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FRENCH 228 A: The Water Crisis in Literature and Cinema

Spring 2025

Through an engagement with the arts understood broadly, this course aims to surface the factors across time and in a variety of cultures that have led to the contemporary water crisis.

FIS Graduates Pose During 2024 Graduation Reception

Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

On Wednesday, June 5th, from 4-5pm the Department of French & Italian Studies held a graduation for the graduating class of 2024. French majors and Italian minors were invited to celebrate their achievements in a reception held in the Simpson Center.