Spotlight
Students Awarded At Southeastern U.S. Korean Speech Contest
Apr. 23, 2026— Students from Vanderbilt’s Korean program, along with Professor Seok Bae Jang, attended the 9th Annual Southeastern U.S. Korean Speech Contest at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and were awarded for their exceptional performance. The Vanderbilt Center for Languages congratulates these students!
2026 VCL Scholar Awardees Announced
Apr. 1, 2026—Congratulations to our 2026 VCL Scholars! These faculty awards represent Vanderbilt’s Hindi-Urdu, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian programs. We celebrate the innovation of their proposals to develop intercultural competence and linguistic proficiency. Alexis Finet (French and Italian) and Steve Wenz (Spanish and Portuguese) Building Intercultural Competency and Linguistic Proficiency...
Comparing the VCL to Peer Institution Language Centers
Mar. 5, 2026—
Congratulations to Dr. Pengfei Li for the 2025-26 BLCUP Teaching Award!
Feb. 25, 2026—The Vanderbilt Center for Languages congratulates Dr. Pengfei Li on receiving the Second Place CLTA 2025-2026 BLCUP Award for Innovative Excellence in the Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language for his 2024 VCL Scholars project, “Exploring Heritage Narratives through a Multidimensional Language Project.” Dr. Li’s project contributes to the VCL’s mission of fostering interdisciplinary...
Tutoring & Conversation Hours: View Fall 2025 Schedule
Sep. 18, 2025—
Language Tables Begin Sept.1st: View Fall 2025 Schedule
Aug. 30, 2025—
UNED Language Center and the Vanderbilt Center for Languages: The Story of a Productive Partnership
Jun. 1, 2025—The launch of this pilot program of virtual language exchange stemmed from the visit of Dr. Chalene Helmuth to UNED Costa Rica in June 2023 and built on previous professional collaborations with faculty member Dr. Vilma Peña Vargas. Dr. Helmuth is Director of the Center for Languages, and Associate Professor of the Practice in the...