Catalan/Spanish 291: Intro to Catalan Language & Culture in Fall 2023!

Course Description

This course is an introduction to Catalan language, culture, and history. The principal aim is to acquire a more profound understanding of the history, politics, society and culture of the Catalan world through listening, writing, reading and speaking activities in Catalan. Language will be used through communicative activities; however, no previous knowledge of Catalan language is required. The class will discuss issues of relevance to Catalan culture and history.

Materials will include newspaper articles, cultural readings, movies, videos, short lectures, listening activities, and computer materials.  This class counts toward the Spanish major and as elective credit toward the Spanish minor.  This course will be taught in Catalan. No previous knowledge of the Catalan language is required.

Catalan/Spanish 291: Introduction to Catalan Language and Culture

Instructor: Susanna Coll-Ramírez 

Schedule: T/Th 11:30 am-1 pm 

Class numbers:  #23275 / #23279

Prerequisite is one of the following: SPANISH 277; or SPANISH 278/AMCULT 224/LATIONAM 224; or RCLANG 324; or study abroad equivalent.

If you have any questions about the course, please reach out to Susanna Coll-Ramírez (scoll@umich.edu) or to me (Carissa Van Heest, cmvanhe@umich.edu).

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2023 Excellence in Journalism

‘CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIP ENTRIES’
Sponsored by the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists

Detroit SPJ is accepting entries and nominations for its 2023 Larry Laurain Scholarship program. Winners
will be announced at the organization’s annual banquet honoring the outstanding work and achievements in
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Details about the date and location of the banquet are to be determined.

Scholarship application deadline: Friday, March 10, 2023

General Information
SPJ Detroit annually awards a $2,500 grant to a Michigan resident who is or will be a sophomore, junior or
senior with a demonstrated interest in journalism attending a college or university. This award may be used at
any institution of higher education.
The chapter maintains the right to offer more scholarships as permitted.
The award honors the late Lawrence (Larry) A. Laurain, who was serving as president of the Detroit chapter of
the Society of Professional Journalists at the time of his death in August 1985 of esophageal cancer. His
journalism career spanned 17 years, including stints at the Royal Oak Daily Tribune, the Macomb Daily, United
Press International and finally as city editor of the Oakland Press.
Call for Entries — Applicants must intend to practice journalism, as evidenced by enrollment in journalism
classes and by work from those classes, or by work produced for student or professional publications in the past
year. Financial need is also considered.
 Applications must be submitted through the BetterBNC contest website. See instructions below.
 No entry fee is required
Applications must include:

1. A resume.
2. Portfolio. At least three clips of any published or classroom-produced samples of the applicant’s
   writing or other news-related reporting produced in the past calendar year.
3. Supporting documents. At least three documents, such as letters of recommendation or other
   statements from teachers, deans and advisers who are familiar with the applicant’s work. At least one of
   these documents must affirm the applicant’s enrollment in a journalism class, academic status, or
   purported interest in journalism.
4. Personal narrative/essay. A double-spaced, titled document that addresses any of the issues cited
   below.
   An applicant’s personal narrative should address any of the following points:
   ● Why do you want to be a journalist?
   ● What are your career goals after graduation?
   ● Describe your journalism-related activities and how they have advanced your journalist training.
   ● List your educational, campus and social activities with brief details of their influence on you.
   ● Describe the most important challenge facing journalists today.
   ● Identify the person in journalism you would most like to emulate and why?
   ● What would winning this award mean to you?

Questions? Call (313) 288-9546 or e-mail spjdetroit@gmail.com

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
BETTERBNC — CONTESTANT INSTRUCTIONS

Entries to the Excellence in Journalism will be submitted using BetterBNC Media Awards Platform. Below are directions
for preparing and submitting entries. If you have questions, please contact us at: SPJDetroit@gmail.com

IMPORTANT: BetterBNC is optimized for the Google Chrome browser and Firefox for PC and Macintosh/Apple. Please
have a recent version downloaded and installed for the best contest experience.

1. Login
   a. Go to www.betterbnc.com.
   b. Open Call Login:
2. Click “Open Call Login” in the blue bar at the top of the page.
3. If you already have an Open Call Contestant account, enter your email address and password, then
   click “Login” and skip to section “g. Request to make entries in a contest” below.
4. If you do not already have an Open Call Contestant account, click “Create your Open Call account”
5. Fill out the form
6. Click “Submit” at the bottom of the page
   Once you fill out the form to create your Open Call Contestant account, the system will send you
   a validation email with a link that must be clicked before you can log into your account.

c. Request to make entries in a contest (Open Call Only):

1. Hover over the red “Open Call Contestant” text in the blue bar at the top of the page
2. Select “My Contests” in the menu that appears
3. In the “Available Contests” section, check the box next to the contest you would like to enter
4. Hover over the red “Open Call Contestant” text again
5. Select “Manage Entries”
6. Submit Entries
   a. Click “Submit Entry” from the Manage Entries page
   b. Select a Division (group of Categories)
   c. Select a Category
   d. Select the Media Organization where the entry was published or performed (Open Call Only)
   e. Enter the entry headline or title
   f. Add entry content (may vary by category)
7. To upload digital file attachments (other than audio/video), click “Browse”, navigate to the desired file,
   and then click “Open”. Allowed file types are PDF, DOC/DOCX, TXT, JPG, GIF, and PNG. To upload
   additional attachments to a single entry, click the “Browse and Attach More Files” button. BetterBNC will
   allow up to about a 20MB file, however, we suggest keeping your files around 5MB in case the
   judges have a slow connection. For files larger than 20MB, you can click the “RealView” icon on the
   Submit Entry page to create a free account, upload your files, and then copy and paste the URL into the
   URL field on the Submit Entry page. You may also use a similar 3rd-party website that provides hosting
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   Website URL field. To host your content online, either upload it to a free streaming content website
   (e.g.YouTube) or talk to your IT person about adding it to your stations/publications website. Make sure
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   content: a. Audio: http://www.kiwi6.com, http://www.tindeck.com
   b. Video: http://www.youtube.com, http://www.vimeo.com
9. IMPORTANT: Please be sure that items are not behind a paywall or a password-protected area. If
   they are, you must provide username/password info in the Comments section of your entry. Judges may
   disqualify your entry if work samples are inaccessible.
   g. Add Comments
   h. Enter Credits
   i. Click “Submit Entry”. For hardcopy/mail-in entry categories, print and attach the entry label (which automatically
   appears after each entry is submitted) to each hardcopy item and follow contest shipping instructions (contact the
   contest administrator for more info).