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The official page of Eastern Illinois University's Department of World Languages & Cultures.

09/02/2026

The Latino Heritage Month calendar is out! Join us to celebrate Latino culture, heritage and community!

08/24/2026

Panther Palooza fun! 🎉 Lots of interest in our language clubs today, and we can’t wait for the first meetings!

A big thank-you to everyone who spent three hours at the table, talking with visitors and sharing their enthusiasm. Bravo! 👏

08/23/2026

Welcome back, Panthers! We’re so excited about the Fall 2026 semester!

Panther Quest yesterday was great fun! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table to chat and learn more about languages at EIU.

TODAY: Panther Palooza! 🐾
Don’t forget to stop by and check out our language clubs! 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸

We’d love to see you there!

08/12/2026

Looking for a course to add to your schedule? Dr. Landrus is offering a cultural studies course that counts towards the World Languages & Cultures major/minor and the Latin American & Latinx Studies minor. Any question, contact Dr. Landrus ([email protected]).

05/12/2026

And here's Josephine Carroll on Commencement Day!

05/10/2026

Sharing a few pictures from Commencement weekend! 🎓✨📸
We celebrated our graduates at our departmental reception on Friday and enjoyed some wonderful moments at Commencement as well. 🎉🥳

Congratulations to Josephine Carroll, Gracelyn Keith, and Makenna McBride — we are so proud of all you have accomplished and wish you the very best in your next adventures! 🌍💙👏🎓

05/05/2026

Graduating World Language majors and minors, please bring your family and join us for a reception in your honor this Friday afternoon in the Rincón Latino!

05/04/2026

Congratulations, Distinguished Senior, Josephine Carroll (Spanish, with minors in Graphic Design and Latin American and Latinx Studies)!!! 👏👏👏

04/30/2026

A fun evening at Doudna: Runway Reclaim! A Fashion Show Celebrating Sustainable Innovation.

Look who we saw there: World Language majors and minors showing their designs and/or walking the runway!

Bravo to Josephine Carroll (Spanish and Graphic Design), wearing Floating Lily by Taylor Cloud; Elizabeth Mark (FCS Education, minors in Fashion Merchandising and German) wearing her design A Stitch in Time, and Itzel Mora (Fashion Merchandising and Spanish) who presented several of her designs (Spread Your Wings; Pearls; Conexiones and Access; Herencia) that are inspired by cultural background, identity and current global issues.

Bravo to all these talented students! 👏✨

04/25/2026

A special thank you to Penny Clay for joining the celebration!

Penny, who taught Spanish at EIU for many years before her retirement, established the Luis Clay Mendez Scholarship after her husband Luis—a Spanish professor at EIU—passed away suddenly in 2003. Luis was well known for his enthusiasm and passion for Spanish—a passion he lived every day.

Thanks to her generosity, we were able to recognize two awardees this year: Makenna McBride and Kaitlyn Evans, both teacher education candidates who exemplify enthusiasm for the teaching of world languages and a willingness to go above and beyond. 👏👏👏 EIU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

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