French on Campus

Professor Iverson lecturing on French politics at La Maison Française — Professor Iverson speaks at the Politique et Pâtisserie event at La Maison Française

Activities

The French section of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the students of La Maison sponsor artistic and cultural events throughout the school year, including film festivals, lectures and performances. To be apprised of current events, we invite you to consult the Whitman events calendar, or subscribe to the frenchconnection listserv (below).

La Table Française

Students and Language Assistant conversing at lunch

Every Friday of the semester, French students, teachers and the language assistant meet in Cleveland Commons at noon to share conversation and lunch.

La Maison

The French interest house (La Maison Française).

Established in 1968, La Maison (The French House) has seven bedrooms and comfortably houses an average of eight to nine residents and one Resident Assistant. In addition to the student speakers, a native speaker also resides in La Maison. This student is a resident of France and spends the full academic year working through the French department to promote and assist students in the learning of French.

The French Connection

The French department at Whitman maintains a listserv to publicize current events of interest to the French-speaking community at Whitman and in the Walla Walla valley. Films, lectures, performing arts events and gatherings sponsored by La Maison are posted to the listserv as they come up, as well as the occasional news article of interest. The list is "private" which means that you must be subscribed before you can send a message to the list. Subscriptions are moderated; postings are not. Any subscriber may post an announcement to the list by sending email to frenchconnection@lists.whitman.edu. Please follow polite network etiquette when posting.

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