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Marienne Hovgaard, a Danish graduate student, sounds out Danish vocabulary with her class last week. Hovgaard speaks Danish, English, French and German.
Necessity leads to fluency
Student's uncommon native tongue results in multinlingualism
By Megan Hickerson mhickerson@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Marianne Hovgaard knows how it feels to learn a new language. It's only been a few years since she did so herself.
Hovgaard, a graduate student from Denmark, teaches Danish at the University of Kansas.
She came to the University with a Danish exchange program after she traveled to Indiana for a study abroad program in high school.
Because Danish is Hovgaard's native language, she said she was confident she could answer any question asked in class. In addition to English and Danish, she also speaks German and French.
"Ihad to learn other languages, because who's going to learn
Hovgaard speaks English fluently with almost no hint of a Danish accent. She hides it so well that some people have thought she was an American pretending to be a foreigner.
Danish to talk to me?" she said.
"At first, I thought she was a U.S. native like the rest of us," said Sadie Robb, Paola freshman. "I was mad that she wasn't from Denmark. I didn't even realize that English wasn't her native language."
The size of her Danish class four students allows her to tailor the class to fit students' needs and keep their attention.
"Language classes at KU are too big." Hovgard said. "It's way too easy for students to hide with 28 to 32 other students in the class."
While a four-person class gives students one-on-one attention, Robb said the setup was less than perfect.
"Being a part of such a small class puts lots of pressure on students not to slack off," Robb said. "I don't want to be the only one in
"I had to learn other languages, because who's going to learn Danish to talk to me?"
Marianne Hovgaard Danish graduate student
class who didn't turn in an assignment."
Besides meeting five days a week for Danish class, the Danish speaking community at the University meets on Sundays for Danish Table. The event is an opportunity for Danish students to meet at a coffee shop and speak Danish or gather to watch a Danish movie.
Hovgaard said her ability to speak other languages would open opportunities because she's broken the language barrier.
After she graduates with her master's in business administration, she said she would be willing to take a job anywhere in Europe.
Edited by Lindsay Hanson
Award recognizes, honors outstanding women
By Eddie Yang eyang@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas is looking for a few good women.
"Women have made many strides to achieve greater equity."
The Commission on the Status of Women and the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center are seeking nominations for outstanding KU women for annual awards that will honor women students, faculty, staff and alumnae who have made contributions to the campus and community.
said Katherine Rose-Mockry, director of the KU Women's Recognition Program and the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center. "But still they have further to go."
Rose-Mockry said all recipients of the award received a certificate, but only student recipients of the award received a monetary prize worth more than $200.
Anyone can make a nomination, but Rose-Mockry said students were responsible for choosing the winners.
The program has been a tradition on the KU campus for more
Barbara Watkins, curriculum and project coordinator of the Continuing Education-Academic Outreach Programs, was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 2002.
than 40 years. Past recipients include Chief Justice Kay McFarland, Amelia Earlart and Margaret Curry Battenfeld Hashinger.
Watkins said she thought it was important to recognize the accomplishments of all women.
"There are people in the trenches that are doing great work." Watkins said.
She said the program was
"Women have made many strides to achieve greater equity. But still they have further to go."
Katherine Rose-Mockry
Katherine Rose-Mockry Director of the KU Women's Recognition Program and the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center
important because it was an alternative way to recognize women who had made significant contributions to the community and the campus.
Completed nominations are due by 5 p.m. March 7, in the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center at 22 Strong Hall.
The awards and prizes will be presented at the KU Women's Recognition Program at 7:30 p.m. April 15, at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
Contact the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center 22 Strong Hall, 864-3552, etwrc@ku.edu, for nomination forms or visit www.ku.edu/~etwrc more information.
Edited by Melissa Hermreck
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