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The Tournées Film Festival at Kansas State University

Students, faculty, and community members enjoy assorted French cheeses after the screening of Ernest & Celestine.
Students, faculty, and community members enjoy assorted French cheeses after the screening of Ernest & Celestine.

In February and March of 2015, La Société Française, along with the French section of the Department of Modern Languages, hosted a festival of six French and Francophone films.  Continue reading “The Tournées Film Festival at Kansas State University”

Introducing the Kirmser Language Center

Dean Peter Dorhout, Sheila Walker and Sandy Chastan at the dedication ceremony.
Dean Peter Dorhout, Sheila Walker and Sandy Chastan at the dedication ceremony.

In Fall 2014 the Department of Modern Languages dedicated the newly remodeled 001 Eisenhower, now known as the Kirmser Language Center. Thanks to the generosity of Jeune and Philip Kirmser, faculty, staff and students of Modern Languages have a high-tech language center that can support distance learning and multimedia classes. Continue reading “Introducing the Kirmser Language Center”

The New French Club at K-State

baking lab

The K-State French Club has undergone a significant reorganization in the last year, including a new name and mission. Now “La Société Française” (LSF), the student-lead organization strives to expose the population at K-State to francophone cultures around the world through innovative and interactive activities. Continue reading “The New French Club at K-State”

Spätzle und Spaziergänge: Camping with K-State’s German Section

Unsere Hütte! (Our cabin!)
Unsere Hütte! (Our cabin!)

April 26th – 27th marked the second annual German Immersion Weekend at Tuttle Lake Park. For the past two years a group of German majors and minors, accompanied by the members of the German faculty at K-State go camping for the weekend at Tuttle Lake. Continue reading “Spätzle und Spaziergänge: Camping with K-State’s German Section”

Central Kansas Japanese Festival

Japanese Festival 2013

Tables are covered with origami cranes, vendors line the Union selling Japanese food and drinks, students bend over a Go board while a group of women play traditional Japanese music on the shamisen.  April 13th 2013 was the 18th annual Central Kansas Japanese festival organized by the Japanese Student Association in conjunction with the Japanese Language Program.  Continue reading “Central Kansas Japanese Festival”