Dr. Galina Bakhtiarova

CULTURAL AND PROFESSIONAL INITIATIVES

Coordinator and presenter, a lecture by Dr. Jane C. Lewis  (Amler), author of Christopher Columbus’s
             Jewish Roots, WCSU Midtown campus, February 2009
Script writer and coordinator of a multicultural and academic celebration Las Posadas based on
             Latin American folklore at WCSU Midtown campus, December 2008
Coordinator, The Day of the Dead Altar and Celebration at WCSU as part of Hispanic Heritage
             Month 2008, October 2008
Coordinator, Wor(l)ds of Poetry, WLL event, May 2008
Coordinator, Hispanic Recipe Baking Contest, Spanish Program Celebration, May 2008
Performer in a Women’s History Month production of The Seventh Kafana, a play by Dumitru
              Crudu, Mihai Fusu and Micoleta Esinencu, WCSU Women's History Month, March 2008
Served as a Russian culture consultant for the production of the Cherry Orchard by
             Chekhov at the WCSU Theater department, director Pamela McDaniel, Fall 2007
Served as a liaison between faculty members, administration and Connecticut Film Festival
             management. Recruited students to volunteer at Connecticut Film Festival at WCSU in
            May 2008
Co-organizer, Hispanic Culture in New York, a trip to NYC, visiting the Museo del Barrio and
             Repertorio Español , November 2007                               
Organizer, a poetry reading and conversation with Javier Campos, a Chilean author and
             professor at Fairfield University, November 2007
Presenter, Days of the Dead: A celebration of Life, an event, lecture and exhibit, WCSU, October
             31-November 2, 2007
Presenter, Days of the Dead: A celebration of Life, at Newtown Middle School, with  more than
             200 students and faculty in attendance, November 1, 2007
Initiator and Hostess of a Weekly Spanish Conversation Table, Mesa de Español, Fall 2006-
              present
Organizer, Sigma Delta Pi and WLL visit to Spanish Art from El Greco to Picasso, The
             Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 2007
Organized and secured a grant from the Dean of A&S and Western International Center
              Committee to take 20 students to a play at Repertorio Español in New York, April 2007
Organizer, The Day of the Dead Altar and Celebration at WCSU as part of Hispanic Heritage
              Month 2006, October 2006
Participant, together with students from Spanish Representative Authors class, in Banned Books
              Readathon, WCSU, 2006, 2005
Organizer and Presenter, World Film Series I and II (Presented 3 Spanish and Latin American
               films)
Organizer, Spanish Culture in New York Day (Took a group of 22  students to the Museum of
              Modern Art and Repertorio Español), April 2006
Organizer, The Day of the Dead Altar and Celebration at WCSU as part of the Hispanic  Heritage
              Month 2005, October 2005
Participant, together with students from Spanish Poetry class, in Banned Books Readathon,
              WCSU, 2005