UNA Celebrates National French Week
Nov. 06, 2024
Michelle R. Eubanks , UNA, at meubanks@una.edu, 256.765.4392
FLORENCE, AL – The Department of Foreign Languages at the University of North Alabama will celebrate National French Week through Nov. 12 with a variety of campus-based cultural events, including Croissants with the French Club on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 11:30 a.m. on the lawn of Wesleyan Hall.
“National French Week is a celebration of the French language, spoken by more than 320 million people around the world,” said Dr. Stephanie Coker, Associate Professor of French. “This year marks our ninth French Week at UNA, and it is a time to celebrate the various aspects of French and Francophone, or French-speaking, cultures – the food, the music, the games, and traditions.”
The week also spotlights opportunities students have to study abroad in Paris, enjoy a French Conversation Table, as well as celebrate undergraduate students being inducted into the National French Honor Society, Pi Delta Phi.
“The in-depth study of Foreign Languages and exposure to other cultures are an important part of the collegiate experience,” said Dr. Coker. “It offers students a chance to broaden their worldview as they are pursuing their studies and to prepare them to be global citizens. Here at UNA, students can even be immersed in these cultures with our education abroad programs to France, Spain, and Germany. Ultimately, if they plan to work or travel abroad, foreign languages can open the door to facilitate cross-cultural understanding and an enriching exchange of ideas.”
The rain location for Croissants with the French Club will be inside Wesleyan on the first floor.
About The University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; Education and Human Sciences; and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I as part of the Atlantic Sun and United Athletic conferences. The University of North Alabama is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: una.edu and una.edu/unaworks/.