In response to a 2004 faculty committee report on language teaching and learning, the College and the Division of the Humanities took the initiative to create a University-wide center for the study of languages. The new language center will consolidate and significantly enhance the support for language learning across an array of academic disciplines, especially in the language, linguistics, literature, and civilization programs of the Division of Humanities and the growing number of Title VI area studies centers. The center has four goals: 1) to provide modern classroom facilities and multimedia resources in support of language teaching and learning for students, faculty and instructors; 2) to provide a state-of-the-art research and development center with appropriate staffing and equipment for the development of teaching materials and in support of research in second-language acquisition, language pedagogy, and linguistics; 3) to provide professional development in language pedagogy and the use of technology in language instruction; and 4) to provide for the daily business center and office needs of language faculty, lecturers, and graduate student instructors.