Opportunities

Experiential Learning

Study Abroad

Study abroad is strongly encouraged. Allegheny has programs in Querétaro, Mexico and Seville, Spain. Students may study in France with a direct exchange program at Angers or with an internship program in Paris through Boston University. German students can study in Cologne for a semester and at the University of Tübingen through a junior year abroad program. In addition, Allegheny participates in several other consortia, providing opportunities to study in more than 20 additional countries. Study abroad may exempt students from certain courses required for their major.

Cocurricular Activities

• Language tables. Several days a week, interested students and faculty meet for lunch. There are regular tables in Chinese, French, German, and Spanish.
• Gator International. Students have the opportunity to publish their own creative work in a foreign language. The magazine is printed once per year.
• International Film Festival. A series of internationally known films from various countries is offered every spring semester.
• International Cabaret. Students and faculty come together to celebrate the diversity of cultures in dance, song, and skits.

Scholarships and Honor Societies

• The Blair Hanson Scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding foreign language student to help defray the expenses of study abroad.
• The Arman Kalfayan Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to a student majoring in one of the modern languages.
• Founding chapter of Phi Sigma Iota, international language honor society.
• Dobro Slovo, Slavic honor society.

German Writer-in-Residence Program

The department receives an annual grant from the Max Kade Foundation to fund a German Writer-in-Residence Program.

Honors and Prizes

• The Blair Hanson Prize
• The Mildred Joanna Ludwig Prize
• The Alice Kemp Moessner Prize
• The Elli A. Sauer Prize
• The Georg Friedrich Sauer Prize
• Johannes Karl Helmut Sauer Prize

Graduate School

• About 50% of our majors eventually attend graduate or professional school.
• About 30% go on directly, with a 100% acceptance rate.
• Recent schools include:
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Pittsburgh Law School
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Purdue University
  • Temple University
  • American Graduate School of International Management
  • State University of New York (Binghamton)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Virginia
  • Middlebury College
• The most popular fields of study include: languages, law, business, education, history.

Career Data

• About 70% of our majors seek employment directly following graduation.
• The most popular fields for those with bachelor's degrees: banking, education, government, international organizations, social work, airlines and travel.
• The most popular fields for those with advanced degrees: law, education, business, modern languages.