“I had never been abroad before, but Juniata gave me two opportunities to travel before my sophomore year. Also, I feel so comfortable at Juniata. My mom even asks me when I return to campus, ‘Did you make it home yet?’”

Dennis Wilt ’18
GERMAN SECONDARY EDUCATION AND SPANISH SECONDARY EDUCATION

Student Successes

Andrew Meci Andrew Meci, a Juniata College senior from Woodstock, N.Y., who studies biology and French, has recently earned a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research in France for the 2019-2020 academic year. Read Andrew's story here.
Annaleigh Baremore Annaleigh Baremore, a Juniata College senior from Silver Spring, Md., who studies global sustainable development and French has received a Fulbright English Teaching Award to live and work in Colombia from August 2019 through May 2020. Read Annaleigh's story here.

A Distinct Experience

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Outcomes

Our recent graduates are employed by the Institute of International Education, the French Ministry of Education, the American Council for International Education, and several private and public secondary schools. They land careers in industry, education, government, and public interest. Others are attending graduate school at places like Georgetown University and Rochester Institute of Technology.

    • Emily Kutz ‘18
    • received a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English to preschool and elementary school students in Madrid, Spain.
    • Dennis Wilt ‘18
    • received a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English to future elementary school teachers at an Austrian university, Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule Graz.
    • Ashlynn Cobb ‘17
    • received a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English in Yakutsk, Russia, and is now working as Resident Director at the State Department's National Security Language Initiative for Youth program in Moldova.
    • Erin Netoskie ‘16
    • received a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English in Vienna, Austria.
 

Faculty

In the WLC department, 100 percent of full-time faculty have earned Ph.D.s, and they serve, first and foremost, as professors. In addition to receiving many awards for their distinguished teaching, they’ve authored and co-authored numerous articles, led service-learning trips and hold numerous professional association affiliations. Two have participated in National Endowment for the Humanities faculty seminars, and two have led Fulbright Group Projects Abroad to Morocco and Costa Rica. Together, the world languages and cultures faculty have taught and done research in Guatemala, Poland, Russia, Ecuador, Peru, Spain, and Germany. Each year, Juniata also hosts Fulbright Language Teaching instructors who are native speakers of French, German, Russian, and Spanish.

“Juniata is the best school if you want to take learning a language farther than just the classroom. I’ve had a chance to travel to the French-speaking parts of Canada and St. Petersburg, Russia.”

Brooklyn Welsh ’19

Student Opportunities

Student Organizations: Chinese Club, French Club, German Club, Russian Club and Spanish Club provide a variety of special opportunities for students to exercise their language skills. Events include Oktoberfest, Fiesta Latina, Spanish Immersion Day, Francophone Appreciation Week, Russian Dinner, and Chinese Moon Festival and New Year.

Global Village: Composed of several internationally themed living and learning communities, the Global Village encourages you to experience other cultures through in-depth cultural interaction with each other, faculty advisors, and native speakers. The Global Village includes the Intercultural Floor, El Rincón Hispánico, Haus Wanderlust, Le Village Francophone, and the Chinese Village.

Undergraduate Research: Conduct research with a faculty member. Some recent examples: Sam Wherley '19, senior distinction project on the issue of Catalonian autonomy; Megha Arora ’19, “La arquitectura de Santiago Calatrava.”; Shelby Pio '17, "Chaos and Truth: Tolstoy's Journey from 'Sevastopol Stories' to War and Peace."

Support: The Eagles Abroad Scholarship enables students to receive up to $3,000 each toward immersive study abroad experiences. Also included is a four-week language and cultural immersion experience, an opportunity to work with Language in Motion, and study abroad (junior year or semester). An endowed merit scholarship, named for Professor Emeritus Klaus Jaeger, has also recently been created for students studying German. Juniata’s Center for International Education will also help you identify additional scholarships to study abroad.