UNLV World Languages and Cultures

Have a great Fall semester!

Congratulations to Javier and Angélica!

Mission accomplished! Our graduate students, Javier Hernández Basterrechea and Angélica Castro Reyes, under the direction of Dr. Margarita Jara, presented the paper titled "Increasing Learner’s Ownership of Learning: Using Digital Storytelling and Portfolios in the Heritage Language Classroom" at the AATSP 2024 conference held in Portland, Oregon (June 29-July 2, 2024).

Join us in congratulating German minor Alejandro Rios for being selected to the CBYX program for 2024-2025!

Liberal Arts Student Selected for Prestigious German-American Exchange Fellowship The program will help Alejandro Rios prepare for career in immigrant and refugee advocacy.

We're still celebrating! Join us in congratulating our Spring 2024 World Languages and Cultures graduates!

Consider opening your home to a unique multicultural experience and host a German exchange student for the 2024-2025 academic year. Campus contact: [email protected].

We're proud to congratulate last week's WLC award honorees: outstanding majors and minors, scholarship recipients, and inductees into the French and German honor societies!

Congratulations to our 2024 majors graduating with a degree in World Languages and Cultures!

Our flexible program meets the needs of students interested in a wide variety of professions, with concentrations in culture, linguistics, literature and translation.

Want to practice your second language skills outside of class? Meet students passionate about other languages and cultures? Starting in Fall 2024, you can live with other language learners in the new Global Languages Theme Community on the multicultural floor in Tonopah Residence Hall. Apply now at unlv.edu/housing.

Is it spaghetti? Or is it ice cream?

A German invention is 55 years old today.

Spaghetti with vanilla “noodles”, fresh strawberry “tomato sauce”, and white chocolate or coconut “parmesan cheese.”

Spaghetti-Eis, one of the country's most popular varieties of ice cream... Germans enjoy about 25 million servings every year.

Seventeen year old Dario Fontanella came up with the idea, and served the first spaghetti ice cream on April 6, an Easter Sunday, 55 years ago in his father's Mannheim ice cream parlour.

Vanilla ice cream "spaghetti", served on a layer of cream, decked with red strawberry sauce, and white chocolate or coconut.

And how can you make it at home? Like this:

For four portions...

200g-1 cup strawberries
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
50g-2 oz white chocolate shavings or desiccated coconut.
120g-1/2 cup whipped cream
12 scoops of vanilla ice cream

Wash the strawberries, remove stalks, cut them into small cubes and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Leave to stand for 30 minutes. Then puree with a hand blender.

Make fine shavings from the chocolate with a potato peeler and chill.
(If using coconut it is easier to get it ready to use)

Whip the cream until stiff and divide between 4 dishes.

Press 3 scoops of ice cream through a Spätzle or potato ricer over the cream mounds.

Pour strawberry sauce over the ice cream and garnish with chocolate or coconut...

Apparently when Dario Fontanella first served the dessert to children they cried because they wanted ice cream and not what appeared to be a bowl of spaghetti. :-)

Some tips... The strawberry sauce can be made from couple hours to a couple days ahead and stored in the fridge. While the heavy cream can be whipped a few hours before.

But only make the ice cream pasta when you are ready to serve, as it melts quickly.

And place the press in the freezer beforehand so that it cools thoroughly. This will prevent the ice cream from melting immediately and the "spaghetti" will be perfect.

If the ice cream from the press does not have a spaghetti noodle shape, either the ice cream or the press/ricer is not cold enough.

Dario Fontanella still produces ice cream in his Mannheim ice-cream parlour. Together with his five employees, and without using any emulsifiers, colourants or chemicals.

Photo credit: Original source of photo unknown.

East Asian pop culture fans – this summer class has your name on it!

Interested in developing specific advanced language skills that can help you in fields such as business, education, health care and more? For details, contact the professor listed for each language. , , , ,

Mid-afternoon Rebels Give update: many thanks to the 11 donors who have generously given $665 to support World Languages and Cultures students with completion grants. We appreciate you: Gracias! Merci! Vielen Dank! 谢谢! ありがとう! Grazie!

There's still time to give the gift of graduation if you haven't quite gotten around to it yet.

UNLV Rebels Giving Day

Rebels Give is here! With as little as $5 you can make an impact on students who are the closest to graduation by donating to completion grants and special programs in the College of Liberal Arts! To learn more or donate, visit https://rebelsgive.unlv.edu/pages/college-of-liberal-arts-1, then scroll down and click on World Languages and Cultures.

UNLV Rebels Giving Day

It may be Spring Break, but we're still busy counting down to on March 21. Join us that day to support completion grants for students within 15 credits of graduation!

How many ways can you say "thank you?"

We appreciate the many messages of support we have been receiving from colleagues and students.

Don't miss this virtual event during International Education Week! , .

Join World Languages and Cultures along with , , for a fun event featuring student clubs from around the world, food, music and prizes. See you there!

Check out a great opportunity to teach English in Austria.

Attend this in-person info session to learn about the JET Program and how to apply. More details at https://jetprogramusa.org/. Application deadline is Nov. 17.

Virtual info sessions on Oct. 12, 5:30pm-6:30pm; Oct. 16, 12-1 pm; Oct. 24, 4-5 pm and Oct. 31, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Register for the virtual sessions at https://www.sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/jet_info_sessions.html.

On Sept. 20, UNLV’s Diplomat in Residence Antoinette Hurtado presented to more than 75 students studying Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. They learned about careers in diplomacy and the wide variety of internships, scholarships and fellowships offered by the U.S. Department of State. Ms. Hurtado emphasized that language skills are valuable assets, as languages help us connect with people and their cultures worldwide.

We're twice as proud of having TWO recipients representing UNLV in this nationally competitive scholarship. Enjoy your year in Germany, Zoe and Dan!

Applications are now open for CBYX 2024-25. Learn about this prestigious year-long study-abroad scholarship at an info meeting Oct. 10, 4 pm, BEH 341. No prior German knowledge necessary. Contact [email protected].

United Airlines is currently actively recruiting for German speakers interested in being Flight Attendants out of various U.S. bases including EWR, IAD, ORD, DEN, IAH and SFO airports. At the link below you can find the official application and job description. If you or anyone has any questions please feel free to reach out directly to: Vanessa Romero; Recruiter, Talent Acquisition – Inflight United Airlines; [email protected].

https://careers.united.com/us/en/job/FA2023-GER3/Flight-Attendant-German-Speakers-Only?fbclid=IwAR3-nkukwmkDygzAsKqSAY0byjOSytIIJx42Xc0qZL4hfJAFax0WyTmyg4E

Flight Attendant (German Speakers Only) in Houston, Texas, United States | Flight Attendant at United Airlines Apply for Flight Attendant (German Speakers Only) job with United Airlines in Houston, Texas, United States. Flight Attendant at United Airlines

Interested in a career in foreign service? Learn more from UNLV's new Diplomat in Residence at this upcoming presentation.

Be sure to enroll soon!

German language student Dan Gutierrez has earned a prestigious Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange scholarship for a study-abroad year in Germany. There are a few expenses that aren't covered by CBYX, and while Dan is working two jobs, he could still use a little financial help. Will you consider making a small donation?

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We're excited to announce that Sebastian Lozano is headed to Amiens, France, in the Teaching Abroad Program in France. Toutes nos félicitations!