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One of Penn’s most venerable and vital residential
programs, MLP is dedicated to students who wish to
improve their language proficiency and immerse
themselves in new cultural experiences… while having fun
at the same time. MLP participants range from novice
speakers with little foreign language experience to
multi-lingual international students; generally, about
half are freshmen. Residents in Class of 1925 belong to
one or more of the six language houses,
Chinese,
French,
German,
Italian,
Russian,
Spanish, each of which
holds in-language dinners several nights a week,
biweekly film screenings and weekly coffee hours.
Popular supplemental activities include game nights,
dance events, and the annual International Dinner, as
well as restaurant, film, museum and performing arts
trips downtown.
Program Directors—graduate students who are either
native or fluent speakers—supervise the houses; several
Managers—upperclass veterans working in collaboration
with Program Directors and Penn administrators—also play
an essential role.
One unique facet of MLP is that the language departments
at Penn realize the value of our programming and award
students a half credit per semester for their work.
Students enrolled for credit must attend the majority of
events that semester, of course; enrollment for credit
is entirely optional. MLP also prides itself on serving
as a hub for other language-based programming; in the
past, the program has hosted Arabic dinners and coffee
hours, a Polish film series, and more. |
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Returning Gregorians: Apply at the
Van Pelt Information Center during the regular internal
housing process. Be sure to sign the MLP contract on
the reverse side of the application.
New Freshmen: Submit the regular
housing application online, identifying MLP as one of
your top choices. Submit an essay specifying which
language house(s) you are interested in, and give us a
bit of information about your background, fluency level,
and specific interests related to the program.
New Upperclassmen: Upperclassmen
coming from other College Houses should fill out an
“Application for New Program Participants” at the Van
Pelt Manor Information Center. Contact the office of
Housing and Conference Services for dates. |
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