by admin | May 18, 2016 | Foreign Language & Business, Foreign Language Learning, Spanish, Student Spotlight
by Liz Rothaus Bertrand Charlottean Matt Brown is getting a leg up in his career in an unconventional way. As a participant in the Apprenticeship 2000 program, he earned money while learning a trade and guaranteed himself a future full time job at PFAFF Molds while he...
by admin | Nov 24, 2015 | Foreign Language & Business, Foreign Language Learning, German, Spanish
by Liz Rothaus Bertrand For many people, mastering one foreign language already sounds daunting. Imagine learning three different languages at the same time. That’s exactly what some local families manage in their tri-lingual households. Cultivating a...
by admin | Oct 21, 2015 | Cinema as Art, Foreign Language & Business
by Robert Maier Because I run an independent cinema (small though it is), I paid close attention to the earliest news about North Korea’s alleged threats to movie theaters that planned to show Sony’s THE INTERVIEW on Christmas Day. Studio-C shows many Sony-distributed...
by admin | Jul 7, 2015 | Chinese, Foreign Language & Business, German, Spanish, Student Spotlight, Travel
by Liz Rothaus Bertrand For Mike Birkle, president of Pfaff Molds LP, learning Chinese was a matter of necessity. While traveling in Wuhu, China last spring, he discovered that no one in any of the nearby restaurants spoke English. “I ended up taking my chances...
by admin | Jun 3, 2015 | Foreign Language & Business, Spanish, Student Spotlight, Travel
[Photo: Jennifer Moxley delivering soccer balls to kids in Costa Rica on behalf of Charlotte-based Peace Passers. The balls were donated to Peace Passers by a local Adidas rep.] by Liz Rothaus Bertrand When Jennifer Moxley submitted the photo above to our ongoing...
by admin | Mar 30, 2015 | Foreign Language & Business, French, Travel
by Liz Rothaus Bertrand The dollar is up and your tax refund is almost here… sounds like the perfect time to plan a trip abroad. If you join us in the South of France this summer, you’ll have the chance to meet Maureen (Mo) Stough and her mother, Faye Sim....
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