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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Witt expands foreign language to math, science
Wittenberg University has received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to extend its language-across-the-curriculum program to the math and sciences.
The university last year, with the help of a $179,000 federal grant, replaced traditional conversation and composition language courses for one that would integrate language with other disciplines, such as French Film and Culture or Russian Contemporary Issues.
The $30,000 Mellon grant will now extend that language immersion into math and science courses, said Tim Bennett, associate professor of languages and department chair.
“With this funding, Wittenberg will now have the chance to truly internationalize the entire curriculum,” Bennett said. “This project gets at the heart of what we are trying to do as an institution to prepare our students for the challenges they will face in this increasingly complex world.”
Wittenberg’s Department of Foreign Languages and Literature includes majors in French, German and Spanish and special programs in Chinese, Japanese and Russian. The department plays an integral role in the university’s East Asian Studies and Russian and Central Eurasian programs.
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