Foreign Languages, event, photo 1

This image shows a man speaking behind a podium at an event held by the Department of Foreign Languages in the College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in 1979. Professor J. R. Prince of the Foreign Languages Department can be seen sitting fourth from the right. Programs in the Department of Foreign Languages focus on teaching students both the language and culture of a region, and includes courses in French, Spanish, Chinese, German, Arabic, Japanese, Latin, and Russian, as well as offering classes for international business and economics majors in the College of Business. The speaker is Dr. W.C. Strickland, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Seated on the far right is Mrs. Elizabeth (Bebe) Plemmons.

Faculty

Languages

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 10, Foreign Language and Literature, C14.2.2.4.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1979

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Photographs

English

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Appalachian State University, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Prince, James Roy, 1910-1981

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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