Grecia Nandin ’24 came to UNCG to learn how to become a better Spanish interpreter. She fell in love with her French lessons, which took her all the way to the Mediterranean to teach in French schools.
UNC Greensboro will host the 38th annual International Colloquium on 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies, March 27 – 29, 2025 in downtown Greensboro. The event is organized by Dr. Cybelle McFadden, Associate Professor in UNCG’s Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Keynote speakers are Felwine Sarr, a Senegalese academic and writer who is the Anne-Marie Bryan Distinguished Professor of Romance Studies at Duke University; and Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist, writer, educator, and award-winning filmmaker.
My love for languages and travel began early in my life. My father has travelled around the world for his job since I was a little girl and he would always bring me back souvenirs and would show me pictures of the places he visited. I always asked him if… Continue reading…
I began studying French in my sophomore year of high school for a language requirement, but after that, I didn’t have the chance to take any more advanced French classes in high school. However, I resorted to teaching myself French because I really loved the language. I fell in love… Continue reading…
UNCG’s motto is “Service,” and I feel that even in my time studying in the LLC, this guiding principle for our institution had a tremendous impact on my studies and my path forward after graduation. While completing my degree, I was able to enroll in a new Service Learning course… Continue reading…
Taylor recently obtained a major in French and Art History at UNCG. She studied abroad in Lyon, France during the spring of 2011 and served as the LLC Department’s French tutor while an undergraduate at UNCG. She also received the Outstanding Student in French and the Student Excellence Awards for… Continue reading…
Dzidzor Gborglah has always loved the French culture. During her final semester at UNCG, she spent a semester abroad studying at Université Rennes 2. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Media Studies: Broadcast Journalism with a French Minor, Dzidzor relocated to France in 2013 to work as an English Teaching… Continue reading…