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Making IPAs Work: Real-World Lessons and Tips for K-16 Language Teachers

Jennifer Wooten (Director of Language Instruction, UF Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies) will share strategies for designing and implementing Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs) that that can be adapted to different instructional settings. The session will include interactive components where instructors can explore how IPAs might take shape in their own programs

Lunchtime Symposium – Buenos Dias, Genossen: Cuban-East German Transnational Relations

3310 Turlington

During the Cold War, East Germany and Cuba nurtured an alliance on the basis of a shared ideological belief. This often overlooked relationship may be best illustrated by an unusual Cuban gift: An island named after the East German Communist idol Ernst Thälmann off the coast of Cuba. So what characterized this East German-Cuban friendship

Lunchtime Symposium: The Transatlantic Relationship: Marriage Counselling or Divorce Court?

Turlington 3310

The Trump Administration’s actions are driving significant rifts in the transatlantic relationship. To some extent, these are echoes of long-standing differences, but the current administration’s approach is driven by a strategic logic that minimizes the importance of Europe. How far apart are the US and its European allies on the major geopolitical issues and what