Modern Languages News
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Jim Alling '83 to Lead T-Mobile Brand Following Merger
May 1, 2013"The merger of T-Mobile and MetroPCS is complete, and the combined company - T-Mobile U.S. - started trading on the New York Stock Exchange this morning... Read More
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Fulbright Award Will Send Senior Dave Tykvart to Czech Republic
April 18, 2013DePauw University senior David Tykvart will spend the 2013-14 academic year teaching English in the Czech Republic as a result of winning an English Teaching... Read More
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Profs. Françoise Coulont-Henderson and Mona Bhan Honored for Exemplary Teaching
April 11, 2013Two DePauw University faculty members -- Françoise Coulont-Henderson, professor of modern languages, and Mona Bhan, associate professor of anthropology... Read More
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Rich Bonaccorsi '85 Named Harrison College's VP of International Operations
March 12, 2013Richard J. Bonaccorsi, a 1985 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Harrison College as vice president of international operations. "In this role,... Read More
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Elisa Villanueva Beard '98 Named Co-CEO of Teach For America
February 13, 2013Elisa Villanueva Beard, a 1998 graduate of DePauw University, has been appointed co-CEO of Teach For America. TFA is a national teacher corps of recent... Read More
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Laura Kelley '08 & Chris Burton '09 in Indy Production of The Matchmaker
February 11, 2013Two graduates of DePauw University -- Laura Kelley '08 and Chris Burton '09 -- have key roles in the upcoming Garfield Shakespeare Company production of... Read More
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Jennett Hill '85 Named VP and General Counsel of Citizens Energy Group
January 1, 2013Jennett M. Hill, a 1985 graduate of DePauw University, will join Citizens Energy Group as vice president and general counsel. She comes to the post, effective... Read More
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Pete Richard '12, Now Teaching in South Korea, Profiled in Newspaper
December 30, 2012"Pete Richard is eager to see and change the world," notes the Pioneer Press. The suburban Chicago newspaper profiles Richard, a 2012 DePauw University... Read More
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TV News Anchor Nicole Pence '06 Profiled in Hometown Newspaper
November 11, 2012"When the news broke this past Monday that Colts coach Chuck Pagano’s leukemia went into remission, WTHR’s Nicole Pence got an exclusive interview with... Read More
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Prof. Jake Gross '00 Asks 'How Bad Is It?' in Op-Ed
November 10, 2012"Just how bad has the student loan burden become?," asks Jacob P.K. Gross, an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Louisville and... Read More
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Teach For America COO Elisa Villanueva Beard '98 Among 2013's 'Women Worth Watching'
October 18, 2012Elisa Villanueva Beard, chief operating officer for Teach For America and 1998 graduate of DePauw University, is a 2013 "Women Worth Watching" honoree... Read More
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Matt Welch '11 Aligns with North-American Interfraternity Conference
September 16, 2012Matt Welch, a 2011 graduate of DePauw University, has joined the North-American Interfraternity Conference as coordinator of IFC Services. Read More
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Beyond the Borders
August 17, 2012Five films from Spain and Latin America – including an Oscar-nominated animated feature – will be shown on campus this fall. Read More
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New Worlds
August 17, 2012Incoming freshmen in the Servicio en las Américas program prepared for DePauw thousands of miles from campus. Read More
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Fulbright Recipient Paul Johnson '04 Profiled in Hometown Newspaper
August 10, 2012I've always had an interest in academics and learning as much as possible," Paul Michael Johnson, a 2004 graduate of DePauw University, tells the Frankfort... Read More
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Peter Richard '12 Wins Award as He Prepares to Teach English in South Korea
July 4, 2012Peter Richard, a May 2012 graduate of DePauw University who is spending the summer as a lifeguard at Lions Park Pool in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, is the... Read More
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Jim Alling '83 is Interim CEO of T-Mobile USA
June 27, 2012Jim Alling, chief operations officer for T-Mobile USA and 1983 graduate of DePauw University, has been appointed interim CEO of the company. Read More
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Brad Grabow '85 Joins Lake City Bank as VP
June 11, 2012Bradford S. Grabow, a 1985 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Lake City Bank in Indianapolis as vice president and commercial banking officer. "He... Read More
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TV Anchor/Reporter Nicole Pence '06 Moving to Indy NBC Affiliate
May 22, 2012Nicole Pence, morning co-anchor for Lexington, Kentucky NBC affiliate WLEX and 2006 graduate of DePauw University, has accepted a job as an anchor/reporter... Read More
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Paul Johnson '04 Will Conduct Research in Spain with Fulbright Award
May 10, 2012Paul Michael Johnson, a 2004 graduate of DePauw University, has been been awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship that will send him to Spain for the 2012-13... Read More
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Senior Sam Holley-Kline Will Conduct Research in Mexico as Fulbright Scholar
April 9, 2012Sam Holley-Kline, a senior at DePauw University, will conduct anthropological field research in Mexico during the upcoming academic year through a Fulbright... Read More
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Junior Tyler Perfitt is Second Goldwater Scholarship Winner
April 5, 2012Tyler Perfitt, a junior at DePauw University, is the winner of a 2012 award from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program... Read More
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Newspaper Notes Junior's Internship in Berlin
February 7, 2012"I really love the fields of business and economics" says DePauw University junior Adam Weaver. An economics and German major, Weaver is spending this... Read More
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Volunteering Gave Molly Heitzman '10 "A Competitive Advantage"
January 7, 2012In an article examining how "volunteering for nonprofit work ... can fill an experience gap and provide a competitive advantage," the Wall Street Journal... Read More
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Senior Megan Myrehn is Miss Indiana USA 2012
November 30, 2011Megan L. Myrehn, currently a senior at DePauw University, was crowned Miss Indiana USA 2012. The pageant took place Sunday, November 27, at the Renaissance... Read More
