Congratulations to Cadet Andrew Jones (German major) who just received notification on March 4, 2007 that he was selected for a prestigious Fulbright scholarship (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html). This is the 7th Modern Languages Fulbright recipient (from German Section) in the past 6 years.
Cadet Andrew Green, Spanish major, has been awarded a national Sigma Delta Pi scholarship for study in Cuernavaca, Mexico for there fall 2007 semester. Cadet Green was one of only 28 students in the U.S. selected to receive a Sigma Delta Pi scholarship, and the only student chosen nationwide for the sole semester-long scholarship. For an idea of the magnitude of this accomplishment, there are 545 chapters of Sigma Delta Pi nationwide, with approximately 12,000 eligible applicants in any given year.
Cadets Louis Doelling (Spanish major), Kimberly Hamilton (Spanish minor) Creighton Nash (Spanish major) and Zachary Franklin (Spanish minor) are enrolled in the University of Virginia's prestigious study abroad program in Valencia, Spain, for the spring 2007 semester.
Charles S. Knisley (B.A., Spanish, '06) is currently working as a staff interpreter for the Anmed Health Hospital of Anderson County, S.C.
On November 16 at 7:00pm in the Greater Issues Room of Mark Clark Hall, The Citadel's Tau Iota Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi held an awards ceremony for its 2nd annual South Carolina Spanish Teacher of the Year award. On behalf of the Board and Tau Iota, Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro, Founder and Director of the contest, named Celina P. Anthony of West Ashley High School (Charleston) as the 2006 awardee. The Harvey, Casterline & Vallini law firm and Stewart Title Guaranty Company each presented Mrs. Anthony with a check for $500 for a $1000 total award. Professor Del Mastro presented Anthony with a $150 gift certificate for Grill 225 restaurant ($75 courtesy of Tau Iota; $75 courtesy of Grill 225). Tau Iota presented all three finalists with award plaques, and the Francis Marion Hotel provided lodging and complimentary breakfast. Chad Everett Allan of Bishop England High School and Eileen Hilera Shields of Academic Magnet High School were the contest's runners up.
Dr. Katya Skow has recently had two articles accepted for publication: "From Frauenliteratur to Frauenliteraturbetrieb: Marketing Literature to German Women in the 21st Century," with Julia Karolle-Berg, in German Literature in the Twenty-first Century: Trends, Traditions, Transformations, Transitions, eds. Patricia Herminghouse and Katharina Gerstenberger (forthcoming from Berghahn Publishing, summer 2007); and "Die Zuckerbäckerin, Die Glasbläserin, Die Totenwäscherin: Nineteenth-Century Women in Contemporary German Historical Fiction," South Carolina Modern Languages Review (forthcoming spring 2007).
For The Citadel's Black History Month Keynote Address on February 8 at 6:30pm in Grimsley Hall Auditorium, Dr. Alan Cambeira discussed his research in the Caribbean and its connection to South Carolina.
For The Citadel's CGPS Senior Scholars lecture series, Professor Cambeira opened the spring 2007 session at 2:00pm on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 in Mark Clark Hall with his presentation: "Daughters of Caliban: Women's Voices in Today's Caribbean As a Challenge to Traditional Exclusion and Exploitation."
On January 16, the 5th issue of Decimonónica was published. Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro is founding Co-Director of this refereed, online journal of 19th century Hispanic cultural production.
On January 8, Professor Del Mastro accepted an invitation to contribute to World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia, edited by Maureen Ihrie and Salvador Oropesa.
On January 16, the 5th issue of Decimonónica was published. Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro is founding Co-Director of this refereed, online journal of 19th century Hispanic cultural production.
On January 8, Professor Del Mastro accepted an invitation to contribute to World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia, edited by Maureen Ihrie and Salvador Oropesa.
In December 2006, Professor Cambeira was issued a contract by PublishAmerica for the publication of his novel Tattered Paradise... Azúcar's Trilogy Ends!
Dr. Cathy Jellenik presented her paper "Hypermodernity in Annie Ernaux's Novel La vie extérieure" on December 27, 2006 at the annual convention of the Modern Languages Association in Philadelphia.
