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French Connexions

French for Health at WashU: Innovation in Higher Education

Are you looking for proven strategies to increase enrollment in your French program on a campus where most students are drawn to STEM fields, pre-med tracks, global health, or public health? This free online workshop presents the French for Health Professionals Pathway (FPS), created at Washington University in St. Louis, as a new national model for linking French studies with health and medicine.

Date and time: Saturday, December 6, 2025, 11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (Central Time)
Location: Online (Zoom) – registration required

Organized by Lionel Cuillé, Director of the French Connexions Center of Excellence, in collaboration with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University (Dereck Shilling), the University of Florida (Rori Bloom), and the University of Virginia (Ari Blatt), this bilingual workshop (English and French) is designed for faculty and administrators who want to reimagine the role of French in higher education.

Through case studies and discussion, participants will discover how the FPS pathway at WashU has emerged as an innovative track capable of attracting a new generation of STEM and pre-med students to French, while strengthening advanced coursework in literature and culture.

Featured participants:

Ian S. Hagemann, MD, PhD (Washington University School of Medicine, Dean of Admission)
The added value of French in the medical school admissions process

Lionel Cuillé (Washington University in St. Louis)
The WashU Model: French for Health Professionals Pathway

Julie Singer (Washington University in St. Louis)
Integrating Medical Humanities in the French Literature Classroom

Heather McCoy (Penn State University) and Lars Erickson (University of Rhode Island)
French for Global Health: Leveraging the Humanities through an Issues-Based Approach

This workshop offers a concrete opportunity to position French studies as a key partner in pre-professional and pre-med education.

The workshop is free.

Registration:
https://lnkd.in/gNT-JBMt