Many things happen in our campus and remote classrooms in the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Program. But what happens outside of them? We love thinking about how we can better prepare our students to use their language skills and related knowledge responsibly and effectively when not in our classrooms. Funds raised from UMass Gives support the ways in which we can enrich the intellectual and professional lives of our students outside our classrooms.
For one thing, our students are involved with several community outreach initiatives that support local school communities and the dissemination of the Spanish language in our region.
In numbers:
1 faculty leader
50 students
2+ years of work
6 programs
200+ Spanish-speaking community members
$0 compensation
$0 allocated to sustain the design, organization, and implementation of the programs.
We need support to keep this going! Give to us so we can transform lives through language!
Once our students leave our campus, they need to know how they can use their bilingual skills for future employment.
Give to us so our young researchers can share their knowledge with and learn from the world!