The Spanish Club offers great opportunity for student leadership. It is a way to get students involved in campus life, to know people, to help the Hispanic community, and to learn and promote the Hispanic values and traditions. The Spanish Club is sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Villanova University.
Activities
Some events the Spanish Club promotes:
- Lectures dealing with Hispanic culture
- Field trips to museums, workshops, and theaters events or plays about the Hispanic world
- Poetry recitals
- Certamen de declamacion en español (Poetry reading contest)
- Salsa and Tango dance lessons
- social gatherings and parties
CERTAMEN de DECLAMACION de POESIA 2012
THANK YOU TO ALL STUDENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN SUCH A SUCCESFUL EVENT! And thanks for the professors who helped the students to prepare their poems.
CONGRATULATIONS to ALL AWARD WINNERS!
Intermediate Spanish Category (Spanish 1122)
1st prize: LUCAS ALLEN
2nd prize: DANIELLE TAYLOR and MICHAELA MAZZOCHI
Advanced Spanish Category (Spanish 1131)
1st prize: FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM
2nd prize: LILY QUIROZ and DAVID RENNE
EVENTS 2013
SPRING 2013 SEMESTER
Everyother Thurdsday starting February 21
3:00-4:00PM East Lounge (Dougherty Hall)
Latin American and Spanish Dancing Lessons FREE
for information contact the President or anyother board members of the Spanish Club
Teacher is Maria Calzado Saavedra
March 14
Movie Night 6:00PM Bartley Hall 1011
Just show up or vilsit our facebook for more details.
April 22
Poetry Contest 3:30-6:30PM SAC 300
Prizes will be awarded. Ask your Spanish professor.
Service to the community in Philadelphia details will follow.
The Spanish Club Leaders
The Spanish Club offers great opportunity for student leadership. It is a way to get students involved in campus life, to know people, to help the Hispanic community, and to learn and promote the Hispanic values and traditions. The Spanish Club is sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Villanova University. The Faculty Advisor to the Spanish Club is Professor Aydé Pérez, while the Film Series Advisor is Professor Salvatore Poeta.
2012-2013 Board of Directors
President - Daniel Amor
damor01@villanova.edu
Vice-President- Kristy Walsh
kwalsh39@villanova.edu
Personal Relations Chair - Rachel Evans
revans04@villanova.edu
Treasurer - Allison Cordaro
acorda03@villanova.edu
Chair- Christine Vaccaro
cvacca03@villanova.edu
Chair: Anna Pleuhs
apleuh01@villanova.edu
Chair- Matthew Walsh
mwalsh22@villanova.edu
AMIGOS DEL CLUB
Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. (Cultural activities and Service to the Community)
María Calzado Saavedra, Hispanic Studies Grad Student (Flamenco classes)
Manuel Olmedo, Hispanic Studies Grad Student (Bachata classes)
Elisa Bermudez, Hispanic Studies Grad Student (Casa de Venezuela. Cultural activities)
Nasser Meerkhan et al. - Grad TAs (Hispanic Culture Center/ Centro de cultura hispana)
2012-2013 Faculty Advisors
- Professor Chad Leahy
- Professor Adriana Merino
