This session features a French Studies program at a small liberal arts university which, counter to national trends, has seen an increase in enrollments. The program’s new curriculum now focuses on the development of students’ intercultural competence and sense of legitimate speakership in French. We will first describe the program’s new capstone course and interdisciplinary project. A recent graduate will then present her capstone project: a translation of a previously untranslated text by Marie Curie.