We recognize our students for excellence in foreign language study.

The 2013 Polyglot Performances celebrate linguistic diversity and multicultural understanding. Performances in numerous languages are rendered by language students, under the direction of faculty members in our department.

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages has moved to the the Aquia Building located between Thompson Hall and Student Union Building I. The phone number remains the same - 703-993-1220.

Clayton Richey, a philosophy student at George Mason University, traveled to China to satisfy a long-held curiosity about Asian culture. After living in South Korea for five years as a child, Richey immersed himself in the teachings of the Shaolin, philosophy and language. He was driven to travel to China because “mastering a language requires more than just classroom training,” he said. “You need first-hand experience with the culture.”

Artistic performances by Mason students in the languages that they are learning, Polyglot Performances enters its third year. A celebration of linguistic diversity and multicultural understanding, this year's event honors the life of Jeff Chamberlain, department chair and associate professor of French, who recently lost his long battle with pancreatic cancer.