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JAPANESE — Originally from Oregon, Meg Tsukamoto BA ’00 (Japanese) has spent the last 25 years living and working in Japan. She is a professional emcee, serving as both interpreter and facilitator for large events such as wedding receptions, a niche she found after struggling to find a bilingual emcee for her own wedding in Japan.

ROMANCE LANGUAGES, ITALY — Students graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Italian have the unique opportunity to apply to live and work in Northern Italy. Through the University of Oregon’s partnership with the Study Intercultural Training Experience Program, students can work as English-speaking teaching assistants in middle schools and high schools in Italy.

SCHNITZER SCHOOL — The Arlene Schnitzer Study Abroad Scholarship is a new source of funding support for majors in the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages who plan to participate in any study abroad or global internship program sponsored by Global Education Oregon (GEO). Meet some of the recipients of the scholarship and learn about where they plan to study abroad.

SCHNITZER SCHOOL — Faculty from the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages took time at the winter Ring Lecture to unveil the proposed global environments major. The proposed major is a result of the Schnitzer School’s work to expand its undergraduate degree programs that integrate the school’s strengths in the humanities and social sciences.

GLOBAL STUDIES — The Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages is hosting its annual conference from May 7 to 9, 2026, with the theme “Global Futures of Higher Education: Autonomy in the Crosshairs.” The conference will bring together scholars from around the world to examine how universities are responding to the biggest problems facing higher education today.

FRENCH, ITALIAN, CHINESE — Three professors in the College of Arts and Sciences received Oregon Humanities Center Fellowships for 2026–27 to do just that. The professors — all members of the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages — include Roy Chan, Fabienne Moore and Eleanor Paynter.

ROMANCE LANGUAGES — In the last decade, nationwide, majors in the Humanities such as Romance languages have been a challenged academic discipline. However, over the past two years, the Department of Romance Languages completed a lengthy overhaul of its curriculum to promote student success, with a focus on one-on-one advising with students, and enrollment is up.

LINGUISTICS, EALL — Three faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences were inducted as Fellows into the premiere linguistics organization and a doctoral student receive an exclusive award for her research paper.