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![Mattigan Haller swings a softball bat during a media day photo shoot.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-06/MattieHaller%20media%20day.jpg?h=8cd77aff&itok=YFR5C14G)
Mattigan Haller heads into her senior year on track to pursue a medical career. She has done so by following her academic passions while playing softball and connecting with the medical world while studying in Mexico.
![Madera Allan, Danielle Joyner, and Sara Gross Ceballos pose for a photo in the 10th-century ruins of Madinat al-Zahra, the palace complex built outside of Córdoba.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/Spain%20alumni%20trip%20web.jpg?h=f4d1b32d&itok=VwuNMFKn)
Lawrence professors Madera Allan, Sara Gross Ceballos, and Danielle Joyner, have spanned the disciplines in teaching about medieval Spain in class and on trips focused on the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
![A still from the film As Bestas shows a woman holding a sheep.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-10/as-bestas_still.jpg?h=5ddf5b42&itok=GYwm8_ER)
The annual Latin American and Spanish Film Festival returns to Lawrence University Oct. 26-29. It features a movie premiere and a visit from an award-winning filmmaker.
![Rosa Tapia poses for a photo in a Lawrence classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-09/RosaTapida%20new2023.jpg?h=f7d8a28d&itok=erP_L3fc)
Rosa Tapia, a professor of Spanish at Lawrence University since 2002, has begun a four-year term as the national leader for the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish exam.
![Constance Kassor, left, and Madera Allan share a laugh on stage at Memorial Chapel.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-05/HonorsConvo1.jpg?h=48c46c8c&itok=nzBSWQSf)
Lawrence University professors Madera Allan and Constance Kassor, giving the Honors Convocation address, shared their journeys in Spain and Kathmandu as they talked about the draw of Catholic and Buddhist pilgrimages.
![Gustavo Fares stands on the path leading from the front of Main Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-11/GustavoFares_202210%281%29.jpg?h=7d6cad9b&itok=gGaDbCA7)
Meet Gustavo Fares, a member of the Spanish faculty whose background includes training in law, painting, and printmaking, as well as a Ph.D. in Latin American literature.
![Poster of Latin American and Spanish Film Festival](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-10/Latin%20Film%20Fest%20poster%20%281%29.jpg?h=6660d6c8&itok=ZfBZerS6)
The Latin American and Spanish Film Festival returns to Lawrence University Oct. 13-16 after a two-year absence. The festival is an independent event organized by Rosa Tapia, professor of Spanish, and Cecilia Herrera, instructor of Spanish.
![Danielle Joyner poses for a photo outside the Wriston Art Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/JoynerDanielle_202208%20%281%29.jpg?h=edfbf314&itok=IgD-fqBp)
Art history professor Danielle Joyner, a scholar of medieval studies, is an active proponent of interdisciplinary teaching. The International Medieval Congress in Leeds, England, reinforced that.
![Side by side images of Marion Hermitanio and Alex Chand.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-05/Fulbright%20Combo%20MarionAlex%20%281%29.jpg?h=e3a25ad9&itok=9cTHokAz)
Two Lawrence University students, Alex Chand and Marion Hermitanio, have been named 2022 Fulbright scholars. One is heading to England for a year, the other to Mexico.
![Mark Burstein, three faculty, and the Board of Trustee chair in gowns](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-07/faculty%20awards_202106.jpeg?h=6ffbc7a9&itok=T_rAV6yB)
Three Lawrence University professors were honored with 2021 faculty awards, considered to be among Lawrence's highest faculty honors, during the June 13 Commencement ceremony.
![New faculty member Miriam Rodriguez](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-03/miriam-rodriguez-new-size-1024x1024.jpg?h=436b82d4&itok=p8RmbRWQ)
A new tenure-track faculty member will join Lawrence University in the Spanish department beginning this fall, Provost and Dean of Faculty Catherine Gunther Kodat announced.
![Andrea Lewis Hartung, wearing a grey blazer, smiles at the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/LewisAndrea-full-new-768x511.jpg?h=4793e352&itok=dbDhgOlw)
Even when Andrea Lewis Hartung ’05 wins a case, she finds it difficult to celebrate. She fights to overturn wrongful convictions.
![Rosa Tapia, wearing a black, red and white turtleneck, stands in front of Main Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-03/rt2.jpg?h=f8d1b768&itok=pT5KIStH)
Rosa Tapia works to bring award-winning films from Latin America and Spain to Lawrence and connects the community to national and international filmmakers.