The School of World Languages and Cultures was formed in spring of 2023, after several years of conversation and planning among faculty in the departments of Asian Languages and Literatures, Classics, German and Russian, and Romance Languages and Cultures. Born out of a desire to unite these departments into a more coherent body, the School was created to better advocate for language study, coordinate conversations about research and teaching, and build up student and community interest in language learning, scholarship, and expression.