As part of the Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations, the Department of English and Foreign Languages invites the Barry Community to our Open Doors sessions. Our students have prepared very informative talks about significant personalities, music, food, and language in the Hispanic world.
October 12
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
LIB 207-208
¡FIESTA ESPAÑOLA! Our Studio for Languages and Cultures will open its doors to celebrate the “Día de la Hispanidad”, the day when we celebrate our Spanish language and culture from both sides of the Ocean. Join us from 11:00 to 1:00 for our breakfast with Spanish music and chocolate con churros.
October 13
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Powers Hall 166 C
Spanish Heritage Speakers will present an informal poster session. They will interact with their classmates, guests and instructors presenting their research on significant personalities, relevant topics and / or current events related to our Hispanic world. (Talks in Spanish. Q&A in Spanish/English. Prof. B. Muller-Marqués)
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Library 101
Students of Elementary Spanish will present an informal poster session. They will interact with their classmates, guests and instructors presenting their research on significant personalities, relevant topics and / or current events related to our Hispanic world. (Talks in Spanish/English. Q&A in Spanish/English. Prof. B. Muller-Marqués)
October 14
11:00 to 12:20 PM
Lehman Hall, Room 101
Students of Advanced Spanish will present
- Música repartera cubana. Jenise Smalls, Christian Orduña.
- La Caridad del Cobre: La Virgen de los cubanos. Roxana Ruiz, Ashley Gómez.
- Bachatéame mamá: Bachata en la República Dominicana. Darisa Taveras, Angie Cáceres.
- Cali Pachanguero: la capital de la salsa. Katriel Register, Shanieya Harris.
- Quimbombó: la influencia africana en la comida hispana. Edwin Suárez, Mia Tubbs.
- Pequeña la patria, grande la sueña: Rubén Darío. Eleana Dinarte.
(Presentations in Spanish/ Q&A in Spanish/English. Prof. Calvo-Peña)
October 15
9:00 to 9:50 AM
Powers Hall, Room 136B
Students of Spanish/English translation will present:
- Spanish Is Not So Hard! You Already Know Half the Words!,A Seminar on Cognates.
(Seminar in Spanish/English. Q&A in Spanish/English. Prof. Lee Williams)
11:00AM to 11:50AM
Powers Hall, Room 137
Students of Spanish Culture will present the following talks:
- Barcelona. Mas allá de Gaudí. María Bolívar.
- España, un paraíso culinario. Jessica Gómez.
- El flamenco español. Benyomis Ramírez.
(Presentations in Spanish/ Q&A in Spanish/English. Prof. Gil Guerrero)
1:00 to 1:50 PM
Lehman Hall, Room 103
Intermediate Spanish Students level will present
- Premios Billboard de la Música Latina 2021. Raquel Castillo, Zojeilah King,
- San Agustín: la ciudad más antigua de Estados Unidos. Kevin González, Kallista Capdevila, Skylar Jenkins.
- Mi artista hispano favorito. Constanza Garassino, Vanessa Rodríguez.
- Los mejores deportistas hispanos en Estados Unidos. Elsie Minaya, Antonio Cruz
(Presentations in Spanish. Q&A in Spanish/English. Prof. Ileana Zendegui)