Comments on: In Memoriam: Dr. Carroll Yoder ’62, professor emeritus of French and literature, led intercultural programs to Quebec, France, Ivory Coast /now/news/2025/in-memoriam-dr-carroll-yoder-62-professor-emeritus-of-french-and-literature-led-intercultural-programs-to-quebec-france-ivory-coast/ News from the ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø community. Sat, 23 Aug 2025 17:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Mike Medley /now/news/2025/in-memoriam-dr-carroll-yoder-62-professor-emeritus-of-french-and-literature-led-intercultural-programs-to-quebec-france-ivory-coast/#comment-152545 Sat, 23 Aug 2025 17:40:05 +0000 /now/news/?p=59480#comment-152545 When I was hired in 1999 to direct the EMU Intensive English Program, Carroll and a couple other faculty members from the department showed up at our house to help unload the truck. And since we were a family of 6, we had a lot of stuff. What a memorable welcome! I am grateful for Carroll’s life and celebrate his legacy.

]]> By: Linda Gnagey /now/news/2025/in-memoriam-dr-carroll-yoder-62-professor-emeritus-of-french-and-literature-led-intercultural-programs-to-quebec-france-ivory-coast/#comment-152527 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:39:44 +0000 /now/news/?p=59480#comment-152527 Carroll and colleague JB Landis interviewed me when I applied and was hired as director of the Academic Support (now Success) Center. I so appreciated his interest in my teaching and other life experiences that led to my application – and his ongoing support as I began the position. He and Nancy met with Keith and me as we planned our first shared trip to France: our personal travel guide(s)!

]]> By: Donald Clymer /now/news/2025/in-memoriam-dr-carroll-yoder-62-professor-emeritus-of-french-and-literature-led-intercultural-programs-to-quebec-france-ivory-coast/#comment-152525 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:18:50 +0000 /now/news/?p=59480#comment-152525 Carroll also was instrumental in bringing native speakers to our language program through MCC’s International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP). Our students were required to meet with a native speaker twice a week for an hour to converse and practice what was learned in their classes. In my 17+ years of teaching Spanish, I had over 30 IVEPers from six different countries in Latin America assist our program.

Another feature of his innovative and intellectual spirit, was how he showed French films and devised a way to project subtitles in FRENCH so the students could read what they were hearing on the film. This was long before the current technology we have.

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