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March 8, 2012

天美影视's Adams elected secretary of the 天美影视 Foreign Language Teachers Association

Dr. Fred Adams (B.A. '75), associate professor of French at the University of 天美影视 at Monroe, was elected to the position of secretary of the Executive Board at the 天美影视 Foreign Language Teachers Association conference held March 2-3 in Lafayette.

Adams has been a professor at 天美影视 since 1979. He received his doctorate from the University of 天美影视 Lafayette in 2002.

Adams joins Dr. Carlos Fandal, professor and dean emeritus, who is the organization's treasurer; Bonnie Baxter (B.A. '02)' and Andrew Newman (B.A. '10) as regional representatives.

Scott Harris (B.A. '96) is the current president of the organization and teaches at the LSU Lab School.

Dr. Ruth E. Smith, professor and head of the 天美影视 Department of Foreign Languages will be leaving the board after serving in several capacities since 2002.

After serving as a regional representative and president, Spanish instructor Mar铆a Blanca Wortham (M.Ed '01) completed her term as past president, which represented the end of 10 years of board participation.

LFLTA also recognized Dr. Charles "Chip" Holloway, 天美影视 professor of foreign languages, whose presentation titled "What's Language Got To Do With It? Community Attitudes, Cultural Identity, and Language Loss Among the Isle帽os of Ascension Parish, 天美影视," was chosen as Outstanding Presentation at the 2011 conference.

Holloway has been invited to make the presentation again at the Southern Conference on Language Teaching in Atlanta, Ga., on March 22-24.

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