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 Tuesday, October 14, 2008 

The Foreign Language Initiative would like to announce the our classes for Fall ‘08. Our classes are free and only cost your attention. If you would like to attend a class please begin by September 24th 2008.

Sec.

Language

Teacher

Classrooms

Days

Hours

E-mail Address

01


Arabic

Mustafa Almeer

AH 219

Tuesdays

1:00pm-2:00pm

mustafa.almeer@mnsu.edu

02

Bengali

Rumman Ahmed

CSU 223A

Mondays

10:00am-11:00am

rumman.ahmed@mnsu.edu

03

Chinese

Yuahe Liang

Tingting Li

AH 326

Fridays

2:00pm-3:00pm

yuahe.liang@mnsu.edu

tingting.li@mnsu.edu

04

Finnish

Nina Tikkinen

Emmi Leinonen

CSU 123

Tuesdays

5:30pm-6:30pm

nina.tikkinen@mnsu.edu

emmi.leinoen@mnsu.edu

06

Japanese I

(Beginner)

Byung-Wook Chung

Kizuna Yamamoto

MH 101

Fridays

5:00pm-6:00pm

byung-wook.chung@mnsu.edu

kizuna.yamamoto@mnsu.edu

07

Japanese II

(Advance)

Harumi Okoshi

AH 101

Fridays

6:00pm-7:00pm

harumi.okoshi@mnsu.edu

08

Korean I

Boram Kim

Minshick Yoo

AH 208

Fridays

12:00pm-1:00pm

boram.kim@mnsu.edu

minshick.yoo@mnsu.edu

09

Korean II

Juhee Woo

AH 217

Fridays

1:00pm-2:00pm

juhee.woo@mnsu.edu

10

Nepali

Ravi Subedi

Archana Timilsina

AH 303

Wednesdays

4:00pm-5:00pm

ravi.subedi@mnsu.edu

archana.timilsina@mnsu.edu

11

Romanian

Sanda Brighidin

AH 326

Wednesdays

4:00pm-5:00pm

sanda.brighidin@mnsu.edu

12

Russian

Olga Didenco

Vadim Limar

AH 223 B

Thursdays

1:00pm-2:00pm

olga.didenco@mnsu.edu

vadim.limar@mnsu.edu

13

Somalian

Fanah Adam

AH 223 B

Wednesdays

4:00pm-5:00pm

fanah.adam@mnsu.edu

14

Swahili

Vivian Nduta

MH 212

Thursdays

4:30pm-5:30pm

vivian.nduta-kamuga@mnsu.edu

15

Tibetan

Penpa Tashi

AH 316

Mondays

4:30pm-5:30pm

penpa.tashi@mnsu.edu

16

Urdu

Sobia Khan

AH 208

Mondays

2:00pm-3:00pm

sobia.khan@mnsu.edu






Classes begin the week of September 24th and continue until the week before finals.

AH = Armstrong Hall CSU = Centennial Student Union MH = Morris Hall



*UPCOMING MEETING: TUESDAY, October 14 2008 - 9:00PM - CSU 204 (Nichols Room)



FLI POTLUCK PARTY
 
on Sunday, October 12, 2008
at 6:00 PM till midnight
Countact us for more information!

 

PAST EVENTS


April 13th, 2007 Sunday

 The Foreign Language Initiative Presents:


FLI Extravagenza featuring MSU Band

CASSIOPEIA

CSU Ballroom



Saturday, May 5, 2007
    

7pm-3am

Karl's Trailer Park.  

Shin Dig/Trailer Party/International Beverages Fest!  Bring your own appropriate beverage of choice to present and share with others.  Beverages must be of international / ethnic nature.  We will be grilling, with other ethnic food choices and desserts.  
Beverages already agreed upon for sharing:
Mango Juice
Ginseng Drink
Bubble Tea
International Soda Choices
Chai Tea
Cocao Drinks

Directions:
Heading east on Stadium road take the first right (south) after Kwik trip on to Heron drive. Take the first left after the apartments. After 1/2 a block you will come to a stop sign; turn left. As you are about to turn right on the street you will see my house, # 204, white/tan beside an empty lot. Park only on one side of the street.


 


Sunday, April 22 2007

International Festival

The FLI participated in the Int'l Festival this year.  We got major publicity through our organization booth.  We did face-painting and arm-paintings of people's names in different languages.  We also held cultural trivia games, which were rewarded with some type of ethnic candy and snacks.  Special thanks to David Wei (Treasurer) and Karl Mertens (Vice President) who manned the booth most of the day.

Also, special thanks to Alison Cameron (President), Syed Ali Tahir (Urdu Teacher & Entertainment Coordinator), Bimala Koju (Nepali Teacher), and Gabriela Fraga (IBO Liason) who invested their time to prepare a few culturally-charged song and dance performances for the stage at the festival.


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Thursday, April 12th , 2007

FLI Musical Night '07

The Foreign Language Initiative invites you to come and celebrate the systems of sounds..!

Location : CSU Basement at 8:30 pm


August, 2007

Congratulations on a successful restructuring meeting!
 
Board Members

Syed Ali Tahir - President/ Treasurer

Karl Mertens - VP/ Secretary

David Wei - Entertainment Coordinator

Nilufer Misirli - Lanuage Coordinator

Cita Maignes - Faculty Advisor

Dan Rassmussen - Director of Marketing

Current Members

Sovanny Chav
David Wei
Desiree Quade
Michael Dexter
Udeeb Shankhadev 
Murtaza Rajabali


 

Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Photo Album ready!

The FLI Photo Album is ready!  You can now click on the pictures to enlarge them.  And remember, if there are any photos you want to have up on the website that are FLI related, all you have to do is send them to webmaster@fli-mankato.org and we'll get them up for you!

 


Monday, September 25, 2006
The FLI's Formula of Communication, Cooperation & Coordination Yields Success!

Friday September 22.  FLI Chinese Teacher, Chia-Fang Chang, prepared and submitted the first mp3 of review material.  Students can listen to this material on this website by clicking on Languages, then clicking on Chinese.

Thursday September 21.  Ten students attended the FLI's Russian class!  The class is taught by FLI Russian Teacher, Fidan Aliyeva, a native of Azerbaizhan.  This was an excellent turnout!