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Audrey Weber ’24 earns Fulbright to teach English in Ecuador
Communications Staff
The young alum, from George Town, Grand Cayman, will serve as a teaching assistant in university-level English classes.
Telling Complicated Stories
Aimee Levitt
It’s been nearly a half-century since the Spanish Nationalist general-turned-fascist dictator Francisco Franco Bahamonde died after close to 40 years in power. That’s a long time for a country to exist under a dictatorship. But even now, Spaniards can’t agree on what it all meant or what lingering effects it may have on Spain today — if they bother to discuss it at all.
South-of-the-Border Second Home
Tyler Applegate
Anna Sheik returns to Mexico to follow her love of language, history, and teaching.
Riley Davis '22 Receives Fulbright to Argentina
Amanda Nagy
A double major in Hispanic studies and Latin American studies, Davis has demonstrated a passion for language and language-learning.
Community Mural Project Highlights Aspects of Oberlin
Yvonne Gay
More than 100 town and college members picked up artists' brushes and applied their painting skills to a 32-foot mural in Carpenter Court late last month during Community Paint Day. The result is an expressive collage that the organizer of the project hopes will fill passersby with Oberlin pride.
Nina Harris ’20 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Guatemala
Hillary Hempstead
Harris' interest in Guatemala began at 15 years old, when she lived and worked in the country.
Monthlong Speaker Series on Militarization Features Three Former Ambassadors
Amanda Nagy
Now in its fourth year, the Global Issues Symposium expands student learning beyond the international studies concentration.
A Conversation with Baron Pineda
Communications Staff
A cultural anthropologist specializing in human rights and indigenous peoples, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies Baron Pineda is one of seven scholars advising Facebook on the challenges of enforcing community standards.
Julia Pearlstein-Levy '15 Awarded Fulbright Grant in Mexico
Amanda Nagy
A Latin-American studies major, Pearlstein-Levy wants to gain a deeper understanding of U.S.-Mexico relations.
Alyssa Phelps '15 Receives Fulbright in Mexico
Amanda Nagy
Phelps will bring her Spanish language skills and experience in Latin American Studies to Mexico as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant.