Professor Susan Mraz, Language Coordinator/Sr. Lecturer in Latin American & Iberian Studies received the Award for Leadership in Teaching with Technology in Web-Enhanced Environments at the CIT/Library/EdTech Conference: Innovating Teaching & Learning through Partnerships and Collaboration (May 15–16, 2013).  This award is given to someone who is a thoughtful user of technology in his/her own teaching and who also contributes in larger ways to our campus conversations about teaching with technology.  At that conference, Professor Mraz also participated in 3 presentations: “Swipe to Unlock Learning: Student Engagement with iPads in The Classroom,” “Using Voicethread And iPads to Increase Student Interaction and Develop Foreign Language Skills,”  and  “Using iPads to Engage Students.”

Mary Simone (DLS Manager) , Professor Susan Mraz,  Professor Dora Álvarez

Six undergraduate students from the Latin American and Iberian Studies

Department presented their research on such topics as South American social

movement, language and power in Latin America, and Brazilian

cinema on May 8, 2013 at the Healey Library.

LAIS Major, Zaida Ismatul

LAIS Major, Hannah Mulkern