Languages, Literatures and Cultures Spotlight

In 2008, I graduated from Pinkerton Academy with very little interest in continuing on to college. I wanted to be a hairstylist. I completed my cosmetology course and was a hairstylist for three years until I decided that I wanted to do something more because, for me, something was missing from my…

After graduating from UNH, which included studying in Granada, Spain my junior year, I au paired in Madrid, Spain for two years. I followed up this time abroad with two years in New Haven, CT working as a translator of commercial credit reports at a company which was a subsidiary of Coface. In the…

As a kid from Senegal, West Africa, where the daily life is constantly a battle for a lot of people to eat at their satisfaction. I was very fortunate to be part of a family where my father had a decent job. He was able to take of me and my four other siblings. My parents were unfortunately…

Greetings from Washington, DC! After graduating from UNH in 2001, I planned to move to Washington, DC straightaway to being my career. The 11 September terrorist attacks shifted my focus towards global security. The aftermath of the attacks led to my decision to enroll in graduate school. I entered…

My experiences as an International Affairs/French dual major, and my year abroad in Dijon, France certainly shaped my career path and life decisions after college. As for many people, studying abroad had a profound effect on my life, and I had an immediate desire to learn about and explore other…

I was born and raised in New Hampshire, yet when my acceptance letter arrived informing me of my acceptance to the University of New Hampshire’s College of Liberal Arts, a faint whisper in my head told me that I was being accepted into an exciting new community that would change my life. Shortly…

I still remember being a freshman at the UNH and struggling with a choice of majors. Although I was enrolled in an environmental science program, my real passion lay in languages, anthropology, and culture. When I received a flyer announcing a new program in international affairs that required the…

Assistant Director, Career Events and Alumni Relations After graduating from UNH in 2009 as an International Affairs (IA)/Spanish dual major, with minors in Business Administration and Economics, I traveled throughout Asia with a good friend and fellow UNH ’09 graduate. Ever since I took my first…

The depth and breadth of the International Affairs dual major’s design is brilliant. As a Spanish/IA major, the expertise I gained from the program helped me earn a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to Ecuador after graduation (depth), while the wide range of international topics and themes…

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  About Audrey and where she is today I graduated from UNH in 2013 and majored in Spanish and political science. I came back a year later to start my Master's degree in Spanish, which I am currently finishing. During my year off I taught high school Spanish and spent 3 months at an internship in…