RL Events

Fall 2023 Romance Languages Orientation 

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DESCRIPTION OF MEETING 

WHO ATTENDS 

HOST 

LOCATION 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th, 2023 

8:00 am 

9:00 am 

Pastries and Coffee  

Meet ‘n Greet  

All Faculty & GEs 

David Wacks 

Outside Courtyard, McKenzie 175 

9:00 am 

10:30 am 

Department Welcome 

All Faculty & GEs 

David Wacks 

McKenzie 240C 

10:30 am 

11:30 am 

French Sector Meet and Greet 

All French Faculty & GEs 

Fabienne Moore 

McKenzie 151  

10:30 am 

11:30 am 

Italian Sector Meet and Greet 

All Italian Faculty & GEs 

Nathalie Hester 

McKenzie 152  

10:30 am 

11:30 am 

Spanish Sector Meet and Greet 

All Spanish Faculty & GEs 

Amalia Gladhart 

McKenzie 240C  

11:30 am 

12:00 pm 

Teaching Materials Pickup 

All Career Instructors & GEs 

Various 

Supervisor's Office 

12:00 pm 

1:00 pm 

GSL Welcome - Student ID Cards Handed out at this session 

All New GSL Students 

Aneesh Aneesh, Brita Ellis & Robert Marshall 

McKenzie 121  

12:30 pm 

3:00 pm 

Supervisor Luncheon  

All Language Program Advisors  

Paula Ellister 

Steelhead Brewery - 199 E. 5th Ave. 

1:00 pm 

1:30 pm 

LUNCH BREAK 

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3:00 pm 

5:00 pm 

RL GSA: Surviving Grad School Panel Q&A and Social 

All GEs 

Salma Valadez Márquez 

McKenzie 152  

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th, 2023 

9:00 am 

10:00 am 

Introduction to Romance Language Programs 

All Faculty & GEs 

Paula Ellister & Lanie Millar 

 

McKenzie 240C 

 

10:00 am 

11:30 am 

Meeting: 1st Year French 

Career Instructors & GEs 100-level French 

Connie Dickey 

McKenzie 157  

10:00 am 

11:30 am 

Meeting: 2nd Year French 

Career Instructors & GEs 

200-level French 

Mathilde Bégu 

McKenzie 158  

10:00 am 

11:30 am 

Meeting: 1st & 2nd Year Italian 

Career Instructors & GEs 

100&200-level Italian 

Lauretta DeRenzo-Huter and Claudia Ventura 

McKenzie 159  

10:00 am 

11:30 am 

Meeting: 1st Year Spanish 

Career Instructors & GEs 

100-level Spanish 

Paula Ellister 

McKenzie 151  

10:00 am 

11:30 am 

Meeting: 2nd Year Spanish 

Career Instructors & GEs 

200-level Spanish 

Paulo Henríquez 

McKenzie 152 

11:00 am 

1:30 pm 

Graduate Student Welcome Lunch & Resource Fair 

All Graduate Students – REGISTRATION REQUIRED 

Division of Graduate Studies 

EMU Ballroom 

11:30 am 

1:00 pm 

Faculty Advising Luncheon 

 All faculty 

Andrew Rothgery 

McKenzie 240 C  

1:00 pm 

4:00 pm 

GTFF Orientation 

New GEs – REGISTRATION REQUIRED 

GTFF 

Willamette Hall 100 

1:30 pm 

2:30 pm 

MA2 Fall Forum Meeting with DGS 

Returning MA Students 

Lanie Millar 

 

McKenzie 240 C  

 

