FIU Language Day!

Thank you for being a part of FIU Language Day!  It was a fun and festive event full of language learning! More than 300 people attended the Best Event on Campus. They engaged in language conversations, learned from pop-up speakers, tried their hand at karaoke, learned about the fabulous language and culture clubs at FIU, met faculty from the Modern Languages Department, made new friends from the English Language Institute, learned about the FLAS Fellowship, visited with the Spanish Embassy and the Morikami Museum, and learned about the library resources! FIU Language Day is a success because it is a true partnership. We all come together to share our love of language and learning! Thank you goes to

• The Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center. We appreciate your generous donation to provide pizza for the students.

• The FIU Libraries. Thank you for providing the beverages, cake, the many volunteers, and space for the event.

• The Modern Languages Department. The faculty and students in this department make the event! We can't do it without you!

• The English Language Institute. Thank you for always being a partner and bringing your students to engage with the wider FIU community. 

• Global Learning. Thank you to our dynamic and entertaining emcee Michelle Zaldivar!

• Law Library. John Gonzalez with his gameshow-host persona! 

• Center for Women's and Gender Studies. Reyni Valerio for her jump in and help attitude.

• Pop-up Speakers:

  • Roscoe Lecomte
  • Fabiola Fausing 
  • Alessandra Henriquez & Maria Matos
  • Brian Nascimento
  • Leland Lazarus 
  • Brian Fonseca
  • Liz'Angela Tillias
  • Eugenia Fernandes
  • Roselyn and Elif
  • Amy Cui

  • Nasar U. Ahmed. PhD

• Employees at FIU Libraries:

  • Adriana Harris. Serving food. Posting pics. Cleaning up. 

  • Alejandro Arana. Serving food with a smile.

  • Alex Garcia. Always behind the scenes making sure the sound, computers and stereo system is working. Did you notice the lighting in GL 220?

  • Annia Gonzalez. Staffing the registration desk. We know we are in good hands with her at the desk.

  • April Lafferty. Mango Languages & general library resources enthusiast.

  • Chris Jimenez. No Chris, no pizza!

  • Doug Hasty. Mango Languages & general library resources enthusiast.

  • Edward Velez. Moving furniture. Carrying tables. Our backs and bodies thank you for having the right tool to heavy lift tables!

  • Elana Karshmer. Climbing ladders, up and down, up and down. Decorating. Mango Languages enthusiast.

  • Gabriela Zamora. Decorating. Serving food. 

  • Giancarlo Aguero. Always behind the scenes making sure the sound, computers and stereo system is working. Did you notice the lighting in GL 220?

  • Gricel Dominguez. Staffing the registration desk. "Do what you need to do; we go this!"

  • Gus Echeverri. Moving furniture. Carrying tables. Staffing the registration desk.

  • Haylie Hagan. Serving food. Ticket collecting.

  • Jackie Francis. Setting up. Serving food. Jumping in and helping wherever needed.

    Jean Michel Andre. Photographer extraordinaire!

  • Jenn Mendoza. Moving furniture. Carrying tables. Staffing the registration desk.

  • Jennifer Fu. Staffing the registration desk. Gathering feedback. 

  • Joanna Fernandez. Library Resources enthusiast. Willing to jump in and force stuff to stick.

  • Katie Coldiron. Serving food. 

  • Loris Quintana. Serving food. Ticket collecting.

  • Mabel Berrios. Decorating the tables with the people. 

  • Maria Soltango. Setting up. Serving food. Getting the karaoke party started.

  • Ramces Marsilli. Moving furniture, Carrying tables. Jumping in when needed.

  • Rosalie Zoghaib. Climbing the ladder, up and down, up and down!

  • Tracy Mussotte. Decorating.

  • Veronica Gonzalez. Serving with a smile. Decorating. Photographing. Getting her great team of students to attend and help!

FIU Language Day is best event on campus because of the collaboration, spirit, and collegiality of the many people involved, so thank you, gracias, merci, danke, grazie, obrigado, dank je wel, спасибо, 谢谢, ありがとう, 감사합니다, شكراً, धन्यवाद, ধন্যবাদ, நன்றி, ధన్యవాదాలు, ευχαριστώ, teşekkür ederim, tack, takk, tak, kiitos, dziękuję, děkuji, köszönöm, mulțumesc, благодаря, hvala, hvala, hvala, terima kasih, ขอบคุณ, cảm ơn, asante, salamat, תודה, takk, dankie, धन्यबाद, ਧੰਨਵਾਦ, diolch, eskerrik asko, grazas, faleminderit, paldies, ačiū, aitäh, gmadlobt, շնորհակալություն, rahmat, rakhmet, rahmat, manana, spas, баярлалаа, enkosi, ngiyabonga, mèsi, mahadsanid!!