Hispanic Film Series Fall 2019
The Hispanic Film Series has returned for several events this semester. This fall five films included in the series will all be held on Thursday evenings at 6:00 p.m. in Lamar (room TBA). Admission is free and all films include English subtitles. For more information contact Prof. Diane Marting, dmarting@olemiss.edu.
Film Series:
Birds of Passage Thursday, September 19
Bad Hair Thursday, September 26
Everybody Knows Thursday, October 3
A Translator Thursday, October 10
Future Perfect Thursday, October 17
Sponsors:
The Spanish Film Club, The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, The Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement, Alpha Lambda Delta, Modern Language, and Pragda. The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts and culture, and the Secretary of State for the Culture of Spain.
Classes Begin
Critical Language Scholarship Information Session
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Thursday, September 12 and Wednesday, September 25
in the Gerald M. Abdalla Boardroom (Croft 305)
The Critical Language Scholarship Program is an intensive, overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Students spend 8-10 weeks abroad studying one of 15 critical languages essential to America’s engagement with the world. This workshop will provide an overview of the scholarship, application, and deadlines.
For more information or questions, please email Tim Dolan.
Alumni Talk: Kennedy Horton
Kennedy Horton
Managing Director and General Manager
of GNC EU in Dublin, Ireland
Kennedy graduated from Croft in 2009 and then received his MBA from Ole Miss in 2011. After his MBA, Kennedy began working as a financial analyst at FedEx in Memphis until 2016 when he started working for GNC, as Senior Manager of their International Business Department in Pittsburgh. From 2016 to 2019, Kennedy worked for GNC in Shanghai until June when he moved to Managing Director of GNC EU in Dublin, Ireland.
Friday, September 13 at 3:00 pm
in the Gerald M. Abdalla Boardroom (Croft 305)
The Alumni Talk is open to anyone interested! We encourage all students to attend who have an interest in international business and marketing!
All who are unable to attend but would like to remotely view the session can use this link—https://call.lifesizecloud.com/174353. You may either download the Lifesize app or go directly to the link in a Chrome browser.
For more information, please email Bree Starnes.
Hispanic Film Series: Birds of Passage
Thursday, September 19 at 6:00 p.m. in Lamar Rm (TBA)
Directed by Cristina Gallego & C. Guerra, 2018, Columbia
Admission is free and English subtitles are provided.
Croft Fall Reception
The Croft Institute invites all Croft students, faculty and staff to the annual Croft Fall Reception for an evening of food on Thursday, October 3rd at the Brandt Memory House on campus.
5:30-7:00 pm
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Brandt Memory House
We hope all of the Croft community will be able to attend!
More details on the event will be shared closer to the date.
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Croft Alumni Panel
Three Croft alumni will be participating in a panel on Friday, October 4, at 3:00 p.m. in the Joseph C. Bancroft Conference Room (Croft 107). We are happy to welcome back Talley Diggs, Ryan Ezelle, and Elizabeth Harrington Reep back to the Croft Institute. The panel will be followed by break-out sessions to allow students an opportunity to speak in depth with individual alumni.
Friday, October 4 at 3:00- 4:00 p.m.
Break-out sessions to follow
in the Joseph C. Bancroft Conference Room (Croft 107)
