ROLA

A group of 15 students will spend their spring break on the Caribbean island of Martinique — not as tourists, but as part of an interdisciplinary trip exploring the historic, linguistic, cultural, and environmental features of the island nation.

This week started off with a visit from my family. My mom, dad, and little sister, Sophia, drove to spend the day with me on Sunday. It is always nice to reconnect with family when feeling stressed about a mounting workload.

Ten Colgate students studying French accompanied Mahadevi Ramakrishnan, of the Department of Romance Languages, on an educational trip to the French island of Martinique during spring break 2011.

Two groups of students studying foreign languages were able to immerse themselves in different cultures recently through the Beyond Colgate program. Twelve students spent a day at La Maison amérindienne, a museum and interpretive center east of Montreal, Quebec.

Interested in learning a new language? If so, you may want to choose a teacher who talks with their hands. A study conducted by Colgate University Associate Professor of Psychology Spencer Kelly and two Colgate undergraduate researchers, Tara McDevitt ’06 and Megan Esch ’07, reveals that people understand and remember foreign words better when a […]