Valérie Lecomte – (BA FFS 2023)

Thursday November 14, 2024

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 call from my sister saying there is an opening for a Pastry Chef position at Nobu.  Although having no formal […]

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Monday February 19, 2024

Featured Alumni Interview: Hayleah

Tuesday November 21, 2023

News from our Alumni: Memry Rasch

Tuesday November 21, 2023

Tuesday November 21, 2023

Tuesday November 21, 2023

UF in Paris 2022 – Newsletter

Thursday October 6, 2022

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. Students lived with French host families for 4 weeks, took a course about French art and architecture with a local […]

Tuesday December 14, 2021

French and Francophone Studies Newsletter November 2021

Monday November 8, 2021

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 with confidence that it made me one of the most sought-after candidates. The architecture department chair told me as much […]

Creating a Life You Love

Monday August 17, 2020

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 to not only be intrinsically valuable but has played a significant role in many facets of my life. Learning French […]

Friday April 17, 2020

Caitlin Palmer Internship Report (In French)

Thursday April 16, 2020

As Caitlin Palmer spent a few months in Paris for an internship at the American embassy in Paris, she gave us the following report upon her return in March: J’ai étudié à Paris il y a deux ans, mais pour juste un mois, donc c’est intéressant de comparer les deux expériences. En tant que stagiaire, […]

News From Our Alumni: Eve Hershberger

Thursday January 2, 2020

Eve Hershberger (PhD French, 1975) Language News and Adventures from Miami Beach (SOBE), Florida Here in SOBE where I live now one does not need to travel far to have an international language experience.  Today I first walked from the condo to Espanola Way for a sidewalk crepe and croissant petit déjeuner at A la […]

Tuesday November 12, 2019

News from the France–Florida Research Institute

Thursday April 19, 2018

As the director of the FFRI, it is my pleasure to report that this past year the FFRI has been active and productive through organization, sponsoring of varied activities involving several UF departments, centers, and units. The FFRI 2017-2018 annual research project, led by Dr. Blum as Principal Investigator, was titled “Deaf Cinema” and dedicated […]