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Student Success Stories
Thirteen Students Return from Montclair in Munich and Berlin 2026
A group of thirteen Montclair students and their instructor, Thomas Herold, just returned from Germany, where they spent twelve days in Munich, Nuremberg, and Berlin, visiting memorials, museums, and historical sites dealing with Germany’s Nazi past and contemporary German post-Holocaust society.
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Student Success Stories
Goethe-Institut Representatives Visit Montclair’s SPARK for German Teaching Lab
For the first time since the establishment of Montclair’s SPARK for German Teaching Lab, guests from the New York City Goethe-Institut paid the lab a visit, observing the 12 Montclair students and their faculty mentor Pascale LaFountain as the group facilitated an all-German performance of “Die Wichtelmänner,” or “The Shoemaker and His Elves,” a classic German fairy tale first featured in the 1812 Kinder- und Hausmärchen by the Brothers Grimm.
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In the Media
Quality of Life, Security, and Access to Higher Education: City of Graz Interviews Montclair Exchange Students
For 76 years, Montclair and the city of Graz, Austria have been sister cities, sharing this diplomatic, academic, and cultural partnership that aims to build bridges and prevent the destructive divisions that plagued many international relationships during World War II.
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Event Highlights
German Club Shares Gummy Bears, Flags, and Motivational Messages at Montclair’s World’s Fair Day
For the second year in a row, Montclair’s lively German Club hosted a table at Montclair’s annual World’s Fair Day, a festival celebrating the cultural diversity that defines Montclair’s campus population.
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Event Highlights
Watchung Hills Regional High School Students Visit Montclair, Italian-Style
Continuing a years-old outreach tradition, the Italian Program hosted two Italian high school classes from Watchung Hills Regional High School.
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Student Success Stories
The Greek Gods from Sicily Now Speak English: A Public Reading of the Musical “The Reawakening of the Gods”
Il “Risveglio degli dei” — an immersive musical about Greek myths, written and directed by Marco Savatteri and presented every summer at dawn in the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento (Sicily) — debuted in English at Montclair State University on March 27, 2026.
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Student Success Stories
Montclair Student Awarded Highly Competitive Critical Language Scholarship
Jacob Roby ’26, a Political Science major and Chinese minor, has been awarded the 2026 Critical Language Scholarship, a highly selective and prestigious program funded by the U.S. Department of State.
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Event Highlights
Being Multilingual is My Superpower: A Celebration of Language, Identity, and Community
On February 18, Montclair State University came alive with voices from around the world as we celebrated International Mother Language Day 2026 under the theme: “Being Multilingual is My Superpower.”
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Featured News
Building Transatlantic Bridges: Language, Business & Culture Program Hosts Italian Educators in Erasmus+ Partnership
Montclair State University’s interdisciplinary Language, Business & Culture program made significant strides in fostering global educational alliances this past spring, hosting educators from the Istituto Superiore Carlo Dell’Acqua in the greater Milan area of Italy for an intensive week-long job shadowing experience.
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Awards & Accolades
Montclair World Language Programs Among Best in the Country
Montclair State University is committed to building students’ global readiness by helping students develop language skills, practice intercultural competence, and gather international experience.
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