What's it like to learn about Colombia, Eucador, Peru, and Bolivia through art and tradition?

This term, 24 students have the opportunity to learn through the Spanish 232 topic course, Un Museo de la Region Andina. The course, designed by Tatiana Calixto and supervised by Maria Dorantes, has a strong museum theme component. The students complement their learning by recreating traditions, and by University of Michigan Museum of Art workshops and outings. Click here to see some pictures of their experiences.

Students will be exhibiting their own representations of the Andean region at the gallery in the Duderstadt Center on north campus 7pm Tuesday December 4, 2007. This event is open to the public.

The 2006 Camino de Santiago GIEU program is underway again. Learn more about this year's participants through their blogs and the Camino website.

Interested in what UM News Service has to say about the GIEU programs? Click here.

UM students studying Spanish had the special opportunity to meet and talk with well-respected Argentine author, Lilia Lardone. Learn more about her and her literary works here.

Read more about Italian 232 studies on Italian pop culture using web-based activities through their blogs. These blogs are where students post the result of their searches, share their knowledges, and express their personal opinions on what they have learned. Click here.

Read some of the blogs from Spanish 275 here

In fall term 2004, Professor Ekotto and several University of Michigan graduate students attended the biannual Festival of Panafrican Cinema in Burkina Faso. They returned with pictures chronicaling what they saw. Click here to view them.

Read some of the poetry from Spanish Lecturer Raquel Gonzalez's talented 231 class. All poems in Spanish.
Spanish 231 poetry

In the spring of 2004, 14 U of M students along with RLL faculty member, Andy Noverr, and graduate student, Annie Hesp, traveled to Spain to hike the Camino de Santiago. Check out their adventures, photos, and blogs here