LRC Programming/ Events

LUNCH AND LEARN SESSIONS FOR ADVISERS ON LANGUAGE STUDY AT NORTHWESTERN

The Academic Advisers Working Group (Office of the Provost's Undergraduate Advising)  creates resources and events to support and enhance the sense of belonging to an academic community. Lunch & Learn sessions are one point of connection, in which campus partners are invited to share information and resources from their offices with advisors. The Language Resource Center has been invited to facilitate the following sessions: 

• Navigating Language Pathways: Placement, Progression, and Proficiency at Northwestern | April 16, 2025
• Leveraging Language Learning on Campus and Beyond: Unlocking Career and Global Opportunities for Students | January 22, 2025 
• Language Study Orientation for Advisers | June 3, 2024
  
  

IMMERSION WEEK: GENERATIVE AI IN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION 

The Language Resource Center, Media and Design Studio, Teaching and Learning Technologies, and Searle Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning, in collaboration with the Council on Language Instruction, organized this dynamic professional development event to explore how generative AI can transform language instruction through four engaging and customized sessions for Northwestern faculty and graduate students.  The event  featured Dr. Kevin Gaugler,  a renowned expert in the field of AI and language instruction, as keynote speaker, as well as sessions on Northwestern AI policies and authorized tools, in-house presenters, a student panel and more! 

Access to the sessions and resources can be found in the webpage IMMERSION WEEK: GENERATIVE AI IN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION.  

TLT CANVAS ACCESSIBILITY WORKSHOPS FOR WORLD LANGUAGE FACULTY

Teaching and Learning Technologies hosted and organized two workshops to help language faculty create accessible digital content in Canvas, as part of their Mission: Accessible challenge. 

BUFFETT FACULTY LUNCH ON MULTILINGUALISM