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When it comes to world language study, WKU students have many choices! Majors and minors are offered in Chinese, and Spanish. There are 21-hour certificates offered in Chinese, and a 21-hour minor in Russian and East European Studies. Students can take two years of Japanese. In addition, Modern Languages offers courses that fulfill Colonnade requirements (i.e., general education), including MLNG 200 Introduction to Literature in Translation and CHIN 208 Chinese Calligraphy in Connections/Systems category. Add to your educational experience at WKU by continuing with the language you have already studied in high school, or by starting a new language!
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Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Winners, October 2021 Application Cycle
Student & Alumni News
May 25th, 2022 “In support of the Stop Asian Hate movement, my friends and I founded WKU’s first-ever Asian American Student Association (AASA). We created the AASA to represent the interests... May 25th, 2022 Miriam Dawson and Autumn Eichhorn, students in the Chinese Flagship Program at WKU, have been awarded $25,000 David L. Boren Scholarships to fund intensive language study in the... May 23rd, 2022 The WKU Department of Modern Languages recognized outstanding papers from the following students for 2022: Emily Arnold, Lauren Varner, Carli Street, Ashley Austin, Cassandra... May 18th, 2022 Noelle Fleek, Ira Meadows, Morgan Todd, & Vivian Zheng earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the March 2022 application cycle....
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Department of Modern Languages
- 270-745-2402 Fax 270-745-6859
- modern.languages@wku.edu
- 2027 / 2039 Honors College and International Center (HCIC)
1906 College Heights Blvd. # 31029
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1029
Department Head:
Dr. Alex Poole
270-745-5900
HCIC 2035
Coordinators for major/minor programs:
Arabic: Dr. David DiMeo
Chinese: Dr. Ke Peng
Spanish: Dr. Melissa Stewart
Contacts for other languages:
Russian: Ekaterina Myakshina
Japanese: Paul Collins
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