January 16, 2019 - 9:38am
In Fall 2011, Mount Mercy hired Assistant Professor of Spanish Belkis Suárez to launch the university’s Spanish minor. Little did she—or anyone else—know the impact this program would have in just a few short years.
When Suárez started, five basic courses were in place. Today, the Spanish program offers 14 courses. Her goal was to develop curriculum where students spoke Spanish from day one—even if they’d never spoken it before. “People often say, ‘How is that possible if they don’t know the language?’ But at a small university like ours, students get to be immersed in it.”
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