{"id":2128,"date":"2021-01-21T20:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T20:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/?page_id=2128"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:17:43","slug":"language-and-culture-studies-majors-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/language-and-culture-studies-majors-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Language and Culture Studies Majors Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>January 2026<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 78.4987%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 26.2626%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Updated-Image-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4771 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Updated-Image-2-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Updated-Image-2-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Updated-Image-2-1024x932.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Updated-Image-2-768x699.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Updated-Image-2-1536x1399.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Updated-Image-2-2048x1865.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.2367%;text-align: center\"><strong>Sudhish Thapa<\/strong><br \/>\nJapanese Studies Major<br \/>\nEconomics Major<br \/>\nPresidents Fellow, Language &amp; Culture Studies<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Sudhish writes about his journey from Nepal to Trinity College and how his experiences sparked a passion for Japanese language and culture. His story highlights curiosity, growth, and the drive to keep learning as he looks ahead to what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/japanese\/student-spotlight\/sudhish-thapa-language-and-culture-studies-student-spotlight\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>March 2023<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 78.25%;height: 320px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 32.9245%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3779 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/Zhang-Headshot-1-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/Zhang-Headshot-1-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/Zhang-Headshot-1.jpg 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 67.0755%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Xingyuan Zhang<br \/>\n<\/strong>Arabic and Japanese Major<br \/>\nPresident&#8217;s Fellow, Language &amp; Culture Studies<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Xinguan writes about her interest in learning different cultures from different countries. Read about her experiences studying abroad in Japan and Jordan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/arabic\/xingyuan-zhang-language-and-culture-studies-majors-spotlight\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>April 2023<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 78.2732%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 26.0257%\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3335 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/04\/Taive-Muenzberg-3-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/04\/Taive-Muenzberg-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/04\/Taive-Muenzberg-3-1024x769.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/04\/Taive-Muenzberg-3-768x577.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/04\/Taive-Muenzberg-3-740x555.jpeg 740w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/04\/Taive-Muenzberg-3-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/04\/Taive-Muenzberg-3.jpeg 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.2479%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Taive Muenzberg<br \/>\n<\/strong>Italian Studies and Hispanic Studies Major<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Taive writes about how taking a chance and enrolling in Italian 101 lead her to a completely different major and experience\u00a0 than she had envisioned when she first began here at Trinity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/italian-studies\/taive-muenzberg-language-and-culture-studies-majors-spotlight\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>March 2023<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 78.5196%;height: 264px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 213px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.7762%;height: 213px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3221 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/gabo-4-Copy-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/gabo-4-Copy-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/gabo-4-Copy-978x1024.jpg 978w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/gabo-4-Copy-768x804.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/gabo-4-Copy-1467x1536.jpg 1467w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/gabo-4-Copy-1957x2048.jpg 1957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 66.2238%;height: 213px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Gabriel R. Sorondo Guirola<br \/>\n<\/strong>Hispanic Studies Major<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>President&#8217;s Fellow, Language &amp; Culture Studies <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Gabriel writes about his experiences being a Hispanic Studies Major while also being a native Spanish speaker and Latin American<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/hispanic-studies\/gabriel-sorondo-language-and-culture-studies-majors-spotlight\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>April 2021<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 77.7927%;height: 331px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.485181119648736%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2266 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/Photo-Apr-04-8-35-25-PM-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/Photo-Apr-04-8-35-25-PM-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/Photo-Apr-04-8-35-25-PM-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/Photo-Apr-04-8-35-25-PM-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/Photo-Apr-04-8-35-25-PM-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/Photo-Apr-04-8-35-25-PM-1362x2048.jpg 1362w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/Photo-Apr-04-8-35-25-PM.jpg 1619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.16392316464151%;text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucker O&#8217;Brien<br \/>\n<\/strong>Chinese and Japanese Major<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Enjoy reading about Tucker&#8217;s opportunity to study abroad in China through the River Cities of Asia Program. His fascination with both languages and cultures. \u00a0And with his double majoring, his expectations for international travels to China and Japan and how that fits into his future plans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/chinese\/tucker-obrien\/\">Read More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>March 2021<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 78.06354009077155%;height: 228px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 228px\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.663336030679382%;height: 228px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/03\/Bensalfeld-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/03\/Bensalfeld-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/03\/Bensalfeld.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50.40020406009217%;text-align: center;height: 228px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Salfeld<br \/>\n<\/strong>German Major<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Ben writes how German has become an integral part of his experience at Trinity and his memorable Summer Study Abroad Program to Berlin in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/german-studies\/ben-salfeld-language-and-culture-studies-major-spotlight\/\">Read More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>February 2021<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 77.3371%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 28.187%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/02\/Tessa-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/02\/Tessa-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/02\/Tessa-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/02\/Tessa-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/02\/Tessa-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/02\/Tessa-735x980.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/02\/Tessa-555x740.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/02\/Tessa-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.1501%;text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tessa Endresen &#8217;21<br \/>\n<\/strong>Italian Major<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Tessa writes about her appreciation for the beauty of the Italian language,\u00a0 lessons from Rome, and exploring the art of teaching the Italian language.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/?page_id=2186&amp;preview=true\">Read More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>January 2021<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 77.2612%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30.3588%;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2129 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/01\/Photo-of-Mimi-MacKilligan-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/01\/Photo-of-Mimi-MacKilligan-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/01\/Photo-of-Mimi-MacKilligan-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/01\/Photo-of-Mimi-MacKilligan-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/01\/Photo-of-Mimi-MacKilligan-735x980.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/01\/Photo-of-Mimi-MacKilligan-555x740.jpg 555w, 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