{"id":1453,"date":"2024-12-11T19:45:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T19:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2024-12-12T20:03:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:03:53","slug":"vcl-hosts-first-alumni-reunion-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/2024\/12\/11\/vcl-hosts-first-alumni-reunion-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"VCL Hosts First Alumni Reunion Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1476\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12183213\/Alumni-Reception-Chalene-and-Alums.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12183213\/Alumni-Reception-Chalene-and-Alums.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12183213\/Alumni-Reception-Chalene-and-Alums-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12183213\/Alumni-Reception-Chalene-and-Alums-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #c2a14e\"><em>Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Languages, Chalene Helmuth, welcomes alumni.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year on November 8th, the Vanderbilt Center for Languages hosted its first ever Alumni Reunion Reception. The Center invited alumni from all language majors as well as past McTyeire International House residents to celebrate at the VCL Satellite, reconnecting with professors and peers. <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Alumni in Russian, Spanish, German, and Chinese spoke about the ways in which studying a language\u2014and their connections to our language faculty\u2014had shaped their professional and personal journeys.<\/span> The evening was festive, featuring a delicious spread of international fare and served as a welcoming space to celebrate global languages and culture during Homecoming weekend.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you&#8217;ll join us next year!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1477\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12183949\/Alumni-Reception-Michelle-with-Alum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12183949\/Alumni-Reception-Michelle-with-Alum.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12183949\/Alumni-Reception-Michelle-with-Alum-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12183949\/Alumni-Reception-Michelle-with-Alum-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1478\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12190231\/Alumni-Reception-Alum-with-Faculty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12190231\/Alumni-Reception-Alum-with-Faculty.jpg 1024w, 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sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1480\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12190301\/Alumni-Reception-Xianmin-with-Alum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12190301\/Alumni-Reception-Xianmin-with-Alum.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12190301\/Alumni-Reception-Xianmin-with-Alum-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12190301\/Alumni-Reception-Xianmin-with-Alum-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1481\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12193400\/Alumni-Reception-Fele-with-Alums.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12193400\/Alumni-Reception-Fele-with-Alums.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12193400\/Alumni-Reception-Fele-with-Alums-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12193400\/Alumni-Reception-Fele-with-Alums-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1487\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12200227\/Alum-talking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12200227\/Alum-talking.png 564w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12200227\/Alum-talking-176x300.png 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1486\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12200220\/Alum-Talking-with-Paz-and-Chalene-1024x530.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12200220\/Alum-Talking-with-Paz-and-Chalene-1024x530.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12200220\/Alum-Talking-with-Paz-and-Chalene-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12200220\/Alum-Talking-with-Paz-and-Chalene-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12200220\/Alum-Talking-with-Paz-and-Chalene.png 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1485\" 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\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Languages, Chalene Helmuth, welcomes alumni. This year on November 8th, the Vanderbilt Center for Languages hosted its first ever Alumni Reunion Reception. The Center invited alumni from all language majors as well as past McTyeire International House residents to celebrate at the VCL Satellite, reconnecting with professors and peers&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":1483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,10],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/12\/12194954\/Alumni-Reunion-Thumbnail.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1489,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions\/1489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/center-for-languages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}