EIU World Languages & Cultures

EIU World Languages & Cultures The official page of Eastern Illinois University's Department of World Languages & Cultures.

And here's Josephine Carroll on Commencement Day!
05/12/2026

And here's Josephine Carroll on Commencement Day!

Sharing a few pictures from Commencement weekend! 🎓✨📸We celebrated our graduates at our departmental reception on Friday...
05/10/2026

Sharing a few pictures from Commencement weekend! 🎓✨📸
We celebrated our graduates at our departmental reception on Friday and enjoyed some wonderful moments at Commencement as well. 🎉🥳

Congratulations to Josephine Carroll, Gracelyn Keith, and Makenna McBride — we are so proud of all you have accomplished and wish you the very best in your next adventures! 🌍💙👏🎓

Graduating World Language majors and minors, please bring your family and join us for a reception in your honor this Fri...
05/05/2026

Graduating World Language majors and minors, please bring your family and join us for a reception in your honor this Friday afternoon in the Rincón Latino!

Congratulations, Distinguished Senior, Josephine Carroll (Spanish, with minors in Graphic Design and Latin American and ...
05/04/2026

Congratulations, Distinguished Senior, Josephine Carroll (Spanish, with minors in Graphic Design and Latin American and Latinx Studies)!!! 👏👏👏

A fun evening at Doudna: Runway Reclaim! A Fashion Show Celebrating Sustainable Innovation.Look who we saw there: World ...
04/30/2026

A fun evening at Doudna: Runway Reclaim! A Fashion Show Celebrating Sustainable Innovation.

Look who we saw there: World Language majors and minors showing their designs and/or walking the runway!

Bravo to Josephine Carroll (Spanish and Graphic Design), wearing Floating Lily by Taylor Cloud; Elizabeth Mark (FCS Education, minors in Fashion Merchandising and German) wearing her design A Stitch in Time, and Itzel Mora (Fashion Merchandising and Spanish) who presented several of her designs (Spread Your Wings; Pearls; Conexiones and Access; Herencia) that are inspired by cultural background, identity and current global issues.

Bravo to all these talented students! 👏✨

A special thank you to Penny Clay for joining the celebration!Penny, who taught Spanish at EIU for many years before her...
04/25/2026

A special thank you to Penny Clay for joining the celebration!

Penny, who taught Spanish at EIU for many years before her retirement, established the Luis Clay Mendez Scholarship after her husband Luis—a Spanish professor at EIU—passed away suddenly in 2003. Luis was well known for his enthusiasm and passion for Spanish—a passion he lived every day.

Thanks to her generosity, we were able to recognize two awardees this year: Makenna McBride and Kaitlyn Evans, both teacher education candidates who exemplify enthusiasm for the teaching of world languages and a willingness to go above and beyond. 👏👏👏 EIU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Congratulations to our 2026 scholarship awardees! 🎉And best wishes to our soon-to-be graduates!! 🎓To our graduates: We w...
04/25/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 scholarship awardees! 🎉
And best wishes to our soon-to-be graduates!! 🎓

To our graduates: We will miss you in our department, but we are so proud of all you have accomplished. We know you will go on to make a difference and carry your curiosity and dedication into whatever comes next. We look forward to celebrating you again at a reception before Commencement—invitation coming soon!

A few snapshots from our scholarship reception on Thursday—awardees with their certificates and some of our soon-to-be graduates: Gracelyn Keith (English and Spanish), Joselin Barbosa (Spanish Teacher Education), Emma Thomas (Elementary Education and Spanish), Itzel Mora (Fashion Merchandising and Spanish), Jo Mitchell (CDS and Spanish), Makenna McBride (Spanish and French Teacher Education) , Kaitlyn Evans (Spanish and History Teacher Education), Qwinsuan Anderson (Bio, Spanish minor), Madeline Adams (Bio and French), Sage Hesse (Psychology and French), Liz Ziemer (Bio and French) and (not in picture) Karina Warfel (Dual Degree, Spanish and Art). Thank you for letting us celebrate with you! 😀👏EIU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Sharing some pictures from yesterday’s EIU Student Research and Creative Activity Day—so proud of our student presenters...
04/23/2026

Sharing some pictures from yesterday’s EIU Student Research and Creative Activity Day—so proud of our student presenters! 👏

Our after-school program teachers (Spanish & French) represented “Languages for Young Learners” (Liz Ziemer, Kaitlyn Evans, Qwinsuan Anderson, and Katie Jara).

Four French students presented on “Global French” (Annabel Force, Thomas Miller, Christian Mpopo, and Gana Ndiaye).

And our Spanish students presented—in Spanish and with accompanying artwork—on “Spanish Culture” (Josephine Carroll, Karina Warfel, and Kaitlyn Evans). 🎨

Such a wonderful showcase of language, culture, and student engagement—so much passion and talent on display. Bravo to all! 💬🌎✨👏 EIU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Eastern Illinois University Sandra and Jack Pine Honors College

Upcoming this Thursday: Reception for our Graduates and Scholarship Awardees! 👏🎉Join us in the Rincon at 11:30 am on Apr...
04/21/2026

Upcoming this Thursday: Reception for our Graduates and Scholarship Awardees! 👏🎉Join us in the Rincon at 11:30 am on April 23rd! We can't wait to connect and celebrate with you!

Congratulations to our wonderful Office Manager, Jessica Hills, on receiving the Outstanding Staff Award from the Colleg...
04/14/2026

Congratulations to our wonderful Office Manager, Jessica Hills, on receiving the Outstanding Staff Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS)! 🎉🏆✨

So incredibly well deserved—Jessica brings energy, care, and positivity to everything she does, and we are so lucky to have her! 💛👏😊

Looking for a Spanish Cultural Studies course for the fall semester? Are you interested in learning about Argentina? Dr....
03/29/2026

Looking for a Spanish Cultural Studies course for the fall semester? Are you interested in learning about Argentina? Dr. Landrus is offering a World Languages & Cultures special topics course that also counts towards the Latin American & Latinx Studies Minor. Any question, contact Dr. Landrus ([email protected]).

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