MCL World Languages Library

Name: Modern and Classical Languages
Start: 2019-05-23T00:00:00-0700
End: 2019-06-03T23:59:00-0700
Location: WWU Give Day

This year, MCL is highlighting a new initiative to build a World Languages Library in our media lab. The Department would like to purchase materials written in all of our offered languages at a variety of comprehension levels in order to provide more access to primary sources for language students. The World Languages Library is designed to encourage students to build a relationship with language beyond textbooks and the classroom, and we will be creating a catalog of fiction and nonfiction that emphasizes culture, history, diversity, and inclusivity.

About

We provide Western students the skills to learn firsthand about major world societies. The department believes that the best way to understand a culture directly is through its language. The modern languages offered in the department – Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish – are native languages to nearly two billion people. Latin and Classical Greek provide students the tools to study directly written works that form the foundation of Western civilization. In keeping with the aim of providing the skills needed to learn about a culture, the department trains in the areas of language structure and literary analysis. Language structure is taught both holistically and analytically.

Impact

Your gift to the Department of Modern and Classical Languages this year will fund student-faculty projects and initiatives, guest speakers, student travel to conferences, career networking opportunities, events highlighting the different languages and cultures in the department, and most importantly, scholarships.

Scholarships

We have a number of scholarships named in honor of beloved Faculty, Alumni and Supporters. You can choose to support anyone of these named scholarships, including a new scholarship for Spanish and/or linguistics majors we are starting in honor of Shaw Gynan and his retirement from Western.

Success!

***2:1 Student Challenge Has Been Met, Thank you!***

The first $7,000 in students gifts (up to $100 per student) have been matched 2:1 by Dave Mann, '82 and Ann Thomson Mann, Jing de Jong, Healthy Pet and other generous alumni.

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Leaderboard

Top 5 WWU Fundraisers

The WWU Alumni Association will reward the top five areas that secure the most gifts with a bonus of $1,000 each!

