We need to express our gratitude to the following  members who, since 2001, have supported the French Immersion Institute:

•  Alizé Barth, Philomena Cumo-Johanssen and  Cephus Moore.

We would also like to thank a number of administrators from the University of Pittsburgh's Center for West European Studies:

• William  Brustein, Ph.D., Director of the University of Pittsburgh's Center for International Studies

• Dr. Alberta Sbragia, Ph.D., Director of the Center for West European Studies

• Bonnie Adair-Hauck, Ph.D., Director French Immersion Institute, The European Union Center and The Center for West European Studies

• As well as Amy Eckhart, Michelle Amato and Jessica Cernic.

And finally, many special thanks to Jean-Pierre Collet, Honorary French consul in Pittsburgh, for his support.