Timothy Gupton Recognized with 2026 Sandy Beaver Teaching Professorship

Tim Gupton

Timothy Gupton, Professor of Spanish Linguistics in the Department of Romance Languages, has been awarded a 2026 General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professorship by the Franklin College of Arts & Sciences. The award honors outstanding faculty whose sustained commitment to excellence in teaching has had a significant impact on student learning at the University of Georgia. 

École Polytechnique and UGA

Bertrand session

ROML's French section was delighted to welcome Prof. Olivier Bertrand from Paris’ École Polytechnique. Prof. Bertrand led an engaging lunchtime information hour in which he discussed numerous opportunities for study abroad at Polytechnique. Prof. Bertrand then gave an impressively rich talk about the theme of love in medieval French literature, proceeding from the earliest texts written in French to the fifteenth-century stage. Prof. Bertrand’s visit was organized by Dr.