Thriving Language Programs Learning Community

Thriving Language Programs and Enrollments in Higher Education

Faculty from the Center for Language Teaching Advancement at Michigan State University and the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics at Indiana State University are jointly offering a professional learning community about thriving language programs and enrollments in higher education language programs during the fall semester of 2024. The community welcomes all academic staff and faculty of all ranks, including graduate students, at MSU or any other institution of higher education in the U.S. Participation is free. We plan to meet for one hour per month online via Zoom.  

The learning community is led by Emily Heidrich Uebel, Felix A. Kronenberg, and Scott Sterling. The organizers recently co-published the Springer volume titled: Language Program Vitality in the United States: From Surviving to Thriving in Higher Education. 

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Schedule

  • September 16th : 2-3pm EST (Introductions and Overview)
  • October 7th: 2-3pm EST  (Student Voices)
  • November 11th: 2-3pm EST (Program Goals)
  • December 9th: 2-3pm EST (A Call to Action)

FAQs

No, anyone affiliated with a higher education institution is invited to join

No. We want people to talk freely in these sessions and don’t want recording to hamper that.  

We will have optional readings before each session, but our discussion will not be solely based on them. 

The topics are based on workshops that we are available to provide to interested programs. If you would like to invite us to your campus to lead a day/half-day workshop on methods of helping your program thrive. More information can also be found here: https://celta.msu.edu/surviving-to-thriving/ 

Feel free to join! Most of the content will be geared towards university level programs in the USA. However, the information might still be useful to your and your experiences could help other attendees. 

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If you have any questions, please email Felix Kronenberg at kronenb6@msu.edu

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