College of Liberal Arts

The Inclusive Language Instruction Research Group (LangIn, for short) was started in 2022 by six forward-thinking PhD students in the Departments of Spanish & Portuguese Studies (College of Liberal Arts) and Curriculum & Instruction (College of Education and Human Development). 

Nate Knatterud-Hubinger is executive director at nonprofit Mano a Mano International. As a CLA undergraduate in the early 2000s, he studied abroad in Chile and also in Quito, Ecuador, on the MSID—International Development in Ecuador program.

University students majoring in languages bring personal experience to the program.

Tiktok is known for its videos featuring cute pets, shopping hauls, recipes, and dance trends. Now instructors are using it in the language classroom to showcase languages as people actually speak them around the world.

Alum Leila Hussain (BA ‘18, global studies major and Arabic minor) shares how her time at the Institute of Global Studies helped her find her ideal career after graduation.

Ph.D. candidate Nicholas Nyachega uses his personal experience growing up in Zimbabwe’s Honde Valley to inform his research.

Emma Nelson participated in three study abroad programs, getting to engage in a different culture and discovering her independence.

Several UMN faculty and professionals have been selected as 2023-24 Fulbright U.S. Scholars.

School of Music faculty collaborated with the Jamaican Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information.

Hortense Minishi has always dreamed of making the world a better place. Early in life, she set a goal of working at the United Nations to promote peace.