Rank	Prize	Department	Gifts
1	$1,000	Men's Rowing	223
2	$1,000	WWU Volleyball	184
3	$1,000	WWU Racing	146
4	$1,000	WWU Symphony Orchestra Vienna-Prague Tour 2020	128
5	$1,000	Computer Science	83
6		MSCM & Operations	79
7		Marketing Department	77
8		Behavioral Neuroscience	69
9		Ice Hockey	66
10		WWU AS Food Pantry	60
11		Western Washington University	54
12		Accounting Department	53
13		Men's Soccer	49
14		Cross Country & Track and Field	40
15		KUGS Scholarship	39
16		Chemistry Department	38
17		Robert and Bess Christman Scholarship	37
18		Honors Program	35
19		Honoring Nancy Johnson!	34
20		Psychology	33
21		Education and Social Justice Minor	32
22		College of Business and Economics	30
23		Women's Ultimate	30
24		MBA Program	29
25		Western Libraries Heritage Resources	29
26		WWU Wakeboard Team	26
27		Music Department	25
28		Millie Johnson Puzzle Hunt Fund	25
29		Child Development Center	25
30		International Business Program	23
31		Women's Basketball	22
32		Scholarships and Diversity Initiatives	22
33		Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies	22
34		Physics and Astronomy	22
35		Geology	22
36		Woodring College of Education	19
37		English Department	19
38		Management Information Systems	19
39		Shannon Point Marine Center	19
40		Huxley College of the Environment	19
41		WWU Tennis Club	19
42		LGBTQ+ Western	18
43		Best Buddies	18
44		Men's Lacrosse	17
45		Modern and Classical Languages	17
46		History Department	16
47		Piper Carr's Guitar Matching Fund	15
48		Ray Wolpow Institute	15
49		Linguistics	15
50		Western Libraries	15
51		Engineering and Design	14
52		Men's Basketball	14
53		Biology	14
54		Adoptees Club	14
55		Dance	13
56		Environmental Sciences Department	13
57		Journalism	13
58		Undocumented Student Support	13
59		Western GAP Scholarship	12
60		Elementary Education Department	12
61		Environmental Studies Department	12
62		WWU Career Closet	12
63		Marion Van Nostrand Scholarship	11
64		Nursing	11
65		Sociology	11
66		Economics	11
67		Veteran Services	11
68		Finance Department	11
69		AMSEC	11
70		Graduate School	10
71		Art and Art History Department	10
72		Club Wrestling	10
73		Mathematics	9
74		College of Science and Engineering	9
75		Environmental Toxicology Program	9
76		Political Science	9
77		Living Snow Project	9
78		Bellingham Review	9
79		Communication Sciences and Disorders	8
80		Design Department	8
81		Women's Water Polo	8
82		Student Technology Center's Booster Fund	8
83		Sailing Team	8
84		College of Fine and Performing Arts	8
85		Anthropology	8
86		Western Gallery	8
87		Liberal Studies	8
88		Womxn of Color Empowerment Scholarship Fund	8
89		Equestrian	8
90		Institute for Energy Studies	7
91		Women's Lacrosse	7
92		Woodring College of Education Scholarships	7
93		WWU Climbing Team	7
94		Communication Studies	7
95		Theatre Arts	7
96		Quidditch	7
97		IDEA Academic Programs in Entrepreneurship	6
98		Philosophy	6
99		Health and Human Development	6
100		Men's Rugby	6
101		Educational Administration Program	6
102		Canadian-American Studies	6
103		WWU Chess Club	6
104		Ethnic Student Center	6
105		WWU Student Chapter of NSTA	6
106		Filipino-American Student Association (FASA)	6
107		Young Democrats of WWU	6
108		Women's Soccer	5
109		Rowing	5
110		Alpha Kappa Psi Omega Beta	5
111		Huxley Graduate Programs	5
112		Compass to Campus	5
113		College of Humanities and Social Sciences	5
114		Women's Volleyball Sport Club	5
115		Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies	5
116		Dead Parrots Society	5
117		Other	4
118		Water Skiing	4
119		Salish Sea Institute	4
120		WWU Club Golf Team	4
121		Hillel of WWU	4
122		Center for Education Equity & Diversity	4
123		NeRDS	4
124		Endowed Professorship in Jewish History	3
125		WISE Scholarship	3
126		CBE Investment Management and Scholarship Fund	3
127		Men's Golf	3
128		WWU Speech and Hearing Clinic	3
129		Small Business Development Center	3
130		Ralph Munro Institute for Civic Education	3
131		Viking Athletics	3
132		Men's Water Polo	3
133		Special Education	3
134		Softball	3
135		Baile de WWU	3
136		WCE Promise Scholarships for Students of Color	3
137		WWU Fly Fishing Club	3
138		National Society of Black Engineers	3
139		Bellingham Order of the Saber	3
140		Fencing	3
141		Figure Skating	3
142		Women's Rugby	3
143		Human Services Program	3
144		MK Advantages of Learning Differently Scholarship	2
145		Dr. Elena Pereyra Peach Award Scholarship	2
146		Institute for Global Engagement	2
147		Morse Institute for Leadership	2
148		East Asian Studies	2
149		Center for Pacific Northwest Studies	2
150		Bennerstorm Prize	2
151		Women's Golf	2
152		WWU Outdoor Center	2
153		Adult and Higher Education Program	2
154		Student Services and Programs	2
155		Black Womxn Revolutionary Group	2
156		Huxley College on the Peninsulas	2
157		International Business Network Club	2
158		Freeride Ski and Snowboard Team	2
159		Equity and Diversity Committee	2
160		AS Clubs	2
161		Sandberg Scholarship	1
162		Dr. Lina Zeine Scholarship	1
163		Joann Otto Microscope Endowment Fund	1
164		Manis Family Scholarship	1
165		Lillie Mae Witherspoon Minority Scholarship	1
166		Brian K. and Lori L. Burton Fund for Innovation	1
167		Willis Ball Memorial Scholarship	1
168		Hearing Aid Bank	1
169		Vassdal Design Scholarship	1
170		Dina Benedetti Scholarship Endowment	1
171		Frank Punches Memorial Endowment Fund	1
172		FACET	1
173		Science, Math and Technology Education	1
174		Donald B. McLeod Scholarship Endowment	1
175		Rich and Stephanie Bowers Endowment	1
176		Timothy Crossan Memorial Fund	1
177		Swimming	1
178		James B. and Angela Rhoads Scholarship	1
179		Exercise Science Lab	1
180		Ralph Munro Institute	1
181		The Jazz Project Scholarship	1
182		WWU Judo Club	1
183		Western Community Outreach	1
184		Mountain Environments Research Institute	1
185		Native American Student Union	1
186		Student Ambassador Scholarship	1
187		NAMI on Campus WWU	1
188		Cheerleading	1
189		Office of Sustainability	1
190		Business and Sustainability Program	1
191		KM Fund for Holocaust and Genocide Studies	1
192		Ershig Assistive Technology Resource Center	1
193		Students for Public Education	1
194		The SEA Discovery Center	0
195		Special Collections	0
196		WWU National Science Teachers Association Chapter	0
197		Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation	0
198		Baseball Sport Club	0
199		Campus Recreation	0
200		Cascadia Climbers	0
201		Cycling	0
202		Extended Education	0
203		Institute for Watershed Studies	0
204		Khmer Student Association (KhSA)	0
205		Management	0
206		Men's Ultimate	0
207		Men's Volleyball	0
208		Parents and Families	0
209		Rehabilitation Counseling Program	0
210		Secondary Education Department	0
211		The Journal of Educational Controversy	0
212		Vietnamese Student Association	0
213		Woodring Peer Mentors	0

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Associated Students Clubs Campus Recreation Sport Clubs College of Business and Economics College of Fine and Performing Arts College of Humanities and Social Sciences College of Science and Engineering Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate School Huxley College of the Environment Parents and Families Programs/Centers/Institutes Scholarships and Diversity Initiatives Western Libraries Western Washington University Woodring College of Education WWU Athletics

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