Community Involvement, Fall – Spring 2009-2010
Professor Glick and Spanish 002 and 003 students, Oct 15, 2009. Visit to the Modern Art Museum of NYC to gain a better understanding of the paintings of Latino and Spanish artists like Picasso, Kahlo, Dalí, Miró, Rivera, and Orozco among others.
PSU Spanish 003 students and Migrant School Dancers and Singers exchanging tango and hip hop dance steps. Dec 7, 2009.
FunFest 2009. PSU Spanish 003 and 002 students with Amilcar Arroyo, Editor of the Newspaper El Mensajero.
- Attended the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation held in Madrid, Spain, Nov. 2009.
Click on following link for poster presentation topic on page 74 http://www.iated.org/iceri2009/Conference_Programme_web.pdf
- The Spanish Club – Adviser: Dr. Glick
Here are the delegates of the year 2009 – 2010 participating in the Multicultural Lunch of April, 2010.
Community Involvement, Fall – Spring 2010-2011
- Spanish Club 2010 – 2011
One of the delegates of the Spanish Club is participating in the Reading Program sponsored by PSU/Hazleton and Concerned Parents of Hazleton.
- Attended the ICERI (International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation) Conference in Madrid, Spain, Nov. 2010
Presented a poster on Student Perceptions of Communicative Advantages of Podcasts.
- Entrevista a la Dr. Garcia Glick por Amilcar Arroyo, director del periodico “El Mensajero” / Interview of Dr. Garcia Glick by Amilcar Arroyo, Editor of El Mensajero
- Articles written in Spanish by PSU/Hazleton Spanish 002 students in Dr. Glick’s course.
Community Involvement – Fall 2011 – Spring 2012
Three Fall Health Fairs – sponsored by Penn State Univ/ Hazleton.
Organized by Valerie Lynn, Director of the Library at PSU/ Hazleton. Other co-organizers: Patrice Rimby, RN, Director of the Nursing Program at PSU/ Hazleton, Sandra Medina López, Director of the Migrant School, Hazleton, and Beatriz García Glick, Instructor of Spanish, PSU, Translator for the event.
Spanish Club – Chatting Tables to promote bilingual interactions on campus, Jan 2012
Diego Jiménez, Ricky, Alvaro Espinosa, Dr. Alfredo Jiménez, and Carina Peña play Spanish Scrabble in Graham Hall.
Fall, 2011, Spring 2012 – I taught ESL Classes for Employees of Cargill Industries, Hazleton, PA. Students wrote an original recipe cookbook using meat and other products sold by Cargill.
PSU Collegian and Molinegocios Newspaper publications by Penn State Spanish Students, Fall 2012
Yokasta Lara and Daphnie Vega, Fall 2012 , Tutoring Children at the Concerned Parents Office, Hazleton, PA
Spring 2013 – Dr. Glick at the Concerned Parents’ Office, with Spanish 001 and 002 Penn State students: William Skuba, Dillon Nemia and Heath Ferris. Tutoring students in Hazleton, PA.
Summer 2013, Joined Panel Discussion on June 5, to discuss problems facing Hazleton.
Summer 2013, One week Summer Camp titled “Mi ABC/ My ABC” at One Community Center, Hazleton, PA. Pre-Kindergarten students reviewed the alphabet, numbers, sang color songs, played I Spy games, and engaged in basic bilingual conversations. Co-organized with Jennifer Rutkowski, a sophomore at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Sep 11, 2013. PSU Students Attend the Lecture by Latino Photographer José Gálvez, a Pulitzer-prize winner, who documented the lives of the Latino population in several states. He has published two books: “Vatos” and “Shine Boy”. The lecture took place at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Some of the students who attended were: Gabriel Toledo, Daniel Espinal, Felicia Holderman and Andy Persaud.
November, 2013 Attended International Conference of Education, Research, and Innovation in Sevilla, Spain. Presented a poster on a Three Month Longitudinal Comparison of Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication (SCMS) in First and Second Semester Spanish College Courses.
December, 2013. PSU Students tutored at the Education Center for Migrant Students in Hazleton, PA. They also interacted in Spanish with members of the band Mystic Warriors/ Guerreros Místicos who came to play on the 15 October at the Butler Student Center. Students also listened to Nigerian painter Ibiyinka Alao who gave a presentation at the Education of Art Course taught at Penn State / Hazleton by Prof. Maureen Gaffney. The following students wrote articles on all of these subjects: Terri Thomas, Gabriella Shermanski, Felicia Holderman and Jonathan Abu.
April 2018 – 2nd Modern Language Undergraduate Conference at East Stroudsburg University
Student: Risell Ventura Batista presented in Spanish a paper titled: “Un estudio de la mujer en los medios de comunicación de la República Dominicana” / “A Study of Women in the Media in the Dominican Republic”
Risell Ventura Batista also discussed her research at the Pennsylvania State University/ Hazleton campus Research Fair, April 2018 where she won 2nd place for the Information Literacy Award in recognition of her outstanding annotated bibliography. Congratulations, Risell! ¡Enhorabuena, Risell!
November, 2018 – Penn State students enrolled in Spanish courses meet their high school Pen Pals from the CSIU 16 Migrant Education Program, Hazleton, PA. After a tour of the campus, several Penn State students answered questions about life at Penn State. About ten students from the CSIU 16 Migrant Education Program attended this event. The coordinators were Sabrina Krupko, Allen Koehler, Dr. Beatriz García Glick, and Susan Luna.
Modified Zumba Class Participants during the Fall 2018
Instructor: Beatriz García Glick
Participants: Karen Beruck, Colleen Racho, and Dr. Michael Polgar
Spanish Club Wreath Contribution to the Festival of Wreaths, Hazleton Art League Fundraiser: December 2019
Wreath made with “Ojos de Dios” or God’s Eyes, a tradition of the Huichol Indigenous people of Mexico.
Northeast Pennsylvania Migrant Education Program, Hazleton
Reading session between Penn State students and students of the Hazleton Education Program:
https://hazleton.psu.edu/feature/not-so-far-apart
LatinX Culture Club organized “Chalk the Block” event, 30 Sep, 2021:
Please open the following link to read about the event.
LatinX Culture Club organized two activities: Día de Muertos /Day of the Dead, 2 Nov. 2021 and a presentation by Dr. Margarita Rose titled “Small Loans for Big Changes”, 10 Nov. 2021
LatinX Culture Club: Community Service, Spring 2024: