Internships and Experiential Learning Opportunities

• Students accompanied assistant professor Fabiola Henri on a month-long trip to Guadeloupe as part of an NSF IRES grant.  The program was designed to provide students with an international research experience and an opportunity to learn about the local cultures investigated. The students'  research examined the structure of Guadeloupean Creole including varieties spoken across the archilpelago.
  
• Prof. Laura Chiesa's ITA 422 students conduct research with UB Anderson Gallery curator Liz Park, contributing research reports to an Exhibition Guide for Dawit L. Petros: Spazio Disponibile , a Fall 2020 installation.
• Spanish PhD candiates serve as translators, traveling to Puerto Rico with the UB School of Law's Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic.

Still not sure what you'd like to do? That's okay! You can contact us for more information about opportunities within RLL and beyond.

RLL 496 is designed as an experiential learning course for (primarily) majors and minors in Romance Languages and Literatures. Its aim is to provide them with some basic principles of TESOL, and then pair each student with an individual in the WNY refugee community for tutoring in English and for the preparation of a narrative about their lives. The goals of the course are for RLL students to expand their own cultural awareness, expand their awareness of English and of language itself, learn some rudiments of TESOL which they may wish to explore further with a Fulbright year or TESOL certification, recognize the value of their own training in language and literature, and become acquainted with the strengths and needs of local immigrant communities. Pre-Requisites: Permission of instructor, plus at least two 300-level courses in FR, SPA, ITA, or GER

In this for-credit course, undergraduate students have the opportunity to assist in local bilingual classrooms, such as those at the Herman Badillo Community School and the Frank A. Sedita Community School. Chat with an RLL faculty advisor to learn what other alternatives are available.

Calling all Italian Majors and Minors! Explore these two fantastic opportunities to live and work in Italy! Many students have participated in the past and had a wonderful experience.

VoluntarItaly

• Program Dates: June 8 – 28, 2025
• Eligibility: Italian students can participate during the summer and before completing their studies.
• Application and Deadlines: Visit VoluntarItaly - Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan for more information.

SITE Program

• Eligibility: Students can apply in their last semester of undergraduate studies at UB.
• Duration: Runs for an entire school year or a semester.
• Application: Visit the SITE Program page.
• Deadlines: End of February 2025

Before applying, or for any questions, please contact: