Dear Alumni and Friends,

Welcome to the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese. As many of you may know, I returned to the position of department chair in January, 2013, after a stint in university administration and an overdue sabbatical. I was delighted to see, upon my return, that the department is in very good shape despite a number of faculty losses during the last few years. Our graduate and undergraduate programs continue to thrive. We currently have around two hundred majors and an equal number minors spread out over the five major and four minor programs we offer. Every year, some five thousand students enroll in our classes. We continue to offer exciting summer study abroad programs in Brazil, Mexico, and Spain. In addition to our large Spanish program, we also have a strong and enthusiastic program in Portuguese, and, with the help of external funding, we continue to provide students with the opportunity to study Catalán and Quechua.
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