THE WICE CENTER
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2024
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tHE WORLD IN COMMUNITY AND EXCHANGE
CLUBS . EVENTS . LANGUAGE TUTORING . QUIET STUDY AREA . PLACEMENT EXAMS
OUR MISSION
The WICE Center at Spelman College is your gateway to a world of language and culture exploration! Join our global celebration, where every day is an exciting opportunity to learn, connect, and embrace the wonders of languages and cultures!
The WICE Center’s mission is to create a space where community, culture and language meet through academic and cultural programming, where students achieve their language learning goals and cultural exploration. Through cultural engagement and academic support for day-to-day needs, The WICE Center empowers students to become global citizens and to contribute to Spelman’s mission to “engage the many cultures of the world.”
WHAT WE OFFER
STUDENT CLUBS + CONVERSATION GROUPS
MEET PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR INTERESTs! JOIN A CLUB
EVENTS
EXPLORE UPCOMING EVENT AND BOOK YOUR OWN!
LANGUAGE TUTORING
NEED SOME LANGUAGE SUPPORT? bOOK A TUTORING SESSION!
LANGUAGE PLACEMENT EXAMS
eVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PLACEMENT EXAMS
STUDENT CLUBS + CONVERSATION GROUPS
Afrolatinidad
Afrolatinidad aims to unite all AUC students and expose them to a myriad of vibrant and enriching Afro-Latin cultures.
- Professor Jacqueline Alvarez-Rosales / jalvarez@spelman.edu
Francophone Club + Le Bistro: French Conversation Group
- Calysia Ramos / calysiaramos@spelman.edu
- Professor Sophie Vainer / svainer@spelman.edu
Japan Club
- Professor Xuexin Liu / xliu@spelman.edu
La Voz Spanish Club
- Professor Janike Ruginis Gross / jruginis@spelman.edu
Tertulia: Spanish Conversation Group
- Professor Pilar Valencia / pvalenci@spelman.edu
UPCOMING EVENTS - SPRING 2024
- April 1- 4: International Film Festival: Details coming soon!
- April 15: Int’l Language Cafe @ 12:00pm-1:30pm: Meet language enthusiasts & practice conversation. Coffee and light snacks will be served.
- April 15: Fireside Chat: Using your Language Superpower in your Career Journey @ 6:30pm-7:30pm
- April 18: Brazil Event Series - Film and Popcorn @ 4pm
- April 23: INVITATION ONLY EVENT - French Pi Delta Phi induction ceremony @ 6pm
- April 24: Brazil Event Series - Festa Junina and Honor Society Induction @ 6pm
- April 25: Afrolatinidad - Poetry Night
- April 30: Chinese Club - Tea Ceremony and Movie @6 pm
PAST EVENTS - SPRING 2024
LANGUAGE TUTORING
CHINESE
Ming-Hsuan Tsai: minghsuantsai@spelman.edu
FRENCH
Calysia Ramos: calysiaramos@spelman.edu
Nailah A. Johnson: https://calendly.com/nailahjohnson/french-tutoring-hours
JAPANESE
Momoka Horie: momokahorie@spelman.edu
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PORTUGUESE
Yasmin Siqueira: yasmindesiqueira@spelman.edu
SPANISH
Annís Barrόn: https://calendly.com/annisbarron/spanish-tutoring
Keyla Anderson: https://calendly.com/keylaanderson/spanish-tutoring
Simone Jacques:https://calendly.com/simonejacques
Simone Jacques:
We are lucky to have Spelman students and Foreign Language Assistants (FLTAs) that are passionate about languages.
Please contact directly to book you session.
LANGUAGE PLACEMENT EXAMS
To fulfill the language requirement at Spelman College, the department of World Languages and Cultures offers a variety of language course offerings.
To satisfy the language requirement a student must first take a placement exam in the language. The placement exam will inform the student what course to enroll in, or if the student is exempt through placement testing or transfer credit.
Good to Know
- Language placement exams are taken during the summer months, in preparation for Fall semester and during the first 2 weeks of Fall and Spring.
- If more than a year (2 semesters) lapses between the placement exams and a student’s enrollment in a language class, a student will be required to retake the placement exams.
- A student who scores high on a placement exams will be invited to an oral interview with a faculty member. Based on the interview results, a student may be exempted from the core language requirement.
- A minimum grade of D is required for all core classes, unless you are Majoring or Minoring (in that case, a student may not earn less than a C+).
In-person placement exam and oral interview contacts:
- Japanese: Dr. Xuexin Liu / xliu@spelman.edu
- Latin: Forthcoming
- Portuguese: Dr. Fernanda Guida / fernandasilvaguida@spelman.edu
Online placement exam and in-person oral interview contacts:
- Chinese: Dr. Richard Lu / zlu@spelman.edu + Dr. Janike Ruginis Gross / jrugnis@spelman.edu
- French: Dr. Anne Carlson / acarlson@spelman.edu + Dr. Janike Ruginis Gross / jruginis@spelman.edu
- Spanish: Dr. Janike Ruginis Gross / jruginis@spelman.edu
HOURS OF OPERATION
LOCATION AND HOURS
Director Hours
INTERIM DIRECTOR
10 am - 6 pm
Monday thru Friday
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11 am - 3 pm Monday and Tuesday
11 am - 2 pm Wednesday
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