Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Scholarship Award Winner Jillian Cash


Congratulations to Jillian Cash, a sophomore International Business major and Spanish minor, who has been awarded a Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Scholarship by the RI Foundation toward her semester abroad this fall in Salamanca, Spain.

Jill (front row, center) at the book making even she recently organized


Jill is an active member of our Spanish program at Bryant.

In fall 2018, Jillian competed in the Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition with a Spanish-language Sales Pitch. Of this experience, Jillian writes: “This competition was in personal selling, and I explained to employers why they should hire me in Spanish. Competing with students across the country, it gave me a great opportunity to network and build confidence in the Spanish language.”

In January, Jillian traveled with Bryant University faculty on a 10-day trip to Argentina and Chile where she visited local businesses as well as cultural sights, using her language skills. Inspired by her visit to the Hogar el Alba orphanage during her trip, Jill recently organized a storybook making event for her fellow classmates, with all books created donated to the orphanage.

In spring semester 2019, Jillian has chosen to contract her advanced level Spanish course, SP404 Spanish for Business, for Honors Program credits. As part of this contract, and in addition to the course’s normal assignments, Jillian will create a multimedia project showcasing specific companies of the Spanish-speaking world, their business structure, and their participation in the global economy. She will also research leadership qualities and create a video-curriculum about herself that she can share with future employers. All aspects of this project will be completed in Spanish.

As an International Business major /Spanish minor Jillian will participate in one of the customized study abroad programs offered jointly by Academic Programs International (API) and Bryant University. These programs combine traditional study abroad coursework and homestays, with a 3-week course taught by a Bryant faculty member plus a semester-long internship (in Spanish) in a small local business for academic credit. Jillian will study in Salamanca, Spain and we wish her all the best!


¡Enhorabuena! 2019 Commencement Award and Spanish Award Winners



Profesora Gómez, Nick, Kerri, Anthony, Mia, Rachel, Profesora Moon, Kafui


2019 Department of Modern Languages Commencement Award

It is with pleasure that we announce that the 2019 Department of Modern Languages Award goes to Rachel Lagasse! Rachel will graduate with a dual degree: a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Spanish and a concentration in Actuarial Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Concentration in Finance.

First and foremost, Rachel´s academic performance in her Spanish major coursework has been outstanding. Her GPA in her Spanish major is 3.95. She placed into SP305 as a freshman, the highest placement we allow for non-native speakers, and has taken all of her coursework at the advanced level. In addition to working to improve her language skills through courses such as Reading and Writing and Conversation and Composition, she has also taken coursework in a variety of content areas including film, literature, culture (2 courses), and Spanish for Business. In the classroom, Rachel is thoughtful and focused; she makes connections between courses and other disciplines, and her quiet leadership keeps her groups focused and in the target language.

As a freshman in SP310 Spanish-Speaking Cultures, Rachel researched and presented on La Bestia, the name given to the network of cargo trains in Mexico on top of which Central American refugees and immigrants ride to reach the U.S./Mexico border. In her sophomore year, she teamed up with another student (also a Spanish major) in SP308 Survey of Literature in Spanish to adapt the short story «No oyes ladrar los perros» by Juan Rulfo into a written play, which they then performed for the class as their final project. In her junior year, she created a website about present day social and cultural topics in Costa Rica, highlighting issues such as LGBTTTI rights, the ecotourism industry, and afro-latinos in politics, as her final research project in SP403 Cultures of Spanish-Speaking nations. Her project can be found here: https://costa-ricaaa.weebly.com/ She is finishing her Spanish major by completing a directed study on film and literature by women of Spanish-Speaking world this semester.

Rachel spent one month studying and interning abroad in Alicante, Spain during summer 2018. In addition to living with a host family and taking an advanced grammar class 5 days a week, she also interned 3 afternoons a week at Ingegratur, an international company that helps business become more accessible for disabled or elderly customers (hotels, retail stores, any type of business). Of her experiences, Rachel states “The study abroad experience overall was amazing-- I met some lifelong friends, learned so much about the language and the culture, and had so much fun. I think I grew a lot as a person being there alone and with a host mom who spoke zero English and was a little older than I was expecting. I'd definitely recommend studying abroad in the summer to anyone else who wants to knock off some extra credits or get a different internship perspective than the typical/traditional.”

