Annual World Languages Day event delights New London fifth graders
As student coordinator Emily Hackett ā23 kicked off the 11th Annual World Languages Day at ¾«¶«AV to a chorus of āwoosā and thumbs up from the local fifth graders in attendance, she noted that the children who attended ¾«¶«AVās very first World Languages Day in 2011 āare now old enough to attend college themselves.ā
When Pablo Tutillo ā13 created and helped organize the inaugural event at the College, his goal was simple enough. He wanted to share his and his fellow scholarsā love and knowledge of language with the New London community.
āTwo things that I love are working with kids and learning languages, and I got to do both with this event,ā he declared back in 2011.
Thirteen years later, the event returned to campus April 28 after a two-year hiatus due to COVID restrictions. The 11th Annual World Languages Day, organized by the Walter Commons’ Global Learning Lab and the Holleran Center for Community Action, marked a triumph for both Tutilloās vision of the project and ¾«¶«AVās commitment to growing the initiative.
āPabloās original project has continued to grow and has inspired all of us to continue the traditions he began,ā Hackett confirmed.
