Cwrs Dyffryn Hudson July 2025
- July 20, 2025 - July 27, 2025
We are excited to announce that the 2025 Cymdeithas Madog in-person summer course Cwrs Cymraeg Dyffryn Hudson / The Hudson Valley Welsh Course, will be held at Marist University in Poughkeepsie, NY from 20 – 27 July.
We have a great Cwrs planned for 2025! Our tutors biographies will be available on the Cymdeithas Madog home page under “learn more about our summer 2025 course.”
When registering, please select the level you would like to join. Please click here for a guide to our curriculum levels this will help with self-placement.
The Wednesday excursion will be to Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park NY
There will be pub nights, the famous quiz led by the indomitable Robert Jones, Welsh Scrabble, Welsh folk dancing, and extra workshops offered by our tutors on Welsh topics of interest. The Noson Lawen and Eisteddfod will be highlights of the week! We hope to see you there!
The cost for the week is $1400.00 for room, board, and tuition – regardless of single or double room occupancy. The accommodation will be townhouse-style residence. Each guest will have a private bedroom with shared bathroom access, along with a kitchen and common areas for added convenience. Take a peek here Marist University Townhouse New .
The excursion, as usual is a separate optional event at $55.00, the price covers entrance fee and bus transportation to The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. https://www.nps.gov/hofr/index.htm
Find out more about our 2025 location. View the Marist University campus here.
T-Shirts for Cwrs Cymraeg Dyffryn Hudson / The Hudson Valley Welsh Course. How to purchase your T-shirts and gifts to commemorate this year’s summer course? They will be available at this link Cymdeithas Madog Shop .Check out the new beautiful logo for this year, and remember to order in plenty of time so you have your T-shirt to wear with everyone else over the week.
Tutors
Tim Doughty
Prynodd Tim Doughty ei lyfr cyntaf i ddysgwyr “Welsh for Learners” yn 1979. Proses unig iawn oedd dysgu Cymraeg yn yr adeg hwnnw cyn i’r rhyngrwyd, ond ar ôl y Cwrs Cymraeg yn Berkeley, California, yn 1998, dechreuodd pethau wella’n gyflym. Rŵan mae Tim yn weithgar mewn y Siop Siarad (grŵp sgwrs Cymraeg) a chyfryngau cymdeithasol Cymraeg. Mae o wedi profi ei sgiliau Cymraeg drwy sawl taith i Gymru.
Tim Doughty bought his first “Welsh for Learners” book in 1979. In those pre-internet days, learning Welsh was a lonely process. Then in 1998 he attended his first Cwrs Cymraeg, in Berkeley, California. He as attended many since then and has enhanced his Welsh learning with an active participation in Welsh-Language social media. During a visit to Wales in 2019 he found that, yes, he is a Welsh speaker, and so are you!
Sarah Stevenson
Sarah Stevenson took her first Welsh language classes at UC Berkeley in 1996-97. She has been a regular attendee at Cwrs Cymraeg Cymdeithas Madog since 1999, including serving on the Board from 2003 to 2012 and again from 2019 to 2022, and she has made many good friends on her Welsh learning journey over the years. She is the author of four books for young adult readers, including one partially set in Wales. Besides being a writer, she is an editor, artist, and graphic designer, and currently works part time for Scholastic Teachables as a proofreader and production assistant. Prior to that, she was a professor of Humanities at Modesto Junior College, and she looks forward to teaching Welsh this summer! She lives in Northern California with her husband and two rather demanding cats, none of whom speak Welsh…yet.
Robert Davis
Rob Davis first began studying Welsh with the Welsh League of Arizona in 2005. He first attended Cwrs Cymraeg in 2009, was twice awarded the Chair in the Cwrs Eisteddfod, and is a former Cymdeithas Madog board member. He has also studied at Nant Gwrtheyrn in Wales. With his spouse Miller (a former President of Cymdeithas Madog) he co-authored the Welsh Tattoo Handbook, published by Bradan Press of Nova Scotia. He blogs occasionally in both English and Welsh at thoughtsofrob.com