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Opt-in to opportunities

Adam Rubin, Reporter April 11, 2023

When I started really getting serious about my higher education, I had no clue what I was getting into. By coming back to earn my degree, I’ve found that no matter what circumstances I found myself in...

Students play multi-language scrabble at Translation Week in 2019. Photo courtesy of Aubrey Jones from the Foreign Language Department Photo credit: Aubrey Jones

Localization, translation and interpretation

Marisa Nelson September 27, 2021

Language translation and interpretation is a $50 billion industry, which Weber State University, in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Languages, will pay homage to during the week of Sept. 27...

There’s more to translation than meets the eye

Kierstynn King September 28, 2020

As the Department Chair of the Foreign Languages department and a professor of Spanish, Isabel Asensio describes herself as a language lover.More than five years ago, Asensio realized WSU students wanted...

Dr. Alicia Giralt
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Renowned Spanish professor’s passing brings legacy to light

Jennifer Guzman June 11, 2018

Dr. Alicia Giralt, Weber State University Spanish professor and coordinator for the Latin American studies program, passed away on June 1. Her nearly two decades of teaching, community resourcing and commitment...

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Taking a step to success through foreign language studies

Alyson Johnson March 30, 2018

From waiting tables and scrubbing floors to hospital beds and school classrooms, multilingual speakers play a vital role in the workforce. The number of languages spoken in the U.S. has skyrocketed in...

Students can receive scholarships through the study abroad program. Photo credit: Pixabay

Scholarship grants students a chance to explore Costa Rica

Kimberlee Brosius October 31, 2017

Imagine being surrounded by students who are learning the Spanish language for school credit while also indulging in the culture of Costa Rica with excursions to waterfalls, beaches and plantations. All...

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Foreign Language? Sí o no?

Samantha Bunderson April 2, 2017

  Technology, globalization and less-restricted borders contribute to the blending of culture, leaving few areas of the world untouched. Faced with an increase in international trade and commerce,...

Five Crazy Headlines: From cheese to computers

February 8, 2015

From a couple stealing over 50 blocks of cheese to computer science as a foreign language, here's this week's five crazy headlines. Couple allegedly steals 57 blocks of cheese from Walmart A Tennessee...

Study-abroad class helps fund Guatemalan small businesses

July 1, 2013

Weber State University Wildcats traveled 2,500 miles to the Guatemalan city of San Pedro La Laguna, where students and faculty recently participated in a microfinance program benefiting Mayan women as...

Study abroad opportunities for students

October 11, 2011

Brazil, Costa Rica, China, France, Guatemala and Cuba are places the Weber State University Language Department is taking students to study abroad this upcoming year. Many WSU departments offer study abroad...

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