The Department of Spanish and Portuguese would like to congratulate Dr. Anna Babel for receiving the Public Outreach and Community Service Award from the Society of Linguistic Anthropology. The award recognizes Dr. Babel's "exceptional service for undocumented and DACAmented students, as well as outstanding public outreach work with immigrants outside of her academic community; extensive public-oriented work, including a Tedx Talk and an interview on the PBS Newshour about Ohio DACA students; and linking academic work to public scholarship to hands-on community outreach and service."

You might already be aware of Dr. Babel's efforts to spearhead the Buckeye-I-Dream Ally program here at OSU. For those of you that wish to know more, please consult the DACA Resources for Students and Allies page on the OSU University Libraries website. For those who wish to participate in a training session, the next one is coming up on Wednesday, February 5 between 1:00-4:00. p.m. Information about registration is available on that website.

Congratulations, Dr. Babel! And thanks to SPPO Ph.D. candidate Ashlee Dauphinais Civitello for passing on the wonderful news.