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April 16, 2021
A huge Wildcat Congratulations to this year's Department of Spanish and Portuguese Outstanding Graduating GAT, Alma Mota! She shares her thoughts on her time here at the U of A: “I am excited to be completing a master’s in Spanish Literature. As my…
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April 15, 2021
Congratulations to another of our outstanding graduate students, Isabella Calafate de Barros, on being awarded the Karen Smith Fellowship Scholarship! Isabella is a Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Linguistics. Her research interests are mainly in…
April 13, 2021
Join us in congratulating one of our graduate students, Jessica Tiegs, on being awarded the Karen Smith Fellowship Scholarship! Jessica is a third year PhD student studying Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She is…
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April 7, 2021
Join us in congratulating Assistant Professor Kristin Doran for winning the College of Humanities Distinguished Faculty Advisor Award! Professor Doran is the Director of the Spanish Basic Language Program in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese…
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April 1, 2021
Please join us in congratulating Ángela Matute Sánchez for winning the College of Humanities Outstanding GAT Award!
Here is a quick bio about Ángela: “I am a Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Arizona with a minor in SLAT.…
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March 30, 2021
Join us in congratulating Amy Warren, our administrative assistant in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, for being awarded a 2021 UA Award for Excellence. Amy has inspired positive growth in the department, and is a key player in its success…
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Jan. 14, 2021
A University of Arizona researcher is turning to digital mapping technology to reveal new insights about a nearly 500-year-old text and shed assumptions about early exploration of what is today the United States and the legacy of European power in…
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Dec. 18, 2020
We recently received these words from alumni Donald Frischmann:
This Long, Winding Road... Rolls On!
It was mid-August 1985. With fresh Ph.D. in hand, I watched the magical Tucson Valley fade from view (though never from my heart!) as I began the 1,…
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Dec. 14, 2020
Two College of Humanities seniors have swept the university's 2020 Centennial Achievement Undergraduate Awards.
Derek Foehrkolb, graduating in December with degrees in Russian and Slavic Studies and public management and policy, and Armando Gavin…
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Aug. 13, 2020
Ways to get in touch with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Main Office:
spanish@arizona.edu
520-621-3123 (please leave a voicemail with a phone number or email address for follow-up; *students, please leave your netid or student id)
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Aug. 5, 2020
Nichole Guard, Senior Program Coordinator in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has been honored as one of nine recipients for this year’s University of Arizona Individual Awards for Excellence.
Guard, who joined the University in 2008,…
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June 8, 2020
Richard P. Kinkade, a prolific and award-winning Spanish medievalist scholar who served as the first Dean of Humanities and a revered mentor and professor during 42 years at the University of Arizona, has died. He was 81.
Malcolm Compitello, who…