2008:
Congratulations to Silvia Spitta who has been awarded the Linda B. and Kendrick R. Wilson III 1969 Fellowship for 2008-9.
Felicitaciones, Silvia
Douglas Moody was honored this year with
The Dean of the Faculty Teaching Award for Visiting and Adjunct Faculty
Lets congratulate Doug!!
I am very glad to inform you that our friend and former Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, José María Merino has been appointed to the Real Academia Española de la Lengua after a vote. He will occupy the "sillón eme minúscula".
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Jose/Luis/Borau/Jose/Maria/Merino/nuevos/academicos/Lengua/elpepucul/20080327elpepucul_8/Tes
http://elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/03/27/cultura/1206646533.html
Beatriz Pastor for the invitation to teach this Spring a Seminar at the prestigious Cátedra Alfonso Reyes at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (México). Previous guests to this position include Fernando Savater, José Saramago, Carlos Monsiváis, and Nélida Piñón, among others. More information
2007
Douglas Moody and Elizabeth Polli have been awarded a $70,000 grant by The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning to develop an interactive website for students and teachers of foreign languages.
