Romance Studies Hosts Visit by High School Students
Celia Bianconi, Senior Lecturer in Portuguese, organized a visit by 28 Brazilian heritage students and their teacher, Juliana Germani. The students come from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.
The objective for the visit was to help the students learn more about careers in which they will be able to use their bi-literacy, as well as college choices that will help them enhance such skills. These students will be the first in their families to go to college.
The initiative was a great success. Students from BU and Martha’s Vineyard engaged in exchanging information and also shared about their experience with the whole group. Celia commented that “It was a gratifying experience reaching out to the Brazilian community.”