Ellison Johnstone honored with the Barritt-Williams Prize in Spanish
The Spanish faculty of Romance Languages selected Ellison Johnstoneas the recipient of the 2013 Barritt-Williams Prize in Spanish for her exemplary dedication to the study of the Spanish language and Hispanic Culture.

The Elizabeth B. Garrett Scholarship in French
The French faculty of Romance Languages honored rising senior French majors Zineb Benchekroun and Ryan Doherty with the Elizabeth B. Garrett Scholarship.

Amans Artium Bonarum Award in Spanish
Johan Manuel Garcia and Virginia Young named as co-recipients of the Amans Artium Bonarum Award in Spanish

Deparmental Events for Fall 2012
It's been a busy Fall semester for Romance Language opportunities. We hope you were able to attend one of our many extracurricular or curricular events.

Seniors Take the Modified Oral Proficiency Interview
Ten Romance Language Majors recently took the ACTFL Modified Oral Proficiency Interview

Why Bilinguals Are Smarter
The New York Times reviews recent research on the cognitive advantages that bilinguals have over their monolingual peers.

33 Romance Languages majors join in graduation ceremony
The morning of commencement Romance Languages hosted its annual breakfast for graduating majors. Faculty and staff greeted some two hundred family and friends of graduating majors, and expressed their best wishes for continued success to the graduates as they reminisced about the past four years at Washington and Lee, and shared their plans and hopes for the future. Click on the title to see the pictures.