I graduated from Austin College in 2013 with a major in French and a minor in German. I work as a photographer and tutor in a suburb of Houston. Austin College isn’t about giving you the college experience – it is about empowering you to be the person you want to be and to make… [Read More]
Sarah Dillabough ‘16
After returning to El Paso after graduating with a major in Environmental Studies and Political Science and a minor in French, I worked with Texas Senator Jose Rodriguez in his district office as a legislative intern. I then did one year of AmeriCorps VISTA service with the City of El Paso Resilience and Sustainability Department.… [Read More]
Reo Casey ’12
I got a lot out of the French program at AC. Living in the language house was great. The French Teaching Assistants were really helpful and I got to take some interesting classes within the French major. I made a lot of friends in the French program and the language house.
Janell Watson ’82
Austin College meant so much to me. While still in high school, I set the goal of studying abroad in France, and chose my college with this in mind. Several years after graduation, I was lucky enough to get into the French PhD program at Duke University, where I worked with the late scholar of… [Read More]
Patricia Reed ’92
‘L’esprit critique’, is something particularly valuable in French culture, and woefully needed in America today. The ability to question, analyze, dissect, scrutinize, and decide for oneself. French literature is nothing, if not a way to explore these things.
Montie Krumnow ’89
My study abroad in Nancy, France has helped me post-AC in my role as an international oil broker. I deal with companies and clients in Europe, Russia and all over the world. To be successful in my business, it’s important to have an understanding of other people, their sensitivities, and different ways of responding to… [Read More]
Alyssa Schultz ’12
My experience with French and Francophone countries had an amazing impact on me, and none of which I would’ve had without the help of the department. From having debates on existentialism en français in the classroom to hosting an impromptu Thanksgiving for three of the Teaching Assistants from the Language House, I always felt at ease… [Read More]
Louisa Boss ’84
For the past 27 years, I have been a flight attendant for Delta. The fact that I knew French completely changed this job for me. While most new flight attendants spend the first few years of their careers laying over in places like Omaha, I got to fly to Paris, Brussels or Montreal on a weekly basis. … [Read More]
Laura Lawson ’10
As an artist it’s often assumed that I prefer loose and unstructured learning environments, but I love logic and puzzles, and learning a language was the ultimate game in problem-solving for me. My initial connection was not necessarily with the beautiful sounds or the culture of France, but the structure of the language and how… [Read More]
Jonathan Koury ’02
My plan had always been to study politics, go to law school, become a lawyer, and eventually run for office. So the double major in French was a happy accident, but it never occurred to me that I would use what I learned in French later in life. But in many ways my French classes… [Read More]