Welcome to the Department of Foreign Languages and International Studies

The mission of the Department of Foreign Languages and International Studies is to help students attain a state of intellectual freedom that enables them to grow personally, socially, and professionally.  The faculty works to develop students' learning skills in foreign languages; to communicate effectively and intelligently; to foster cultural understanding, tolerance and world perspective; and to prepare students to live in a global society.

To understand a culture other than their own, students must have knowledge of the language and how language shapes cultural perspectives and leads to a mastery not only of the language, but of the culture.  Students, therefore, become citizens of the world.