2:30 pm 

4:30 pm 

Spanish Heritage Language Admin Team Meeting 

Sergio Loza &  

SHL Admininstrators 

Sergio Loza 

McKenzie 151  

2:30 pm 

5:00 pm 

Time to Work on  

Mandatory GE Training 

New GEs 

Brita Ellis 

Friendly 102 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th, 2023 

9:00 am 

12:00 pm 

Course Meeting: 1st Year French 

Career Instructors & GEs 100-level French 

Connie Dickey 

McKenzie 157  

9:00 am 

12:00 pm 

Course Meeting: 2nd Year French 

Career Instructors & GEs 

200-level French 

TBD 

McKenzie 158  

9:00 am 

12:00 pm 

Course Meeting: 1st & 2nd Year Italian 

Career Instructors & GEs 

100&200-level Italian 

Lauretta DeRenzo-Huter and Claudia Ventura 

McKenzie 159  

9:00 am 

12:00 pm 

Course Meeting: 1st Year Spanish 

Career Instructors & GEs 

100-level Spanish 

Paula Ellister 

McKenzie 151  

9:00 am 

12:00 pm 

Course Meeting: 2nd Year Spanish 

Career Instructors & GEs 

200-level Spanish 

Paulo Henríquez 

McKenzie 152 

12:00 pm 

1:00 pm 

LUNCH BREAK 

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1:00 pm 

5:00 pm 

SHL Career Instructors Meeting 

Sergio Loza & 

SHL Career Instructors 

Sergio Loza 

McKenzie 151 

1:00 pm 

3:30 pm 

New Grad Student  

Academic Meeting with DGS 

New GEs with DGS and Graduate Coordinators 

Lanie Millar 

Friendly 106 

3:30 pm 

5:00 pm 

Paperwork Session for  

New International GEs 

New International GEs 

Brita Ellis & Robert Marshall 

Friendly 106 

5:00 pm  

7:00 pm 

PICNIC AT COURTYARD MCKENZIE 175 - Catering provided by Mucho Gusto 

All Faculty & GEs 

David Wacks 

McKenzie 175 Courtyard  

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2023 

8:30 am 

12:00 pm 

Course Meeting: 1st Year French 

Career Instructors & GEs 100-level French 

Connie Dickey 

McKenzie 157  

8:30 am 

12:00 pm 

Course Meeting: 2nd Year French 

Career Instructors & GEs 

200-level French 

Mathilde Bégu 

McKenzie 158  

8:30 am 

 

12:00 pm 

Course Meeting: 1st & 2nd Year Italian 

Career Instructors & GEs 

100&200-level Italian 

Lauretta DeRenzo-Huter and Claudia Ventura 

McKenzie 159  

8:30 am 

12:00 pm 

Course Meeting: 1st Year Spanish 

Career Instructors & GEs 

100-level Spanish 

Paula Ellister 

McKenzie 151  

8:30 am 

12:00 pm 

Course Meeting: 2nd Year Spanish 

Career Instructors & GEs 

200-level Spanish 

Paulo Henríquez 

McKenzie 152 

12:00 pm 

2:00 pm 

Instructional Faculty Luncheon – catered by Panera Bread Company 

Instructional Faculty –David and Aneesh to begin luncheon 

Liliana Darwin-López, Jesús Sepúlveda, Bene Santos 

McKenzie 175 Main Room  

1:00 pm 

3:00 pm 

Advising for all GEs (mandatory drop-in office hours) 

Tenure Track Faculty 

& All GEs 

Various 

Advisor’s Office 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2023 

9:00 am 

12:00 pm 

Microteaching Workshops 

New Instructors &  

New GEs 

Paula Ellister 

SEE BELOW #1-4 

9:00 am 

12:00 pm 

Breakout Group #1 

students will be broken out over the four rooms. 

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McKenzie 151 

9:00 am 

12:00 pm 

Breakout Group #2 

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McKenzie 152 

9:00 am 

12:00 pm 

Breakout Group #3 

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McKenzie 157  

9:00 am 

12:00 pm 

Breakout Group #4 

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McKenzie 158  

12:00 pm 

1:00 pm 

Graduate Coordinator Meeting, 

Check-In/Office Orientation 

New GEs 

 Brita Ellis & Robert Marshall 

Friendly 214 

1:00 pm 

2:00 pm 

GTFF Information Session 

New GEs 

GTFF Rep  

Friendly 214 

2:00 pm 

4:00 pm 

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4:00 pm 

5:00 pm 

New & Returning PhDs Meeting 

All PhDs,  

Graduate Coordinators,  

& Lanie Millar (DGS) 

Lanie Millar 

Friendly 106 

5:00 pm 

6:00 pm 

RL GSA Happy Hour 

All GEs 

Salma Valadez Márquez 

Coldfire Brewing Company 

263 Mill St