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Gray, an alumnus of the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) department, could not have found a more opportune time to support the program—enrollment in Arabic A, the introductory course, has nearly tripled from this time last year and the department has added a second teacher for the course...
...many homework [assignments] we need to correct,” says Granara, who is also the director of undergraduate studies of NELC. “It’s just my policy to allow any member of the University to audit Arabic. We try to be as inclusive...
After an initial drop in enrollment numbers for beginning Arabic, interest increased the second semester, interest that the department could not accommodate because it did not offer an introductory course then, said William Granara, director of undergraduate studies for the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) department...
...NELC also received a $1.5 million dollar donation, which the donor—Gordon Gray Jr. ’65—said was partially in response to the events of Sept. 11, to endow a position for an Arabic language preceptor...
Joel D. Mitchell ’04 agrees that NELC stands out among other departments for the number of languages and rigor of study in the concentration. “Arabic is a very intensive program,” he says. “It is challenging but rewarding. And the faculty are very helpful—they really go out of their way for you.” While many of the smaller concentrations receive similar praise from students, NELC seems to stand out among all the departments. Perhaps Vendenyapin sums up NELC’s superiority best...