Languages, Literatures and Cultures

C’est Valérie 🙂 After graduating in May 2023, I felt lost and so I did what anyone who feels lost does: travel. I was traveling all over Colombia and then one day, I get a ...

This article from Le Figaro – a France based newspaper – discusses affordable study abroad options for French students interested in U.S. universities. Excitingly, UF is the first school mentioned! The article praises the academic, ...

Hayleah was a dual language track major in our department, with a concentration in Chinese and French. She wanted to teach English abroad and found a position in South Korean in 2022. She has been ...

Memry Rasch graduated from the University of Florida with her Master of Arts in French and Francophone Studies with a concentration in French Linguistics in December of 2020. She currently teaches French I, French II, ...

Bonjour, Gators! I’m writing from Paris, France, where I’m a master’s student in Environmental Policy at Sciences Po. I moved to France in August 2022 after graduating from UF with a major in Environmental Science and ...

Andrea Hummel (BA 2023, International Studies/French and Francophone Studies) Bonjour tout le monde ! Je m’appelle Andrea et pendant mes études à UF, je me suis spécialisée en études internationales et en français. J’étais diplômée en ...

This past Summer A 2022, twenty-five UF undergraduate students in French participated in our study abroad program UF in Paris — Culture & Language in Context led by Dr. Hélène Blondeau, assisted by Nathalie Ciesco. ...

Reflecting on my French minor after graduating a decade ago, I recognize the large influence it has had on my life in unexpected and rewarding ways, both personally and professionally. After graduating from the University of ...

While I was applying for graduate programs in Architecture, I wondered whether my French & Linguistics background would be at all useful to me. Now, having received my Master of Architecture degree, I can say ...

Dedicating my time to learning French was always a decision made out of love for the language and maintained by a life goal of being bilingual. The persistence in studying and practicing French has proven ...