Finally, Rachel was our nominee for the Spanish Representative for the CAS Dean's Advisory Council for the 2018-2019 academic year, and has served with distinction, making keen observations and recommendations to the Council on behalf of the Department of Modern Languages and the College of Arts and Sciences. Her work for the February 14th Love Your Major event last month was outstanding: she recruited another Spanish major student to help her and the two of them created posters, baked food, and staffed our department´s table for the entire event. 

Congratulations, Rachel!



Spanish Awards

Awards are given to Spanish majors, concentrators and minors who have distinguished themselves in the following areas:


The Academic Achievement Award recognizes learners who can communicate effectively in the target language on academic subjects such as business, culture, film, history, linguistics, and literature. Due to all we have already mentioned about Rachel´s success in her coursework across our Spanish curriculum, it is our honor to present the Academic Achievement Award to Rachel Lagasse.


The Intellectual Entrepreneur Award recognizes a student who has the curiosity and imagination to make connections across disciplines and who who actively seeks out opportunities to learn.

Kerri O´Connell, a senior, studying Global Supply Chain Management with a concentration Spanish, recently finished her Senior Thesis as part of the Honors Program at Bryant.

Kerri choose to complete her Thesis entirely in Spanish, completing a 60 page research paper based on a full year’s worth of research! Kerri shared her work with the Bryant community, completing 2 presentations - one in English and one in Spanish on REDay. Kerri’s research, entitled, ¡Viva Latino! The Rising Popularity of Latin Music in the US, included traditional humanities research, as well as data analytics, including interview that she conducted with Leila Cobo, an expert in Latin Music at Billboard, as well as data analysis of a survey Kerri conducted, and analysis of Spotify data on the presence of Latin Songs on traditionally English-language playlists. It has been my honor to work with Kerri as her faculty advisor, and I can assure you all that she is an amazing young woman, and that her project is, without a doubt, the best work that I have ever seen come out of the Spanish program at Bryant. Congratulations, Kerri!

The Social Entrepreneur Award recognizes learners who demonstrate personal and intellectual growth through community engagement.

An International Business major with a concentration in Spanish,  Kafui Gozey traveled on SIE Argentina and Chile with Profesora Gómez and this is where her love for the language was further ignited. It was on that trip that she decided that Chile would be the country she would choose to study abroad her junior year. Upon her return, this student took an advanced course with me and her fluency was stronger and she performed academically well in this course. She was a student that consistently volunteered and was confident in her speaking ability.

Kafui then approached Profesora Moon in December of her senior year, interested in pursuing something unique to finish her concentration in Spanish, something that would allow her to interact with the Spanish-speaking community in RI and give her the opportunity to use her language skills in the ¨real-world¨, much as she had done during her internship in Chile during her junior year abroad. For the past 12 weeks, Kafui has spend 3 hours every Saturday at Progreso Latino in Central Falls teaching math and literacy skills to native Spanish speakers. In her weekly reflections, Kafui ponders the difficult questions about how social topics such as minimum wage, the high cost of education, and the unique problems that immigrants face in our communities affect the people that she works with. In so many ways, Kafui is already changing the world for the better! Congratulations.


The Language Mastery Award recognizes learners who have acquired communicative and intercultural competence through formal study and application.

Nick Walker, a senior, an International Business and Spanish double-major, began his Spanish studies at Bryant at the intermediate level. Throughout his 4 years, he gradually worked his way through our intermediate and advanced level courses, studying courses including conversation, literature, culture, and Spanish for business. During his junior year, he studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain where he completed an internship in Spanish at the Chamber of Commerce. In his final semester, this Nick has used his language skills in some amazing ways, including conducting a phone interview - in Spanish- with contacts from Chile as part of his IB Practicum, and a directed study to finish his Spanish major. Inspired to use and to deepen his languages skills in a new way, Nick chose to dive deeply into one primary source in an effort to master both the language and the content of that source. Entitled The Life and Death of Pablo Escobar, his research offered an intimate analysis into one of history’s most notorious drug-lords, which he presented - in Spanish - at REDay a few weeks ago.  Congratulations, Nick!

