<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item link="https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/new-professor-brings-global-perspective-and-passion-for-language-to-the-classroom.html" display="true" type="news-list"><title>AAMU Students Bring Spanish to Life Through Video and Culture</title><summary>In Dr. Sydney Odoi’s Elementary Spanish I course at Alabama A&amp;M University, learning Spanish extends beyond vocabulary, grammar and textbooks.</summary><date>2026-10-01T12:00:00-08:00</date><imageAltText>Dr. Sydney Odoi, back in red, and Jordyn Powers, front in white, are pictured with students from Odoi’s Elementary Spanish I course at Alabama A&amp;M University.</imageAltText><image>/_images/spanishmainlr2edit.jpg</image><name>New Professor Shares Global Perspective and Passion for Language in the Classroom</name><first>New</first><last>Professor Shares Global Perspective and Passion for Language in the Classroom</last><url>https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/new-professor-brings-global-perspective-and-passion-for-language-to-the-classroom.html</url><tags/></item>