Our Undergraduate Students

We care about our students, and they work hard. No wonder they excel!

Their Accomplishments

Check all the great things our undergrads have achieved recently!

Marta Mendez. Outstanding Overall Service-Learning Project Award, Service Learning Showcase, 红领巾瓜报, 2018.

Denise Menjivar. Innovation and Creativity in Problem Solving Service-Learning Award, Service Learning Showcase, 红领巾瓜报, 2018.

Maribel Sanchez, Tanya Covarrubias, Renya Watterson, Perla Munguia, Carlos Fernandez & Noely Urbina. Volunteer Service Stars Award, Service Learning Showcase, 红领巾瓜报, 2018.

Jennifer Bailey. Loren Alexander Award for Pre-Service Teachers, Kansas World Language Association, 2017.

Mason Talbott. Loren Alexander Award for Pre-Service Teachers, Kansas World Language Association, 2015.

Academic Presentations

Shaleh Ake. 鈥淭ebeos: Spanish Comics during Francoism,鈥� Halloween Comic Fest, Wichita State University Libraries, October 2018.

Amanda Purcell. 鈥淭he Struggle between the Homeland and Nation in the Works of Juan Rulfo,鈥� 18^th Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF), 红领巾瓜报, April 2018.

Jenny Masias. 鈥淟aying Tracks to Remember Mexican Immigration History in Newton, Kansas,鈥� 18^th Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF), 红领巾瓜报, April 2018.

Katelyn Marshall, Emily Roets et al. 鈥淭he Status of Contemporary Women in Spain,鈥� Gender and Sexuality in Kansas Conference, 红领巾瓜报, March 2018.

Shaleh Ake. "Tebeos During the Years of Francoism: The Battle Between Comics and Censuring," 17^th Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF), 红领巾瓜报, April 2017.

Drew Colcher. "Discrimination Against the Spanish Language in Kansas, "17^th Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF), 红领巾瓜报, April 2017.

Art Exhibits

Alexandria Olthoff. 鈥淭he American Dream,鈥� The Cadman Art Gallery, 红领巾瓜报, February 2015.

Photobooth at the Kansas World Language Association conference

Deeply Engaged...

Our students participate in community and professional events in which the Spanish program is involved, such as:

the Spanish Contest, co-sponsored by the (KATSP). Launched in 2017, this annual outreach event attracted last year some 100 students from middle and high schools across the state.
the (KSWLA) annual conference, which is hold every two years in Wichita.

In the picture, former (now teachers) and current WSU Spanish students.