The Cultural Ambassador Award recognizes learners who apply a cosmopolitan outlook to global citizenship. We have two recipients for this award:

Mia Broderick, a senior will finish off with Human Resource and Spanish double-major. She began her studies at the intermediate level and she traveled with me to Argentina and Chile on SIE her sophomore year. She had a love for the language and knew that she wanted to study abroad given that she was majoring in the language. Her junior year she studied abroad in Malaga, Spain. I was privileged to have her as an advanced student that same year. Upon her return on campus she has helped me with the Cameron Fitzpatrick Grozinger tournament that honors an IB/Spanish student that passed due to a peanut allergy. Mia herself knows the importance of this allergy and helped spread the awareness on our campus. Most recently, this student has served on my eboard for BUSCO (Bryant Univ. Spanish Cultural Org.) as the treasurer. As a senior and well versed student at Bryant I can’t thank her enough for all her help with organization and balancing that excel sheet. Countless emails, texts and contributions to our campus. Congratulations, Mia!


Antonio Deluca, a senior with a major in International Business and double minor in Spanish and Chinese, he began his Spanish studies at Bryant at the advanced level. His first course with me with Spanish 307 a conversation and composition course. From day 1 of meeting this student, it was obvious to me that he wanted to not only master Spanish but Chinese as well. There were moments where he got both languages confused early on. He traveled with me on SIE Argentina and Chile his sophomore year and it was here that I was truly able to see his confidence in the language. He studied abroad in China as he knew that he needed to in order to increase his fluency in his third language. Upon his return to Bryant this student was that one that I always knew would become involved in the activities that the could prove his fluency in Spanish. Two years in a row, he has been the winner of a Karoake in Spanish contest during latin night. This past fall, he joined in along with 15 other Bryant students to compete in a national competition with an elevator pitch with the Sales Department and won first place amongst 25 contestants.


Friday, April 19, 2019

¡Viva Latino!

Kerri O’Connell, a senior studying Global Supply Chain Management and Spanish, recently finished her Senior Thesis as part of the Honors Program at Bryant. Kerri choose to complete her Thesis entirely in Spanish, completing a 45 page research paper based on a full year’s worth of research! Kerri shared her work with the Bryant community, completing 2 presentations (one in English and one in Spanish) this past week. Kerri’s research, entitled, ¡Viva Latino! The Rising Popularity of Latin Music in the US, included an interview that she conducted with Leila Cobo, an expert in Latin Music at Billboard, as well as data analysis of a survey Kerri conducted, and analysis of Spotify data on the presence of Latin Songs on traditionally English-language playlists. Below is the abstract and Introduction to Kerri’s paper.






¡Viva Latino! El crecimiento renombre de la música latina en los Estados Unidos

Abstracto

Este proyecto va a examinar la historia de la música latina y los elementos y eventos significativos que influyen el gusto de la música en los Estados Unidos. Luego, el propósito es diseccionar que constituye una canción popular y porque a las personas les gusta un tipo de música y combinar esta información con la historia y datos cuantificables para analizar la popularidad actual de la música latina. Expertos ya han estudiado la música latina, pero incluyendo esta información en la conversación sobre la popularidad de la música Latina podemos observar un mejor estudio de las características que influyen el gusto de la música en los Estados Unidos. Los datos no pueden decir todo sobre la popularidad de la música latina en años recientes, pero pueden añadir algo nuevo, algo cuantificable, que no ha sido investigado aún. Al final, voy a tratar de determinar las causas principales de la extraña popularidad en la música latina en los Estados Unidos para crear una base extensa en los futuros estudios en la música latina.


Introducción

Esta tesis va a investigar el crecimiento, influencia, presencia y futuro de la música latina mundial. La tesis provee una ancha y detallada vista de la posición presente de la música latina y cómo ha llegado a este punto. La tesis va a investigar las causas de la popularidad explosiva en los últimos años y va a analizar los datos que ya existen y la nueva información que puede ayudar a predecir si esta tendencia continuará y cómo evolucionará. Va a probar como la prevalencia de la música latina mundial ha aumentado exponencialmente en los años recientes y cómo esto es probablemente un resultado directo de los servicios streaming y cómo produce un cambio en las actitudes y percepciones de la música popular. El punto más importante es que una causa principal de la creciente popularidad en la música latina, especialmente en los Estados Unidos, es el resultado de los servicios streaming. Por lo tanto, es ventajoso incluir los datos de estas plataformas en la conversación de los expertos ya que ofrecen una nueva perspectiva.

Después de mi investigación inicial en la revisión de la literatura, todavía tenía preguntas que no fueron contestadas por los recursos que había leído. Entonces, me di cuenta que sería necesario conducir una entrevista con intento a explorar las otras preguntas de investigación y decidí hablar con Leila Cobo, una escritora y experta en la música latina. Con esa entrevista, descubrí la importancia de los datos de los servicios streaming y cómo estos datos pueden ayudar a contestar mis preguntas. Como resultado, añadí una pregunta a las preguntas de investigación sobre el papel de streaming y la utilización de los datos en la popularidad: ¿Es esta popularidad del género sólo una novedad o tiene un futuro exitoso?



