GDL Technology and Learning Specialists
Technology and Learning through Communications, Connections and Exploration
The GDL Technology and Learning Specialists work under the supervision of Professor Dick Kuettner, the GDL director as well as teacher of Spanish, French, and Education Studies. Using a variety of technological systems and computer programs, the specialists support professors and fellow students in all of their endeavors, while making various multimedia sources available and accessible. Striving to use technology in innovative ways, the specialists are familiar with various programs and tools so they can instruct others how to use a variety of resources. Whether it be administration of exams, digitizing films for classes, preparing materials for instructional use, organizing FLAVA conferences/webinars, or managing websites for the annual Virginia Governor's World Language Academies, the GDL Technology and Learning Specialists play an interesting and integral role in the support and development of W&L and its mission to internationalize its curriculum. The specialists facilitate the sharing of cultures via world music, TV, film, print materials, and video conferencing with students and educators around the world as part of its mission.
Neissa Usanase '24
From: Musanze, Rwanda
Major: Biochemistry
Favorite Quote: "One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised." - Chinua Achebe
Jenni Ealer '24
From: Devon, Pennsylvania
Major: Cognitive and Behavioral Science
Favorite Quote: "Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently." - Maya Angelou
Nick Greene '24
From: Mint Hill, North Carolina
Majors: Classics and Philosophy
Favorite Quote: "Well and what's cheese? Corpse of Milk" - James Joyce
Josh Love '24
From: Mechanicsville, Virginia
Majors: Japanese and Politics
Favorite Quote: "alea iacta est" - Julius Caesar
Maddy Mayer '24
From: Dublin, Ohio
Majors: German and Cognitive and Behavioral Science
Favorite Quote: "Don't get in the mud with the pigs. You just get dirty and the pigs love it." - My Great Grandma Tootie
John Adekola '24
From: Abuja, Nigeria
Majors: Accounting and Computer Science
Favorite Quote: "I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat meat!" - Luffy
Camryn Bostick '25
From: Hellerton, Pennsylvania
Major: Economics and Environmental Studies
Favorite Quote: "Nature is not mute, it is man that is deaf" - Terence McKenna
Zhihuan (Sherry) Yan '25
From: Wenling, China
Majors: Art History
Favorite Quote: "非淡泊无以明志,非宁静无以致远。" ("Without detachment, there is no way to clarify the will; without serenity, there is no way to get far.") - Zhuge Liang
Yining (Jessica) Zhong '26
From: Shanghai, China
Major: Accounting
Favorite Quote: 从今往后,怎么收获,怎么栽。(Whatever happens in the future will build into the new me. How I plant the seed will determine how I harvest.)- Hu Shih
Celeste Alvarez '26
From: Hereford, Texas
Major: Sociology
Favorite Quote: "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." - Oscar Wilde
Sylvia Agatako'26
From: Kigali, Rwanda
Major: Computer Science
Favorite Quote: "Remember your dreams and fight for them." - Paulo Coelho
Joshua Caraballo '25
From: Milford, Pennsylvania
Major: Accounting and Art History
Favorite Quote: "When the ship be sinking, the sky's the limit" -Micheal Ray Richardson
Jenna Moore '27
From: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Major: Biology
Favorite Quote: Be Strong and Courageous
Hanora Finnegan '27
From: Washington, New Jersey
Major: History and Environmental Studies
Favorite Quote: "There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature." -Jane Austen