"French Around The Corner" Public Engagement Project awarded LAS Inclusive Excellence funding

The College of LAS has awarded a $6,000 Inclusive Excellence funding to Prof. Mroz for her innovative public engagement project titled French Around The Corner. "The Office of Inclusive Excellence is delighted to partner with...

Italian Movie Night - La vita è bella

Join us for Italian Movie Night (La vita è bella)Location: Armory (room 147)Date: Sep 25, 2025   5:00 pm  Sponsor: Department of French & ItalianContact: Leonardo Chiaranti (leo85@illinois.edu) and hectorc2@illinois....

Francophone Film Festival (Sept 12 - Dec 5)

The Department of French & Italian is proud to present this year's Francophone Film Festival of Champaign Urbana.Click on this link for more informationThe event will take...

FRIT instructors ranked as excellent in Spring 2025

Congratulations to the following instructors in FRIT ranked as excellent by their students in their Spring 2025 courses, based on the ratings from the...

Professor Mroz promoted to Associate Professor

Congratulations to Professor Aurore Mroz who has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in the Department of French & Italian with indefinite tenure, beginning August 16, 2025. Professor Mroz joined our French program as Assistant Professor in 2015, following a similar position at...

Professor Clay promoted to Teaching Associate Professor

Congratulations to Professor Amy Clay who has been promoted to the rank of Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of French & Italian, beginning August 16, 2025. Professor Clay joined our program as Instructor in French in 2017, obtained her Ph.D. in Second-Language Acquisition at the...

Professor Fagyal is among the recipients of seed funding from BRIDGE

Professor Zsuzsanna Fagyal (FRIT) is among the three recipients of seed funding from the Birmingham-Illinois Partnership for Discovery, Engagement and Education (“BRIDGE”) to initiate collaborative research and scholarly exchanges on “...

Anne Olmstead receives Marita Romine Distinguished Service Award

Congratulations to Anne Olmstead, the wonderful Office Manager of the Departments of French & Italian and Germanic Languages, who received one of SLCL’s Marita Romine Distinguished Service Award. Her...
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