REDay habla español

Two seniors, both International Business and Spanish double majors, presented their independent research at REDay 2019. Both conducted and presented their research entirely in Spanish. 

¡Enhorabuena a Dan y Nick por su trabajo impresionante!



Daniel Ryder, whose semester abroad in Bilbao, Spain inspired his research topic, presented on The Basque Country: A Region of Cultural Independence. His research highlighted the many cultural aspects that differentiate the Basque region from the rest of the autonomous regions in Spain. Topics such as the region's history as well as language, food, sports, and many other unique cultural identifiers of the region were highlighted. 




Nicholas Walker was inspired to use and to deepen his languages skills in a new way, diving deeply into one primary source in an effort to master both the language and the content of that source. Entitled The Life and Death of Pablo Escobar, his presentation offered an intimate analysis into one of history’s most notorious drug-lords.This presentation contrasted fact from fiction, and unraveled the truth behind the Netflix series “Narcos”, as Escobar’s story as recalled from the perspective of his own son through his book Pablo Escobar, Mi Padre.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Modern Language Award Ceremony 2018


The Department of Modern Languages held its annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, April 25th in Bello Grand Hall.

The Department of Modern Languages Commencement Award winner was announced. Kevin Ludemann is a Spanish and Human Resource Management double major, and President of Bryant´s chapter of the Phi Sigma Iota international foreign language honor society. Read more about Kevin´s accomplishments in this blog post.


The Department also recognized student achievement in the following categories:
  • Academic Achievement
  • Intellectual Entrepreneur
  • Social Entrepreneur
  • Language Mastery
  • Cultural Ambassador

We would like to congratulate the award winners in Spanish: Kevin Ludemann, Claire Gracia, Kevyn Madrigal, Jenna Lamb, Michael Dalton, and Gabriel Barrett. You can read what Profesoras Gomez and Moon had to say about each recipient below. 

Profe Moon, Kevin, Claire, Kevyn, Gabby, Miguelito, Jenna, and Profe Gomez
Photo by James Imrie '18






The Academic Achievement Award recognizes learners who can communicate effectively in the target language on academic subjects such as business, culture, film, history, linguistics, and literature.

Our award winner is a Spanish and Human Resources Double Major who has taken nearly every advanced level Spanish courses that we offer, in a wide variety of subject areas including film, literature, culture, linguistics, business, conversation and more. He traveled to SIE Latin America his sophomore year with professor Gomez and was able to experience Latin American culture first hand. As we heard a few minutes ago, he is currently piloting a directed study with Professor Gomez in the area of medical Spanish in which he shadows members of the Bryant PA program in clinical settings in Providence, interpreting for Spanish-language patients. And he is the first student to complete his senior Honors Capstone in the Department of Modern Languages. His research presentation entitled the “Role of Drag Art in Modern Day Spain.” In his four years of Spanish studied he has earned a perfect 4.0, and is a member, and President, of the Phi Sigma Iota honor society and also served as BUSCO president. Kevin Ludemann has impressed us year after year during his time at Bryant. Congratulations.

The Intellectual Entrepreneur Award recognizes a student who has the curiosity and imagination to make connections across disciplines and who who actively seeks out opportunities to learn.

A member of the Phi Sigma Iota honor society, this young woman has successfully combined her Global Studies major with a major in Spanish, and the two majors have often connected. For example, in the 400 level literature and film course that took with me last spring, her final research project explored the portrayal of immigrants, in particular female and child migrants, in film and how this portrayal has contributed to our national perceptions of immigration.

Another example includes the directed study she has just completed. Building upon her coursework in Global Anthropology she worked with a classmate to completed ethnographic research in Miami in January, which they used as a foundation for a semester-long research project on the various Latin American cultural influences on the city. They presented their research, which was nominated for Best Student Research Paper, at REDay last week.

This young woman studied abroad in Sevilla, Spain, where she also worked in an elementary school teaching English and U.S. culture. She said of these experiences: “I returned from my time abroad with a different idea of travel. I no longer wanted to just visit other countries; I wanted to fully interact with them.” And indeed she will be doing just that. Claire Gracia will soon be off to Peru where she will work as a Youth Development Facilitator with the Peace Corps. Please join me in congratulating in her.


