Celebrate National French Week with the Department of World Languages and Cultures with different activities and events every day.
Each year, members of the Department of World Languages and Cultures celebrate National French Week to recognize and promote not only the French language, but also the French-speaking world and how it is entwined with our own history via the contributions, visits and expats from the Francophone world. Daily events are free to all to enjoy Sponsored by the Department of World Languages and Cultures, the Pi Delta Phi French honor society, the French Club and the Global Neighborhood.
• Tuesday, November 1, 9:40 a.m. – Enjoy croissants and Nutella at College Coffee.
• Wednesday, November 2, 7 p.m. – Francophone Cuisine Trivia Night in Carlton Commons
• Thursday, November 3, 6:30 p.m.- LaRose Digital Theatre – Film screening of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. Jack Smith (Performing Arts) will present his research on the political nature of the fashion of the court of Marie Antoinette.
• Friday, November 4, 6 p.m. French Karaoke Night in Carlton Commons
• Saturday, November 5, noon – The second annual Coupe d’Elon at O’Kelly Field. Students, faculty and staff are invited to form teams and play in a charitable soccer tournament to benefit Allied Churches Food Pantry. Admission: 20 canned goods per team. Email frenchclub@elon.edu by November 3, to register your team.
• Monday, November 7, 4:30-6:00 p.m., Moseley Kitchen. Polyglot LLC hosts a charitable Goûter Crêpe. Homemade crêpes will be sold for $3 each, and all proceeds assist African refugee resettlement through the North Carolina African Services Coalition.