Spanish

Highlights of the Spanish Program

  • A vast majority of students combine their Spanish majors with a variety of other majors and minors, including business, communication and physics, as well as teaching.

  • Speaking Spanish has set our students apart in the job market. Many of them comment that they have received interviews over other candidates because of their Spanish-speaking skills.

  • With the widespread use of Spanish in the United States, the ability to speak the language is a good complement for any major.

Distinctions of the Spanish Program

  • This department travels with students, whether it be a trip to practice Spanish skills with majors or a service-learning trip where anyone can participate.

  • The department has language assistants, who are native speakers and have earned degrees in their home countries. These assistants organize a variety of cultural activities, including language tables in the dining commons for student to practice speaking conversational Spanish with their peers.

 

Alma College boasts a 13-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio, a liberal arts approach to undergraduate education, 33 academic majors, self-designed programs of emphasis, pre-professional programs in law and medicine, and an intensive Spring Term that provides opportunities for innovative courses, travel classes, research and internships.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. Holly Liu

Dr. Holly Liu
Departments: German

Holly Liu taught at a variety of colleges and universities around the world before coming to Alma College in 2006.

She was internationally educated and is dedicated to teaching German. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Peking University in Beijing, a master’s degree from Texas Tech University and a doctorate from Vanderbilt University. She also studied for two years at the Free University of Berlin.