The Social Entrepreneur Award recognizes learners who demonstrate personal and intellectual growth through community engagement.

This student is an International Business major with dual concentrations in Accounting and Spanish. He studied in Salamanca, Spain where he interned as an Assistant Project Coordinator and used his Spanish to help translate business proposals and investigated potential business opportunities in Latin America and Europe. Here at Bryant he has served on campus in a variety of organizations; ALPHA (Assoc. of Latino Professionals for America) as co-president last year and serves as President of ISO (International Student Organization) this current academic year. He has also also served as a member of MSU (Multicultural Student Union). He has been a great liaison in many campus wide events throughout his four years at Bryant. I have had the privilege of collaborating with him on events during September and October to highlight Hispanic Heritage month, primarily PLAFF (Providence Latin American Film Festival), Noche Latina in April and the I am an Immigrant campaign that has taken place two years in a row in the late Fall. He is a student that has involved himself in the Bryant community to highlight International and Multicultural events. It is with great pride that I congratulate Kevyn Madrigal to accept this award.

The Language Mastery Award recognizes learners who have acquired communicative and intercultural competence through formal study and application.

This International Business major began his study in Spanish in SP105, our introductory course. He is finishing his career at Bryant with dual concentrations in Spanish and Accounting he has a great control of the language as a non-native speaker. I can speak of that first hand as I have had him for a total of 6 courses from beginner to intermediate and advanced courses. I still remember the first beginner class that he took with me and I could see the desire he had to speak Spanish and he often questioned/wondered if he would actually ever get there. He traveled with me to SIE Latin America to Argentina and Chile where he become immersed fully into the culture while in both countries his sophomore year. This is where he fully engaged and I could see him wanting even more from the language as he was determined to speak with the locals. It was as if this was that first taste of Latin American culture that had him ready for his study abroad experience in Bilbao, Spain.

His junior year In Spain he completed internships with multiple companies, not by choice but rather because one of them closed part way through his semester. This year he worked with a classmate to on a directed study that researched modern music from Spain and Hispanic America including the Spanish rock group Jarabe de Palo, the origins of Reggaeton in Panama and Puerto Rico, and more, which they presented at REDay last week, this directed study was lead by Professor Moon. Along the way, this young man has shown enthusiasm for the Spanish language, and a desire to continually improve his skills. As one of his language professors that was given the pleasure of having him from his first year, second, third and fourth year, it is exciting and rewarding to see the complete growth of this student and stand back in awe of how much he has grown in the language and where he has taken those skills. It was my privilege having him as a student and there is no doubt that he will carry on using his language skills after graduation.

Professor Moon has asked me to share a excerpt of one of his weekly journals while he was abroad in Spain, because it exemplifies all that he has accomplished. It was written in Spanish so I’ll translate.

“I have traveled to Catalunya, Cantabria, Andalucia, Pais Vasco and more, have seen the different regional cultures of Spain, and I have talked with people in each of the regions. I am happy that, in general, people can understand what I say, and I have had many conversations in Spanish with people from different parts of the world. At the end of the day, this is my primary reason for learning Spanish, to be able to speak with more people and have diverse experiences.” This student will be missed immensely.

Congratulations to Miguel Dalton.

The Cultural Ambassador Award recognizes learners who apply a cosmopolitan outlook to global citizenship. We have two recipients for this award today, one whose work to promote culture on the Bryant campus and one whose time and research abroad….

Our first recipient is an International Business Major with a Concentration in Marketing and a minor in Spanish. She will be inducted into the Phi Sigma Iota honor society this afternoon. This student studied abroad in Bilbao, Spain her Sophomore year where she interned as a Marketing assistant and was able to use her Spanish skills there. I have had this student in the classroom and outside, as she has been a part of BUSCO, the Spanish Club on campus for a total of 2 1/2 years, she was abroad that other half year. In her time working as the Secretary I can honestly say she is an extremely organized person and kept the BUSCO in line and each year came up with better ideas year after year. This year for Noche Latina or Latin Night, we raised a total of $500 to donate to San Miguel School here locally in Providence, a school for boys between 5-8th grade who come from underprivileged areas of Providence. I am sure that she can attest that I am the professor at Bryant that she has received the most texts, en español, from to check locations of meetings and planning of events. She will be missed. Please join me on congratulating Jenna Lamb.

