to expand understanding of Slavic languages and cultures and provide students with hands-on experiences in utilizing and appreciating the language and culture. The goal was to sell 100 dozen donuts in one month.
To conclude the semester, the Russian Program held its annual End of the Year Russian Program banquet on April 28 with a pizza party, played games and discussed upcoming TRSA elections. There was an induction ceremony into The National Slavic honor Society Dobro Slovo which serves as a means for the recognition of academic excellence in the study of Slavic languages, literature, history, and culture. It also serves as an incentive for scholarly interest in Slavic life and culture.
Inductees: Jack Gunther, Bridget Cunningham, Hailey Leija, Edira Olivas, Kyle Westbrook, Kyle Mullins, Tobias Szustak, Jolee Peal, Kyle Roth. Each were presented with The Dobro Slovo Key, certificate and honor cord.
Special awards:
Spanish & Portuguese
XXIV Annual Céfiro Conference
The annual Céfiro conference in Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literature and Cultures took place April 21-22, 2023, on the Texas Tech campus.
Keynote speaker, Dr. Norma Cantú (Trinity University) presented, “A Literary Journey along the Texas-Mexico Borderlands”. CMLL presenters.
Spanish Foundations Service-Learning Project by Noah Verboon, lecturer-Spanish
Over the past academic year, the Honor's sections of Spanish 1507, Spanish 2301 and Spanish 2302 have been participating in a new Service-Learning project. The goals of the project were to get the students in the program to use their Spanish skills outside of the classroom, to make connections from language learning to their careers, and to give back to the Lubbock community. In Spanish 1507 and Spanish 2301, the students ran an extra-curricular Spanish club in Westwind Elementary. For 7 weeks in the fall and 7 weeks in the spring, the students taught and practiced Spanish with the elementary school students. TTU students designed and created presentations, materials, and games for each week. The administrators at the school said their students were excited every week to have college kids working with them and were even going home to their parents telling them what they learned in Spanish Club.
TTU students reflected at the end of the project and said they were able to benefit from this project. For example, some said while they may not be working with kids in the future, they learned skills such as time management, teamwork, and communication. Brayden Peckham, an Honors student who participated over both semesters, wrote this:
Over the last two semesters I have had the privilege to work with Westwind Elementary School through a project with my Spanish class. My classmates and I have had the honor of teaching these third through fifth grader students the basics of Spanish. This project at first took place during students' lunch, and now has moved to a new after-school club. In the beginning, this was not easy. Simultaneously learning and teaching a foreign language proved to be quite a challenge. However, thanks to a lot of preparation and determination we carried on with this journey. Getting to walk alongside these kids who are students of a new language has given me a newfound sense of what it means to teach something foreign. In addition, it has allowed me to gain a better understanding of Spanish and some of the common application that I experience daily.
Taking on this service-learning project was one of the most important things I did as a first-year student at Texas Tech. I along with my classmates are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to give back to our community and to others who share this love for learning. Getting to grow in our own Spanish speaking ability whilst being able to instill this love in the hearts those we taught was an awesome experience. It has helped us grow as leaders and given a lot of insight into the behind the scenes of hands-on teaching. This project has only further instilled in me a love for Spanish and am excited to continue to pursue this journey.
In Spanish 2302 Honors, TTU students had a slightly different experience working in elementary schools. There is a teacher shortage in Texas and in Lubbock there is also a need for bilingual teachers. The goal in this class was to immerse TTU students in Spanish, directly assist Lubbock ISD, and to give TTU students insight to the Dual Language programs within Texas. TTU students went to local elementary schools and assisted teachers in their Dual Language classrooms. TTU students worked directly with the kids in both English and Spanish so that both they and the elementary students would be able to strengthen their language skills. TTU students said at the end of the semester that they felt they learned so much from the kids and gained confidence in communicating in Spanish. They also gained an appreciation for dual language programs, learned why it exists in Texas, the benefits of programs, and the necessity for teachers.
Noah Verboon extends a special thanks to the school administrators and teachers in Westwind Elementary and in the Lubbock ISD for participating in this project with Texas Tech University. He would like to thank Angela Pineda for teaching SPAN 1507 in the Fall of 2022 and helping pilot this project. He would also like to thank his students for being excellent representatives of TTU in the community.
Article written for the Frenship ISD newsletter.
Spanish Heritage Language Program
The SHL program had a great spring 2023 semester!
Cavazos Middle School: February 8 – May 3
This semester, we had a combination of arts and crafts and Spanish club at Cavazos Middle School. During our Arts and Crafts days, students created cross-stitch and diamond art designs. On days when Spanish club was held, the CIS coordinator, Kassandra, invited HSS to join us.
Commander William C. McCool Academy: February 9 – May 11
Students at Commander William C. McCool Academy continued learning Spanish this semester and played games like Simón dice and Clue in Spanish! Students are currently working on their piñatas!
Culture Day at Smith Elementary
What fun language day students at Smith Elementary! Nathaniel is playing Simón dice
with the kids!
Bilingual Storytime
We collaborated with the Neighborhood Art Space the first two weeks of March. Frenship High School and Texas Tech students read bilingual stories to the children in attendance.
Café con Pan Dulce – March 28, 2023
At our Café con Pan Dulce event, we spoke to students about our program!
Digital Story Day: April 27, 2023
We held our bi-annual Digital Story Day where students share their end of course digital story projects. This semester's theme was “Being a Hispanic Student at Texas Tech.” The selected stories were chosen by the students in each class. These will be available on our SHL program website and social media after May 7.
Digital story winners
1st Place: Arlette Vega
2nd Place: Omar Ortiz-Arellano
3rd Place: Alyssa Moralez
Outstanding students from each of the classes
SPAN 1508: Mariah Salas, Angela Pando
SPAN 2303: Bianca Saenz, Sophia Caballero
SPAN 2304: Quiana Diaz, Vanessa Barrientos
SPAN 3315: Giovanna Balido
Bachata Lessons: April 25 – May 2, 2023
Nathaniel Valdez offered a few bachata lessons towards the end of the semester. Loads of fun with this event with hope to continue something similar in future semesters.
Thank you!
We would like to thank CMLL and the College of Arts and Sciences for sponsoring our events this semester! Thank you to the volunteers who helped at our events this semester:
Nathaniel Valdez, Stephanie Santos, Misty Rangel, Valerie Vasquez, Juan Ramirez, Theresa Madrid, Lisa Melendez, Frank Torres, Omar Gonzalez, Julia Millan Gomez, Yunuen Velazquez, Cristina Hernandez Oliver. These events would not be possible without your help and dedication to the program.
Lights, Camera, Action
The Spanish program hosted the premiere of a Spanish Golden Age play, the Gawkers, in the Qualia on April 29, 2023. The play is a humorous examination of the power of “social media” in the 17th Century, is about a group of co-fraternity students who set out to make fun of what they see on the streets of Seville c. 1619. Directed and adapted by Bill Gelber, Professor of Theatre in Acting, Directing, and Pedagogy from the J.T. and Margaret Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts at Texas Tech University.
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