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Nicole Kersey '01 Named Managing Director of Law Firm's Immigration Compliance Center
November 2, 2011Nicole A. Kersey, an associate at Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Atlanta and 2001 graduate of DePauw University, has been named managing director of the law firm's... Read More
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Janelle Thixton '13
May 12, 2011This summer, Janelle Thixton '13 is heading to Oman to study Arabic thanks to a Department of State Critical Language Scholarship. Read More
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Three Faculty Members Contribute to Online Journal, Reconstruction
April 13, 2011Three members of the DePauw University faculty -- Angela Flury, Kevin Howley and Sandro Barras -- make contributions to the latest edition of Reconstruction:... Read More
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Todd Schmid '09 Receives Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
April 5, 2011Todd J. Schmid, a 2009 graduate of DePauw University and currently a student at the University of Illinois College of Law, is the recipient of a Foreign... Read More
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LA Times Praises Science Fiction Anthology Edited by Two DePauw Professors
February 19, 2011The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, co-edited by two DePauw University professors -- Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., University Professor and professor... Read More
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Med School Student Jen Pasko '06 Featured in Indianapolis Business Journal
November 28, 2010Jen Pasko, a fourth year medical student and 2006 graduate of DePauw University, is featured in an Indianapolis Business Journal article examining the... Read More
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Professor Art Evans
July 13, 2010Professor of Modern Languages Art Evans has always been attracted to the alien "other." Read More
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Danielle Shover '10 Will Teach in Spain as Fulbright Scholar
May 3, 2010DePauw University senior Danielle M. Shover has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship. The grant will allow Shover to travel to Spain to teach... Read More
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Nicole Pence '06 Promoted to Morning News Anchor at Lexington's WLEX
March 21, 2010Nicole Pence, a 2006 graduate of DePauw University, has been named morning news co-anchor at Lexington, Kentucky NBC affiliate WLEX-TV. Pence, who joined... Read More
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Prof. Bob Hershberger Publishes Viajes
March 9, 2010Robert P. Hershberger, associate professor and chair of modern languages (Spanish) at DePauw University, is co-author of an introductory Spanish textbook... Read More
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Danyeal H. Roseman '11
September 1, 2009Danyeal "Danni" H. Roseman '11 pursues her dreams of living and learning in Ecuador as a student and as a teacher. Read More
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Jessica V. Strong '09
May 6, 2009Even on a campus where double majoring is somewhat of a pastime, rarely are the limits of academic dedication pushed further than by senior Jessica V.... Read More
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Todd Schmid '09 to Conduct Sociolinguistic Research in Paraguay with Fulbright Award
April 29, 2009DePauw University senior Todd J. Schmid will spend a year conducting research in Paraguay as a result of receiving an international graduate study and... Read More
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Matt Jennings Receives 2009 Walker Cup
April 27, 2009Matthew R. Jennings, a DePauw University senior from Sylvania Township, Ohio, is the 2009 recipient of the Walker Cup. Named for 1890 DePauw graduate Guy... Read More
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Senior Gridder Named to NFF Hampshire Honor Society
April 23, 2009DePauw University senior Michael McNelis has been named today as a member of the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame's (NFF) 2009 NFF Hampshire... Read More
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Inaugural Scholar Lindsey Sutherlin '09
February 10, 2009Freezing temperatures and little sleep didn't ruin bundled-up senior Lindsey Sutherlin's life-changing inauguration trip. Read More
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Christian, Jewish and Muslim Spain - Winter Term 2009
February 4, 2009Led by Linda L. Elman, associate professor of modern languages (Spanish) and David N. Gellman, associate professor of history, 13 DePauw students toured... Read More
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Scholarship Sends Senior to Presidential Inauguration as VIP
January 17, 2009"DePauw senior Lindsey Dru Sutherlin, 22, embarked on the trip of a lifetime" yesterday, reports the Crawfordsville Journal Review. "Sutherlin was awarded... Read More
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Prof. Emeritus Gordon Walters Passes Away at Age 67
May 5, 2008Gordon B. Walters, professor emeritus of modern langauges (French) at DePauw University, passed away early yesterday. Dr. Walters, who was a member of... Read More
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Prof. Howard Pollack-Milgate Publishes Heine: On the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany
April 8, 2008Howard M. Pollack-Milgate, associate professor of modern languages (German) at DePauw University, has published Heine: On the History of Religion and Philosophy... Read More
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"We Are Living Science Fiction on a Regular Basis," Says Prof. Art Evans
March 21, 2008"Science fiction is no longer kids' stuff, but serious literature," Arthur B. Evans, Laurel H. Turk Professor of Modern Languages at DePauw University... Read More
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French Filmmaker Chantal Briet Visits Tuesday
March 16, 2008French documentary filmmaker Chantal Briet will come to the campus of DePauw University to present and discuss her acclaimed Alimentation Générale (The... Read More
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DePauw to Host This Weekend's Japan Olympiad of Indiana
February 26, 2008DePauw University will host the 2008 Japan Olympiad of Indiana (JOI), this Saturday, March 1. JOI is an academic competition which tests the achievements... Read More
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Prof. Emeritus Agnes Beaudry Passes Away
November 24, 2007Agnes Ruth Porter Beaudry, who taught French at DePauw University for 31 years, died November 21. She was 74 years old. A memorial service will be conducted... Read More
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Prof. Art Evans Edits First English Translation of Jules Verne's Kip Brothers
May 3, 2007Arthur B. Evans, a professor of modern languages at DePauw University, is the editor of the first English translation of Jules Verne's The Kip Brothers... Read More