Opportunities

Experiential Learning/Study Abroad

Study abroad is strongly encouraged. Programs are offered in Querétaro, Mexico and Seville, Spain. Students may study in France with a direct exchange program at Angers or with an internship program in Paris through Boston University. German students can study in Cologne for a semester and at the University of Tübingen through a junior year abroad program. In addition, Allegheny participates in several other consortia, providing opportunities to study in more than 20 additional countries. Study abroad may exempt students from certain courses required for their major.

Other Special Opportunities

Cocurricular Activities

  • Language houses—Special-interest housing open to students studying Chinese, French, German and Spanish.
  • Language tables—Several days a week, interested students and faculty meet for lunch. There are regular tables in Chinese, French, German, and Spanish.
  • Gator International—Students have the opportunity to publish their own creative work in a foreign language. The magazine is printed once a year.
  • International Film Festival—A series of internationally known films from various countries is offered every spring semester.

Scholarships and Honor Societies

  • The Blair Hanson Scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding foreign language student to help defray the expenses of study abroad.
  • The Arman Kalfayan Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to a student majoring in one of the modern languages.
  • Founding chapter of Phi Sigma Iota, international language honor society.

Writer-in-Residence

The department receives an annual grant from the Max Kade Foundation to fund the German Writer-in-Residence Program.

Honors and Prizes

  • The Blair Hanson Prize
  • The Mildred Joanna Ludwig Prize
  • The Alice Kemp Moessner Prize
  • The Harald Robert Sauer Prize

Center for Language and Culture

The Center for Language and Culture offers the opportunity for supervised  language study. Depending on student enrollment and the availability of resources, selected languages may include beginning level American Sign Language, Arabic, or English as a Second Language. Students contemplating such study must submit an application to the CLC Director as early as possible during registration. Applications are available in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, 104 Ruter Hall.