Department of Spanish

Department of Spanish

Welcome to the Department of Spanish


Dear Spanish students,

¡Bievenidos al semestre de verano I! The Department of Spanish wishes you an enjoyable and successful Summer I semester. In order to help you to do well in your Spanish courses, we have a series of services available: free tutoring, professor's office hours and undergraduate advising. Know that the faculty and staff of this department truly care about your success and want you to enjoy learning Spanish.

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¡Visítanos pronto!



Irma López, Chair

Free Tutoring for All Levels of WMU Spanish Students
This service strives to strengthen Spanish students' mastery of the Spanish grammar and syntax beyond the classroom by offering them the opportunity of working on an individual basis with experience and well-trained teaching assistants who teach first, second and third year Spanish.

Summer I Spanish Table
The Spanish Table, or "La Mesa Española," is a conversational club for faculty and staff who want to practice their Spanish in an informal setting one or two days a week.

pattisonDale P. Pattison Word
The Department of Spanish is mourning the loss of Western Michigan University graduate and History Professor Emeritus Dr. Dale Pattison, who passed away at his home on April 16, 2012, after a lengthy illness. Dale, and his daughter Linda, created the Lori Beth Pattison Scholarship which is given annually to deserving students in Spanish. For more information on Dr. Pattison's life, please read the full obituary.

grads Grad. Students Awarded for Excellence Word
Department of Spanish graduate students were awarded for their excellence in teaching and for their academic excellence.
¡Felicidades!


MillarMichael Millar awarded CAS Faculty Achievement Award Word
Dr. Millar has been at WMU since 2002. He has been praised by faculty members and students for his extraordinary commitment to teaching, never neglecting the areas of research and service. He richly deserves to be included in the C.A.S.' list of exceptional educators.

Sante Colleen Sante awarded CAS Staff Excellence Award. Word
Ms. Sante has been working in the Department of Spanish since 2006. She has been described by faculty, students and colleagues as someone who helps define excellence in the department and more than measures up to the university's standards.

FacebookWMU Department of Spanish - Facebook Fan Page
We are pleased to announce our Facebook Fan Page, WMU Department of Spanish. Make sure to "Like" us, as this will keep you updated with the latest news and activities within our department.

pastranaPablo Pastrana-Pérez - Sabbatical Leave Word
Dr. Pastrana-Pérez plans to make use of his sabbatical, fall semester of 2012 - spring 2013, to conclude the collaborative research project that he began with the late Dr. Catherine Julien from the Department of History on the Spanish explorer Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca.

ohannaNatalio Ohanna's book, Cautiverio y convivencia en la edad de Cervantes Word
Published by Centro de Estudios Cervantinos in Spain, this book explores Spanish narratives of coexistence in Muslim and Native American lands, through the lens of captivity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

felkelRobert Felkel Honored for 40 Years of a Remarkable Teaching Career Word
Dr. Felkel recently marked 40 years of teaching at the Department of Spanish at Western Michigan University. Professor Felkel first came to Western in 1971 and received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1973.

 

Study abroad


Undergraduate Graduate
Faculty/Staff

Publications

Somos y Estamos Spanish department newsletter

Caribe a journal of Caribbean culture and literature

 

Department of Spanish
420 Sprau Tower
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5338 USA
(269) 387-3023 | (269) 387-3103 Fax
spanish@wmich.edu