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  • Keeping it in the (Liberal Arts) Family

    All three of the front-desk staff members in the Dean’s Office in Gebauer Building are alumnae of the Cellege of Liberal Arts. We spoke to Kaley Aguero, Richelle King, and Kacie Vanecek about their past, present, and future.

    Keeping it in the (Liberal Arts) Family

  • Teaching Brazilian Portuguese to the World

    It is not a stretch to say that Orlando Kelm, an associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin, is one of the most popular teachers of Brazilian Portuguese in the world. This is thanks to Brazilpod, a collection of podcasts, videos, transcripts, and blogs on Brazilian Portuguese that Kelm…

    Teaching Brazilian Portuguese to the World

  • Teaching & Learning: #studentsofislamicart is Improving Wikipedia One Article at a Time

    In fall 2018, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Art & Art History Stephennie Mulder announced to her Arts of Islam students that she was switching things up and scrapping their final research paper. Instead, she said, they would all participate in a Wikipedia edit-a-thon, with the goal of better capturing and presenting the…

    Teaching & Learning: #studentsofislamicart is Improving Wikipedia One Article at a Time