Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Bonne année!

Welcome back everyone! Christmas has come and gone, leaving behind plenty of snow to adorn our first week of the new semester. The year is starting off great for French Studies, with a new facebook page, a job opportunity, and a French movie being featured at International Cinema's Encore Week.

The Department of French and Italian has launched a new facebook page that, although still in its infancy, hopes to be a useful tool for students to explore the manifold benefits of studying French or Italian. Follow the link in the sidebar to check it out.


How would you like to work for the French Department? The Department of French and Italian is currently seeking a student editor to work on the departmental journal Lingua Romana (http://humanities.byu.edu/lingua_romana/). Duties will include formatting the journal to conform to EBSCO specifications and assisting the volume editor in the preparation of volume 9. Attention to detail is a must. Experience with .html or Dreamweaver preferred. Knowledge of French, Italian, or Romanian is a plus. To apply please send a short CV to the department front-desk secretary by Jan. 15 (email: french_italian@byu.edu; phone: 422-2209).


Last but never least, what better way to pass the semester's first weekend then at International Cinema? They showed "Blame It On Fidel" last semester, and have brought it back for this semester's Encore Week. The trailer can be found here. "Blame It On Fidel" is will be showing in 250 SWKT on Friday, January 7 at 7:15, and Saturday, January 8 at 1:15 and 5:45.