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BYU earning recognition as center for language excellence

April 24, 2005

Mary Lou Fulton Chair of World Languages to fund additional growth

Brigham Young University is establishing itself as a major American center for language study, the Deseret Morning News reports. Aided by the newly established Mary Lou Fulton Chair of World Languages, the university is continuing to improve teaching languages to everyone from newly called Latter-day Saint missionaries to future translators for government agencies.

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