Three students from the Languages Center participated in the thirteenth National Oratory Contest of Japanese. Argelia Idiaquez came in second place in the A category, and Betsabé Rodríguez and Edman Godoy also participated. This was the third consecutive year that UPN students partook in this competition, and the event was judged by Japanese nationals. Congratulations to the students!

Offir ha sido un estudiante destacado de nuestro Centro de Idiomas quién recibió el premio Centroamericano ´Rubén Darío.´ Nos sentimos muy orgullosos de sus logros y tenemos la certeza de que hay más por venir. ¡Felicidades! Offir is an outstanding student from our Language Center who received the ´Rubén Darío´ Central American prize. We are proud of his achievements and we certainly know there is much more to come. Congratulations!

The Languages Center San Pedro had their introduction to the trimester last Friday, September 7. Dr. Ulloa visited the center and many students attended. El Centro de Idiomas San Pedro tuvo su introduccion al periodo el viernes pasado, el 7 de Septiembre. Dr. Ulloa visitó al centro y muchos estudantes estaban para el evento.

The enrollment is open for the Korean classes of the UPNFM! Sign up until September 5. La inscripciones están abiertas para la clase del coreano, para los estudiantes de la UPNFM. Se puede inscribirse hasta el 5 del septiembre.

There is a scholarship available to university students that is focused on leadership and international affairs. It will take place in Santiago, Chile at the University of the Andes from January 5-19, 2018. It is recommended to apply by the early deadline: September 15. You may find more information at...

The Japanese embassy visited the Japanese class last Tuesday, helping to teach how to write Shodoo, or Japenese calligraphy. The class thoroughly enjoyed the visit, and thank Mrs. Shoko Asuma, the cultural affairs officer, for her visit!

Debido a tanta demanda, la clase pública del coreano está completamente llena, y las inscripciones están cerradas. Gracias por todo el interés, y esperamos que todos puedan entrar el próximo año. Due to lots of demand, the public class of Korean is completely full, and enrollment is closed. Thank you for all the interest, and we hope that everyone is able to join the class next year.

The Languages Week, led by the Language Centers of the UPNFM, includes movies, country stands, and a food fair.

A message from Juan Ramón Velásquez Serrano who graduated from the Social Sciences Program and a former student from the Language Center: ''Many thanks to the Language Center at Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán, for the opportunity to study Portuguese, which was important to apply for a scholarship in Brazil. I had great teachers such as professor...

Two former UPNFM students and graduates of the Languages Center, Emil Floricia Vasquez Reyes and Jeimy Paola Cabrera Meraz, have been accepted to begin a Master´s of Scientific Investigation in Sustainable Tropical Agriculture at the prestigious Universidad Zamorano. Additionally, they both received full scholarships for this program, funded by the Nippon Foundation. To be accepted into this program, both Emil Floricia and Jeimy Paolo had to go through a rigorous application process. They competed against other national and international applicants, filling out an online application, writing personal documents, completing an admission test that included eight different parts, and going through a final interview. They believe that the Languages Center at the UPNFM helped open the doors to this program for both of them. Being a student at the Languages Center helped them grow in their academic reading and writing, which helped immensely in this application process. Specifically, there were told by the interviewer that their essays were structured very well, something they learned to do at the Languages Center.