DEPARTMENTAL NEWS AND EVENTS Ambassador Faida Mitifu, gave the keynote address Nov. 8 to more than 150 Georgia school teachers. She holds a doctorate degree in French from the University of Georgia. Read more or read the article. Dr. Catherine Jones, was honored at the UGA-Tennessee football game on October 11, 2008 as the recipient of the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Award. Read more and see photo. Columns, the facutly/staff weekly newpaper, has printed an article featuring Susan Quinlan and Rober Moser entitled ‘Creating young Latin Americanists’ Portuguese program adds new major in Ibero-American Comparative Studies. Read the article Weekly Language Tables See our News and Events page for meetings times for weekly discussion groups in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.		TRAVEL AND STUDY ABROAD