The Daily Bulletin

Graziela Rondon-Pari, assistant professor in the Modern and Classical Languages Department, presented the two-hour workshop “Languages for the Professions and Specific Purposes: Spanish Court Interpreting” at the Northeast Modern Languages Association (NeMLA) Convention, held in Niagara Falls, New York, March 23–25. Co-presenters included students from her SPA 399 Legal Spanish course.  

Their participation was financed by a grant from the Modern Language Association (MLA). The Humanities Innovation Grant was awarded to the Buffalo State Spanish Court Interpreting certificate as an Innovative Emerging Program. The national award and grant were received at the 2022 MLA Annual Convention in Washington, D.C.

In addition, Dr. Rondon-Pari has been invited by the MLA to present the details of this certificate at the plenary session of the MLA’s Professional Development Training for department chairs and program leaders from across North America. Lydia Tang, MLA’s head of world language programs, stated: “We hope you might be interested in presenting your grant-winning project, Languages for the Professions: Immigration Interpreting. It perfectly fits the plenary's vision of demonstrating how language competency and humanities skills more broadly can have a real impact on our communities, and how it can provide students with a new perspective on global challenges, including migration and immigration.”

The presentation will take place on Tuesday, June 27.