Our second recipient, also a Phi Sigma Iota honor society member, studied abroad in Barcelona her junior year. As can sometimes happen, the coursework abroad did not work well with this student’s credit needs. So, I offered to have her work with me to pilot a new directed study option on ethnography. She may have accepted this offer out of necessity, but what she did with this project was amazing. After some background work on the theory and practice of ethnography, she chose to study Catalan nationalism as viewed through FC Barcelona soccer culture during her semester abroad. Completing background research, cultural observations in multiple cities, and numerous interviews with native speakers, she produced a website with her research findings. This student’s work did not stop when she returned to Bryant’s campus. She presented her work at REDay 2017, and to a gathering of the Modern Language faculty and an invited guest speaker from Dartmouth, whose work with ethnography and language learners inspired this pilot project, which has gone on to become a regular course offering to our students while they are abroad. But were it not for the enthusiasm and dedication that Gabby Barrett showed for this project, it may have never come into existence. Please join me in expressing my gratitude and my congratulations to Gabby.

Department of Modern Languages Commencement Award Winner



It is our pleasure to announce that the 2018 Department of Modern Languages Commencement Award is awarded to Kevin Ludemann. Kevin is a Spanish and Human Resources Management Double Major. 
Kevin with Profesoras Moon and Gomez

Kevin Ludemann’s contributions to the academic and co-curricular life at Bryant are numerous, and extend far beyond his contributions specific to the Department of Modern Languages. However, his dedication to academic excellence, and his extensive involvement in the co-curricular offerings within Modern Languages make him the obvious choice for the 2018 Department of Modern Languages Commencement Award winner.

Kevin has been the student representative and public face of the Spanish program in a number of organizations on campus, including (but certainly not limited to): the My Path program (2 years), the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Council (2 years), and as President of the student cultural organization, BUSCO (1 year), a member of Phi Sigma Iota foreign language honor society since 2016, and President of the Bryant chapter during 2107-18. He also traveled abroad to Argentina and Chile for the Sophomore International Experience. His enthusiasm for Bryant’s Spanish program is seemingly boundless, and he represents our program exceptionally well in all of his interactions on campus. His perspective on the importance of acquiring language and understanding culture demonstrate his awareness of how intercultural competence helps all of us respond and adapt to the communicative and social needs of culturally different others. This perspective earned Kevin the Cultural Ambassador Award from the Department of Modern Languages in April 2017.

As a Spanish major, Kevin has also excelled academically, earning a perfect 4.0 GPA in his Spanish major courses.

Kevin is currently piloting a directed study in the area of medical Spanish in which he shadows members of the Bryant PA program in clinical settings in Providence, interpreting for Spanish-language patients.

Kevin is also the first student to complete his senior Honors Capstone in the Department of Modern Languages. Written completely in Spanish, his capstone explored how the modern day Spanish Drag Queen has come to be, and the role that they play in society.

By looking at the role that cross dresser played in “Comedias”, or plays, that mimicked
Spanish society during the 16th century, the repression of sexual identity under the Franco dictatorship in the 20th century, and the post dictatorship period, known as La Movida Madrileña, through two films, “Ocaña” and “La Mala Educación” that both have Queens as protagonists and demonstrate the transition away from Franco’s strict laws that sought to prevent individual expression. Finally, the capstone included a look at various modern day drag performances and interviews with Drag Queens who live and perform in Spain.

This project was truly a culmination of the entirety of Kevin´s Spanish coursework here at Bryant.

Kevin is also the recipient of The NEHRA Management Department Commencement Award for Excellence in Human Resources Management, The Bryant University Good Citizenship Award, and The Student Senate Service Award. 

Monday, April 23, 2018

REDay 2018 Presentation

REDay 2018

On Wednesday, April 18th, four seniors completing majors or concentrations in Spanish presented their research from two separate directed study projects. Both groups completed their research entirely in Spanish, and presented their findings in Spanish as well.

Alison and Michael
The first project, presented by Michael Dalton and Alison Feehan explored modern music from Spain and Hispanic America including the Spanish rock group Jarabe de Palo, the origins of Reggaeton in Panama and Puerto Rico, and more. Listen to their playlist here


Claire and Danny
The second project, by Claire Gracia and Daniel Giacomuzzi, built upon ethnographic observations they conducted in Miami and explored the various Hispanic cultural influences on the city of Miami, Florida. Visit the website they created using this link



Students from all levels of our Spanish language program attended the presentations.

Learn more about REDay here