Undergraduate & Graduate Education
Degrees Conferred: 1,288 B.A, 117 M.A. 87 Ph.D. New Degree Programs
■ B.A., Film Studies ■ M.P.S. & Graduate Certificate, Translation & Interpretation ■ M.A. & Graduate Certificate, Second Language Acquisition ■ M.A. in Spanish will add a Hispanic Linguistics track
P r of ile:
Annie Gagliardi ’12 in Linguistics was awarded a NSF/NEH funded postdoc fellowship to document endangered languages at Harvard this fall.
General Education (C OR E) ARHU is home to five living
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of all seats for the
university’s general education program were offered by ARHU.
Graduat e Plac e ment s
■ University of Virginia, Dan Sender, assistant professor of Violin ■ Université du Québec à Montréal, Geneviève Pagé, assistant* professor of Women’s Studies ■ National Gallery of Art, Adam Greenhalgh, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow ■ Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Maria Gigante, assistant professor of English* ■ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kelly McGovern, writer-editor ■ Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, associate professor of English linguistics* ■ University of West Virginia, Kimberly Welch, assistant professor of history* ■ UMD’s Center for the Advanced Study of Language, Karen Vatz, assistant research scientist ■ Princeton University, Álvaro Enrigue, research fellow ■ University of Massachusetts Boston, Lin Zhu, assistant professor of communication*
Scholarship in Practice (SIP) Only four internship courses have been approved university wide for the new SIP requirement, including courses in communication, English and a college sponsored course.
and learning programs: 1. Digital Cultures and Creativity 2. Honors College 3. Language House 4. College Park Scholars Arts 5. Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House
Profi l e :
Jenny Wang ’12, an English and Physiology and Neurobiology major, was awarded the 2012 University Medalist for outstanding achievements inside and outside of the classroom. A BannekerKey Scholar, she maintained a 4.0 GPA while serving as a teaching assistant, launching a student research journal, and volunteering in a local emergency room. Next, Jenny plans to attend medical school.
Profile: I-Series course Breaking News: Contemporary Literature,
Media, and the State challenges students to decode text and images in literature, media and film to investigate big questions about history and the bitter divisions of race, gender, religion, nationality and class.
Addi t ional S tude nt Ac hie ve me nt s ■ Maryam Elbalghiti in SLLC was ■ Members of the SOM’s Graduate awarded an Erik B. Young, M.D. Fellowship String Quartet, Aeolus International Travel-Study Award Quartet, won silver at the Fischoff for Undergraduates. Competition, the nation’s largest ■ A team of COMM undergraduates chamber music competition. finished third in PRSA’s Bateman ■ Julie Enszer in WMST received a Public Relations Case Competition. 2012 Woodrow Wilson Doctoral (More than 70 teams around the Dissertation Fellowship in country participated.) Women’s Studies and was named ■ Rachel Jablon in JWST was awarded an Ostriker Fellow. the Provost’s GA of the Year Award.
*Indicates tenure track
Profile:
Alene Moyer, associate professor of Germanic Studies, was appointed associate dean for academic affairs in the college. She oversees undergraduate and graduate curriculum and programs; graduate student recruitment, fellowships and student advisory board; ARHU’s five living and learning programs and the Learning Outcomes Assessment process.
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