College of Liberal Arts students studying Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean and/or Russian learn not just to read, write and speak the languages but to understand the people and places to which those tongues are native. Here, you can discover how students, alumni and faculty of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures are immersing themselves in the art, society and culture of these countries and their citizens. Read their stories below, and please contact us if you have a story of your own you think we should tell.