From May 18th to May 21st, the Portuguese Flagship Program leaders participated in the Language Flagship Annual Meeting, held in Oxford, Mississippi. Dr. Robert Moser, Program Director, along with Overseas Resident Directors Solange Aranha and João Telles, and Program Coordinators Laurie Williford and Amanda Mendes, attended the meeting. The topics presented in the event included assessment, Student …
On April 19th, the Portuguese Flagship Program, in cooperation with the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute and the Department of Romance Languages, promoted the lecture “Skipping Stones on the Creamy Lake: Translating James Tate into Portuguese.” The lecture was presented by Dr. Marcus Vinicius de Freitas, Professor of Literary Theory at Federal University of Minas Gerais, …
From April 5 to April 10, Portuguese Flagship Program Director, Dr. Robert Moser, and Portuguese Flagship Program Coordinator, Laurie Williford, conducted a site visit to Brazil. Dr. Moser and Laurie, along with Amanda Mendes (Overseas Administrative Associate), Lucia Granja (professor of Brazilian culture), and Rubia Bragagnollo (TA of Portuguese language) accompanied the 12 students of …
The first cohort of PFP students has been living in Brazil since February 2013 for its Capstone Year. The Capstone Year consists of intensive Portuguese instruction and university coursework at UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista), and an internship in a field related to each student’s major and professional interests. For example, in this first cohort, the …
On March 20, 2013, fifty students from North Cobb High School and Sprayberry High School visited UGA. During their visit, the students learned about the Portuguese Flagship Program and Teletandem. They also took a campus tour. This visit was made possible through the collaboration of the Portuguese Flagship Program with the International Welcome Center in Cobb …
Twelve students seeking to internationalize their UGA education in Brazil will head south of the equator in February where they will spend a year immersed in language and cultural training. Students participating in the inaugural class of the Portuguese Flagship Program will spend 2013 attending language and content courses at São Paulo State University and …
UGA administrators and faculty visited São Paulo, Brazil in October 2012 to officially recognize the establishment of the Portuguese Flagship Program, celebrate the PFP’s partnership with São Paulo State University (UNESP), and to expand relations with other Brazilian educational institutions. The delegation consisted of: Kavita Pandit, Associate Provost of International Education; Noel Fallows, Associate Dean …