WHICH SPANISH CLASS SHOULD I TAKE? — No matter if you've had one year or six years of Spanish, take the placement exam to find out which Macalester class is the best fit for your skills by contacting Academic Programs at 651-696-6036. Also see our FAQ on placement. To test out of Macalester's language requirement, you must complete the SAT II with Listening and score a 620 or better.
REACHING A PROFESSOR — If you need to reach a professor, go to our “Faculty” page to find out how to send an email, leave a voicemail, or catch them during office hours.
EVENTS
DEPARTMENT END-OF-TERM PARTY — The department's annual end-of-term party and awards ceremony was held Friday, April 24 at Casa Hispana. Photos, most without comment, are here!
MOVIE NIGHTS AT CASA HISPANA — Thanks to everyone who made movie nights such a success this year. Movie nights are done for the semester and will kick off again in September.
NAVIDAD ET AL. The department celebrated the end of Fall 2008 semester and the coming holidays with a fiesta on December 5. Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish honor society) inductions were also conducted. Here are some pictures.
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS Casa Hispana (196 Vernon) hosted Día de los Muertos activities on October 26. Flowers were made, paper cut, and sugar skulls decorated, and a special Ofrenda was built. Liliana Cortez from El Centro discussed the history of the holiday. Photos are here.
 MACALESTER WELLNESS 5K WALK/RUN October 4 was the 6th annual Macalester 5k, a part of campus Family Weekend activities. Hispanic Studies students, staff, and faculty represented.
OMG! ICE CREAM SUNDAES! Majors, minors, student employees, students interested in Hispanic Studies, department faculty and staff kicked off the Fall 2008 semester with a get-together at Casa Hispana on the first day of classes. Good times and lots of ice cream were had by all. If you missed it, you'll be sorry. Photos are here. |
LIVE IN CASA HISPANA FOR THE SPRING 2010 SEMESTER
Applications now being accepted for single and double room openings in Casa Hispana for Spring 2010. Click here! Applications close November 30. Keep your Spanish fresh and vibrant, live in a nice house with cool people, and lose the mojo-crippling dorm smell.
SPRING 2010 IN HISPANIC STUDIES
REGISTRATION INFORMATION — The list of Spring 2010 classes is up, as are the details about our special courses for the semester. Mmm, such selection!
NEWS
NEW NATIVE SPEAKERS! We welcome two new native speakers to the department staff for AY 2009–2010. Lucrecia Zanolli hails from Entre Ríos, Argentina, and Hugo Martínez joins us from Almería, Spain. Look for their bios to appear on our Faculty page in the near future.
TENURE! We are proud to announce that Associate Professor Margaret Olsen has been awarded tenure. Congratulations Molly!
INFO
Answers to questions about the Language Placement Exam and Study Abroad.
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HONORS PROJECT — Thinking of an honors project for your senior year? Here's a page where you can read the Department's criteria for a project. If you're a junior, NOW is the time to start! Contact a potential department honors advisor and get cracking! If you're interested, contact a department professor immediately. You can find contact information in the Macalester directory, or check out our faculty here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NATIVE SPEAKERS FOR AY 2009 — Two new native speakers will be joining the department beginning with the Fall, 2009 semester. Lucrecia Zanolli is from Entre Ríos, Argentina, and Hugo González Martínez is from Almería, Spain. They will be teaching the 100- and 200-level Spanish classes and living and programming for Casa Hispana.
 NEW IN HISPANIC CULTURAL STUDIES — We welcome Alicia Muñoz as tenure-track faculty, specializing in Hispanic Cultural Studies. Alicia completed her undergraduate work at Swarthmore College and her graduate and PhD work at Cornell. Alicia is the daughter of Mexican immigrants, and is originally from East L.A.
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