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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