UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE   

Organized panel discussion on Spanglish. Spring 2004

Secured nationwide internship locales for Certificates in Translation/ Localization and Interpreting. Fall 2003

Secured STAR-Transit translation software for the Department.  (free of charge) June 2003

Chair of search committee for a tenure-track Translation/Localization position. 2002-2003; 2003-2004

Equipped Student Resource Room with materials graduate programs in translation studies and careers in translation and interpreting. Spring 2001.

Organized Translation /Localization Workshop for the University with three speakers including an internationally known terminology specialist, Dr. Sue Ellen Wright, Kent State University.    April 2000

Served as an Honors Exam Committee member. Spring 2000

Organized Polish Carols singing for the Winston-Salem community. Jan 2001, Jan 2002,Jan 2003, Jan 2004

Continued:

Advising Lower Division. 2002-present

Cooperating with the Psychology Department, Dr. Batja Mesquita; translating and proofreading of Spanish questionnaires and other research materials; students being strongly involved in the projects. 2001-present

Supervising Hispanic community-oriented glossariespreparation (dentistry, medicine, religion). 2001- present                              

Advising juniors and seniors on further possibilities in translation and interpreting (graduate studies, internships, careers) and following up with the alumni. 2000-present

Closely cooperating with the Wake Forest Museum of Anthropology; i.e. supervised labels translating for the Día de los Muertos and for the Mexican Archeology exhibitions, trained students to provide interpreting services at various events. 2000-present

Continuing to establish strong links between university and businesses in the Piedmont Triad/ Research Triangle to provide both internships for students and interpreting services for the community: Spanglish Unlimited, various health clinics such as Today’s Woman, Community Health Center. 2000-present