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World Languages and Cultures

Advising for New and Transfer Students

Advising Information for Incoming Students

Once you are accepted into a Major or Minor program, or near to declaring one, you will have a Faculty Mentor and an Academic Advisor. We work as a team to help you in your academic journey.

The Faculty Mentor will address topics such as:

  • Course choices and specialization within the major
  • Career pathways within that discipline
  • Internships, Research and other opportunities
  • Mentoring and letters of recommendation
  • Progress to degree completion and graduation

The  Academic Advisor will address topics such as:

  • General Education (basic and breadth) requirements
  • Progress to degree completion and graduation
  • General academic planning
  • Academic warning/ probation/ suspension
  • Advising holds

World Languages and Cultures Academic Advisor 

Name: Taylor Brunwald
Contact: taylor.brunwald@cwu.edu
Office: McConnell 103

WLC Faculty Mentors 

Deaf and Sign Language Studies Major / ASL Minor 
Name: Dr. Taralynn Petrites
Contact: taralynn.petrites@cwu.edu; (509) 676-6090 (relay service)
Office: Samuelson 202J

French Studies Major and Minor
Name: Dr. Michael Johnson
Contact: michael.johnson@cwu.edu
Office: Black Hall 214-2

German Studies Minor
Name: Dr. Michael Johnson
Contact: michael.johnson@cwu.edu
Office: Black Hall 214-2

Japanese Major and Minor
Name: Dr. Junyuan Chen
Contact: junyuan.chen@cwu.edu
Office: Black Hall 208-5

Russian Studies Major and Minor
Name: Dr. Volha Isakava
Contact: volha.isakava@cwu.edu
Office: Black Hall 208-4

Heritage Spanish Major and Minor; Spanish Applied Linguistics & Spanish Teaching Major
Name: Dr. Andrea Herrera-Dulcet
Contact: andrea.herrera-dulcet@cwu.edu
Office: Black Hall 208-7

L2 Spanish (Spanish as a Second Language) Major and Minor; Spanish Translation & Interpretation Certificate and Major
Name: Dr. Nathalie Kasselis
Contact: nathalie.kasselis@cwu.edu
Office: Black Hall 208-14

Do not see what you are looking for? Contact our department: worldlanguages@cwu.edu

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