NEWSLETTER!
Volume 28
Number 1
September 2015
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WELCOME BACK!
The CFFLC is excited to begin its 28th (!) year of wonderful professional development and
networking opportunities for local teachers. The planning committee has been hard at work
putting together yet another spectacular program this year, so you will not want to miss any
opportunities!
In addition to our efforts to support the professional development of local teachers at the K-12,
community college, and university levels, we will continue providing scholarships to high
school and university students who have demonstrated excellence in language study. We will
also support the UNCW Intercultural Festival (to be held in February 2016) as we have done in
the past. Finally, we will end the program year with our world-famous Fundraising Raffle! We
hope you will plan now to attend as many events as possible.
Everyone is encouraged to forward a copy of this newsletter with a personal invitation
to attend to someone else in your school or county. If you are the only person who attends
from your school or county, please send personally or ask a coordinator to send an e-mail with
an announcement and this newsletter to your list of World Languages/Foreign Languages and
ESL teachers. Consider especially new teachers or teachers new to our part of the state. Our
membership and participation is holding steady, but we would be delighted to have new faces
and new ideas.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2014-2015
Kim Eadie (New Hanover High), Kayce Smith (South
Brunswick Middle), and Joann Mount (UNCW) present the
undergraduate and graduate scholarship awards to Megan
Koelb, Caroline Hocutt, and Yamile Uceda (not pictured) at
the November meeting. Megan and Caroline are recent
teacher licensure graduates who are currently employed as
Spanish and French teachers in North Carolina!
Nora L. Jones (Vista Higher Learning)
gives a workshop on using authentic
media at the November 2014 meeting of
the CFFLC.
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2014-215 (CONT.)
Yoko Kano (UNCW), Rachel Hatfield (Cape
Fear Academy), and Kim Eadie (New
Hanover High) entertain visitors at the
CFFLC table during the Intercultural Festival
in February.
L. J. Randolph (UNCW) introduces the keynote
speaker (Carmen Scoggins) at the 2015 FLANC
Spring Conference. CFFLC helped sponsor this
event on UNCW’s campus. It was the most wellattended FLANC spring conference ever!
An emotional Joann Mount (UNCW)
accepts a retirement gift from the
CFFLC membership. Dr. Mount retired
from UNCW in June of this year after
beginning her career at the institution
in 1977. We are ecstatic that she will
continue to be an active member of the
Collaborative during her retirement!
2015-2016 PROGRAM DATES
Please go ahead and mark your calendars for this year’s meetings. All meetings are held in
Leutze Hall 136 and adjacent rooms. Attendees may park in Lot G (north of Leutze Hall).
More information about each program will be distributed in subsequent newsletters. As always
we will keep track of attendance for the year and will distribute certificates verifying attendance
at meetings. These may be used to request CEU credit from your school system.
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September 19, 8:45am – 12:00pm
November 14 , 8:45ma – 12:00pm
February 6, 8:45am – 12:00pm
April 9 or 16 (TBD), 8:45am – 12:00pm
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SEPTEMBER MEETING
September’s program will include (with approximate times):
8:45
Registration and refreshments
Please bring your money to pay dues at this time. Yearly dues are $20 ($10 for full-time
students).
9:00
Business meeting and announcements
Please bring announcements of school changes, cultural events, workshops and
conferences, etc. We will hear a report from the treasurer, discuss committee work and
scholarships, request volunteers for committees, and decide on a date for the April
meeting.
Latino Book Club Award: Eleni Pappamihiel will announce a grant that the group will
give this year for a public school project. Application forms will be available.
Design the Logo for FLANC’s 50th Anniversary: Do you have artistic students? If so,
they can earn $100 for designing the logo for the 2016 FLANC Fall Conference. L. J.
Randolph will present more information about this opportunity available exclusively to
students of K-12 members of the CFFLC.
9:40
Presentations
Who says that teachers have summers “off”? During this month’s series of
presentations, you’ll hear about some of the amazing professional development
opportunities that your colleagues have taken advantage of during the summer. You’ll
also get ideas of how to incorporate similar experiences into your own professional
growth and classroom practice. Here is our exciting line-up:
o Education in Rwanda – Ariana Mrak (UNC-Wilmington)
o Education in Pakistan – Eleni Pappamihiel (UNC-Wilmington)
o Tía Tula Language School in Spain – Christi Lea (Hoggard High School) and
George Adams (UNC-Wilmington)
o Travel Opportunities, Cultural Enrichment, and Exchanges for Teachers
and Students – Jean Hall (Hoggard High School)
During the mid-morning break, the Latino Book Club will have bookmarks available for
sale at just $1.00 each. Profits from the bookmarks and other fundraising activities of
the club buy books for school children. Bring pocket change and extra dollars to support
this wonderful cause!
11:55 Door prize drawings
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DUES & SPONSORSHIP
YEARLY DUES: Please be ready to pay CFFLC dues at the September meeting. Yearly dues
are $20 ($10 for full-time students). Checks should be made payable to: Cape Fear Foreign
Language Collaborative. We depend on your dues to help with miscellaneous expenses and
with the scholarships. Thanks for your support!
SPONSORSHIP: CFFLC is sponsored by the Department of World Languages and Cultures at
the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Our scholarship program continues to be a success. We awarded three
scholarships to UNCW students last year and one to a graduating senior in high school for a
total of $1100. CFFLC is proud to announce that scholarships awarded since the inception of
the program in 1995 total $13,525. This includes $300 given by Vista Higher Learning in
November 2014. All other funds have been raised by the membership of CFFLC.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Cinematique Films: http://whqr.org/topic/cinematique-wilmington-film-series
UNCW Presents: http://uncw.edu/presents/currentseason.html
Latino Americans 500 Years of History Film and Lecture
Series: http://uncw.edu/centrohispano/LatinoAmericanGrantsPage.html
Foreign Language Association of NC Fall Conference: October 23-24, 2015. Durham, NC
Festival Latino: November 7-8, 2015. Ogden Park, Wilmington, NC
For more events, conferences, news, etc., see the CFFLC home page at
UNCW: http://www.uncw.edu/fll/CFFLC.html
Please contact L. J. Randolph at randolphl@uncw.edu, Keri Chandler
at chandlerk@uncw.edu, or Amanda Boomershine at boomershinea@uncw.edu in the event
that you have professional information and announcements that you would like distributed to
our membership.
We look forward to seeing you at the September 19 meeting!
L. J. Randolph
UNCW, Dept. of World Languages and Cultures
910-962-3349 / randolphl@uncw.edu
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