{"id":61,"date":"2017-10-11T03:34:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T03:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/hispanicstudies\/casahispana\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:23:10","slug":"casahispana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/spanish-portuguese\/studentopportunities\/casahispana\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa Hispana"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/macalester\/sets\/72157626818129516' title='Casa Hispana by Macalester College, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3160\/5764759215_ba328a0b5d.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='DSC00604'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Casa Hispana: On-Campus Spanish-Language Living<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Live in a great house where you can speak Spanish, participate in cultural events, and share a great space with a warm community!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>The Department of Spanish &amp; Portuguese<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sponsors a campus house for students interested in living in a Spanish-speaking environment. Residents speak only Spanish in the house. Two Casa Hispana Program Assistants live in the house to supervise it and organize various activities. The residence is intended for students who have achieved at least an intermediate level of proficiency and want to maintain or improve their language skills, which means residents must have completed SPAN 204 or 220, or have tested out of Macalester&#8217;s language requirement in Spanish or Portuguese. <\/span><b>Students must take a course in Spanish in the Department of Spanish &amp; Portuguese each semester they live in the house.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students who live in Casa Hispana are not required to be on a campus meal plan, though some decide to purchase the meal plan anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Residents of La Casa Hispana celebrate a variety of traditions from the Spanish-speaking world by hosting events that are open to the community.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The house also functions as a hospitality center when distinguished scholars are visiting the department.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applications for residence are typically open in February for spots in the following academic year. If there are any openings during the Spring semester, applications will open in October. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Want to Live in Casa Hispana During the 2026\/2027 Academic Year?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who are interested in living in our Language House must apply through Residential Life\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/GjoigPMR8gu3LHwj6\">Living Learning Community (LLC) Application<\/a>. When filling out your application please indicate which houses you are interested in living in. The LLC application is the only application you will need to fill out. Residential Life, and our department, will work together on the selection process and notification. Please note, the application closes on February 5th, 2026 at 9:00am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Residents must have completed SPAN&nbsp; 204\/220 or tested out of the language, agree to speak Spanish in the house, and take a SPAN class each semester they live in the house.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Contact<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact our Casa Hispana faculty liaison, Professor <a href=\"mailto:clozano@macalester.edu\">Claire Lozano<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Casa Hispana<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">196 S. Vernon St.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">St. Paul, MN 55105<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casa Hispana: On-Campus Spanish-Language Living Live in a great house where you can speak Spanish, participate in cultural events, and share a great space with a warm community! The Department of Spanish &amp; Portuguese sponsors a campus house for students interested in living in a Spanish-speaking environment. Residents speak only Spanish in the house. 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