Global Citizens
As a language student at NWU, you will learn to identify and address global issues of interest to you, and take action in culturally-appropriate ways.
One way is through NWU’s Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Fund. With this competitive grant, students have conducted international projects with faculty collaborators, researching food insecurity in Bolivia, transitional justice in Chile, health care in Cuba, conflict resolution in Spain, language policy in Switzerland, and literary translation in Costa Rica. Our students are changing the world.
SFCRG-funded projects by Modern Language students:
| Student | Language/Major 2 | Project | Location | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toree Hempstead | Spanish/Political Science/Education | "Who We Are: Translating the Search for Identity and Meaning 30 Years after Argentina’s Dirty War" | Argentina | Spring 2019 |
| Hanna Arrowsmith | Spanish/Biology | "Religion and the 21st -Century Camino de Santiago: Spiritual Pilgrims in a Secular World" | Spain | Spring 2018 |
| Meagan Reiners and Jesse Tenney | Spanish/Exercise Science and Psychology | "Caffeine Consumption and the Quality of Sleep in Two Mexican Demographics" | Mexico | Spring 2017 |
| Gwenn Plouzek | Spanish/Biology | "The Delivery of High-Quality Healthcare in a Low-Tech, High-Touch Society" | Cuba | Spring 2016 |
| Riley Bell | Spanish/Sociology/Anthropology | "A Case Study of Resource Mobilization in Collective Action" | Mexico | Summer 2015 |
| Brenda Maldonado | French/Global Studies | "Exploration of Linguistic Policy Development in Swiss Education" | Switzerland | January 2015 |
| Lucy Sjulin | Spanish/Global Studies | "Quinoa Cultivation and its Implications on Food Insecurity in Bolivia" | Bolivia | Fall 2014 |
| Meg Nickman | Spanish/Communication Studies | "Nicaraguan Sign Language and Deaf Culture at Café de las Sonrisas" | Nicaragua | Spring 2014 |
| Carol Ready | Spanish/Communication Studies | "Understanding the Spanish College Students' Perceptions of the Andalusian Dialect" | Spain | Spring 2014 |
| Kelsey Arends | Spanish/Political Science | "Public Health and Psychological Services Related to Maternal Health in Nicaragua" | Nicaragua | January 2014 |
| Kyle Rohrich and Alex Cowsky | Spanish/Political Science | "Understanding the Dynamics of the Modern Basque Conflict" | Spain | Fall 2011 |
| Ana Burgers | Spanish/Mathematics | "Translating the Pilgrim Subculture along the Way of St. James" | Spain | Fall 2010 |
| Lexi Zoucha and Kaycie Rupp | Spanish/Computer Science Spanish/Political Science | "Seeking Reconciliation after Conflict" | Chile | Fall 2009 |
| Alyssa Irions | Spanish/Psychology | "Let's Pretend: The Correlation Between Pretend Play and Creativity in Costa Rica" | Costa Rica | Summer 2009 |
| Owen Schmidt | Spanish/History | "Washington Irving: The Moors and the Shaping of Spanish Identity" | Fall 2008 | |
| Evan Knight | Spanish/French | "Resistance in Roussillon: World War II and the Shaping of Catalán Identity" | France | Summer 2008 |
| Vanessa Martínez | Spanish/English | "Introducing the New Narrators of Costa Rica: A Project in Literary Translation" | Costa Rica | Spring 2008 |
| Lyndie Christensen | Spanish/Gender Studies | "Social Services, Safety Nets and Governmental Indifference: Non-Governmental Organizations and Support for the Poor in Mexico" | Mexico | Spring 2007 |