In late November/early December and as invited speaker, Dr. Eloy Urroz attended the Guadalajara Expo in Mexico where he spoke in four different venues: 1) presentation for the journal Revuelta; 2) presentation of the book Antología poética: 1980-2005 by Luis García Montero; 3 ) presentation of the book El sueno de Inocencio by Gerado Laveaga; 4) presentation of the book La carne propia by Luis Maldonado.
On November 2, Professor Urroz traveled to Laval University in Quebec, Canada, where he presented his paper "Los Mario Vargas Llosa que leimos" in a conference dedicated to the Peruvian novelist. Dr. Urroz was one of a selet few Hispanists invited from across the world to participate in this event.
On Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 3:00 pm at the house of Professor Gurganus, the Kappa Mu chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, the National German Honor Society inducted five new members: Ashley Roe Petersen, Lisa Marie Bydairk, Michael Langdon Drozd, Curtis Tucker Knie, and Dr. Susanne Wagner. The induction ceremony was led by current student president of The Citadel’s chapter, senior Andrew Raynor Jones.
Cadet Andrew Green (Spanish major) has been awarded a national Sigma Delta Pi scholarship for study in Cuernavaca for the fall 2007 semester. Green was one of only 28 students in the U.S. selected to receive a Sigma Delta Pi scholarship, and the only student nationwide chosen for the sole semester scholarship available.
Cadet Gordon Loader (Spanish major) has been accepted into the "M.A. in Spanish: Latin American Studies" program at American University to begin in August 2007.
The Citadel's Tau Iota Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi inducted 13 new student members and four honorary members on March 6, 2007 at 7:00pm during its annual ceremony in the Greater Issues Room of Mark Clark Hall. Conducted by Brian Corbett (Chapter President), Jared Newman (Vice-President), Andrew Green (Secretary-Treasurer), Drs. Del Mastro and Segle (Chapter Advisers), the ceremony initiated the following active members: Valentín Boza, Travis Burton, James Chamberlain, Leandro Chamorro, Leon E. Hontz III, Kevin Jack, Jonathan Montes, Stanley (Chad) Phillips, Michael Pilotte, Jonathan Poole, Anthony Luis Rodríguez, Jonathan Rodríguez and Christopher.
Thurmond. Drs. Alan Cambeira, Amrita Das, Beverly Long and Eloy Urroz were inducted as honorary members.
Andrew Brooks (B.A., German, '06) has been accepted with a Prize Fellowship into the graduate program of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania; his admission package covers all tuition and fees for a five-year period.
Dr. Eloy Urroz was the featured speaker of the Hispanoamerican Society's luncheon meeting at the Sunfire Grill in West Ashley on Saturday, March 17 at 11:30am, where he discussed his novels for three hours with a group of approximately 30 attendees.
In February 2007, Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro's article "Psychosocial Development and Female Identity in Carmen Laforet's La mujer nueva" was published in Vol. 83, No. 6 of the journal Bulletin of Hispanic Studies.
Also in February, Professor Del Mastro accepted an invitation to serve as a guest reader for Letras Femeninas, the official refereed journal of the International Association of Femenine Hispanic Literature and Culture.
Dr. Del Mastro has accepted an invitation to become a founding Executive Committee member for the Charleston Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). This new association between The Citadel and NAHREP is accentuated by Modern Languages' newest course--Spanish 460, Internship in Hispanic Language and Culture--that will be offered in the fall 2007 in cooperation with Keller Williams Realty to provide Spanish majors and minors with practical experience in Hispanic language and culture.
Professor Del Mastro participated in the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) Annual Council and Board Meetings in Tampa, Florida, on February 14-17, 2007, where he directed two round table discussions: 1) "How Can ACHS Better Serve its Members?"; 2) "Honor Society Inclusiveness: Diversity in Membership and Attracting Non-Traditional Students." In addition to serving as Sigma Delta Pi's official representative to the ACHS, Professor Del Mastro is also an elected member of the ACHS Board.
