Student Award Winners

2023 Undergraduate Awards

  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies – Caitlin Hitchcock
  • Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages – Anaïs Acree
  • Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages – Lindsey Alexander
  • Outstanding Senior in Arabic – Nora Ann Fahim
  • Outstanding Senior in Chinese – Julia Chen
  • Outstanding Senior in French – Rachel Amanda Chin
  • Outstanding Senior in German – Jason Sodikin
  • Outstanding Senior in Japanese – Yixin Gu
  • Outstanding Senior in Korean – Rachel Hudson
  • Outstanding Senior in Linguistics – Madeline Faye Holt
  • Outstanding Senior in Russian – Edward Jennings
  • Outstanding Senior in Spanish – Ishuma Kumari Lahoti

2022 Undergraduate Awards

  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies - Ella Tiller
  • Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages - Rachel Hudson
  • Outstanding Senior in Chinese - Yasmeen Herb
  • Outstanding Senior in French - Laura Jarrel
  • Outstanding Senior in German - Emma Axelson
  • Outstanding Senior in Japanese - Teresa Flynn
  • Outstanding Senior in Korean - Sophie Gray
  • Outstanding Senior in Linguistics - Omar Shaikh
  • Outstanding Senior in Spanish - Sophia de Lurgio

2021 Undergraduate Awards

  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies Award - Fuad Youssef (Chinese)
  • Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages Award - Noah Crafts (Spanish)
  • Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages Award - Vi-Vien Ly (Spanish)
  • Outstanding Senior in Arabic - James Fan
  • Outstanding Senior in Chinese - Jordan Giles
  • Outstanding Senior in French - Zachary Hopton and Kara Kanter
  • Outstanding Senior in German - Hauke Dell
  • Outstanding Senior in Japanese - Jiawen Ge
  • Outstanding Senior in Korean - Samuel Weiss-Cowie
  • Outstanding Senior in Linguistics - Saahil Yechuri
  • Outstanding Senior in Russian - Meredith Furbish
  • Outstanding Senior in Spanish - Gina Piazza and Paige Warner

2020 Undergraduate Awards

  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies - Matthew Powell (German)
  • Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages - Mackenzie Anne Golden (French)
  • Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages - William Thomas (German)
  • Outstanding Senior in Chinese - Hannah-Marie Nikauli Wieser
  • Outstanding Senior in French - Bonnie Cameron Watkins
  • Outstanding Senior in German - Keerthi Ramachandran
  • Outstanding Senior in Japanese - Joshua Lundregen and Rebecca Seippel
  • Outstanding Senior in Korean - Kyle Burnside Lucas
  • Outstanding Senior in Linguistics - Madison Liotta
  • Outstanding Senior in Russian - Taylor Morgan Poole
  • Outstanding Senior in Spanish - Emily J. Adams

2019 Undergraduate Awards

  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies - Emily Adams
  • Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages - Robert Johnson
  • Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages - Najia Humayun
  • Outstanding Senior in Arabic - Stephanie Blough
  • Outstanding Senior in Chinese - Rachel Yating Hu
  • Outstanding Senior in French - Jeongmin Huh
  • Outstanding Senior in German - Sophie Archer
  • Outstanding Senior in Japanese - Camden Hine
  • Outstanding Senior in Korean - Jason Shing Yi Ngor
  • Outstanding Senior in Linguistics - Jonathan Jiang
  • Outstanding Senior in Russian - William Emken
  • Outstanding Senior in Spanish - Najia Humayun

2018 Undergraduate Awards

  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies - Shantanu Mantri
  • Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages - Sarah Drummond
  • Outstanding Senior in Chinese - William Clark
  • Outstanding Senior in French - Rebecca de Almeida Santos Homem de Mello
  • Outstanding Senior in German - Taylor Eling
  • Outstanding Senior in Japanese - Shantanu Mantri
  • Outstanding Senior in Korean - Juwon Lee-Park Drake
  • Outstanding Senior in Russian - Brendan Vaisvil
  • Outstanding Senior in Spanish - Jessica Gerber

2017 Undergraduate Awards

  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies - Elizabeth Clark
  • Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages - Taylor Eling
  • Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages - Joshua Bowling
  • Outstanding Senior in Chinese - Quynh Tran
  • Outstanding Senior in French - Rebecca Smith
  • Outstanding Senior in German - Mengyang Han
  • Outstanding Senior in Korean - Sean Hinchey
  • Outstanding Senior in Russian - Elizabeth Clark
  • Outstanding Senior in Spanish - Sara Cronan

2016 Undergraduate Awards

  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies - Matthew Schauer
  • Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages - Jacqueline Howell
  • Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages - Leilan Sheu & Tiffany Suwoto
  • Outstanding Senior in Spanish - Megan Lee Sales
  • Outstanding Senior in French - Katherine Diane Clark
  • Outstanding Senior in German - Christopher Allen Harwell
  • Outstanding Senior in Japanese - Matthew Schauer
  • Outstanding Senior in Chinese - Ethan Paul Everett
  • Outstanding Senior in Russian - Emily Elizabeth Simonds & Guergana Iliyanova Terzieva

2015 Undergraduate Awards

  • Distinguished Alum Award - John Lambert (German)
  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies - Gregory Thomas Crisler
  • Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages - Matthew Ryan Josey
  • Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages - Edward Zhu
  • Outstanding Senior in Spanish - Austin James Beacham
  • Outstanding Senior in French - Yvonne Ploder
  • Outstanding Senior in German - Simeon Alasdair Bruce
  • Outstanding Senior in Japanese - Alycia Nichole Edwards
  • Outstanding Senior in Chinese - Thomas Bradley Fulkerson
  • Outstanding Senior in Korean - Jiby Mepurathu Yohannan
  • Outstanding Senior in Russian - Gregory Thomas Cisler & Alexander Michael Dodson

2014 Undergraduate Awards

  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies - James Neal McDowell
  • Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages - Chloe Cooper Stargel
  • Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages - Elizabeth Anne Perreault
  • Outstanding Senior in Spanish - Shelby Jeanne Schuller
  • Outstanding Senior in French - Bryce L. Huebner
  • Outstanding Senior in German - Heather Rose Yutko
  • Outstanding Senior in Japanese - Dasom Eom
  • Outstanding Senior in Chinese - Andrew Alexander Estis
  • Outstanding Senior in Korean - Ayanda Ngozi Francis
  • Outstanding Senior in Arabic - Mustafa Murtuza Kothawala

Criteria for Outstanding Senior Award

The School of Modern Languages outstanding senior awardees receive an individual plaque and have their names inscribed in the plaque permanently located in the student lounge of the Swann Building.

The outstanding senior should fulfill some or all of the following:

  • Have outstanding grades
  • Have an outstanding portfolio
  • Demonstrate enthusiasm for her/his chosen field, including the language and culture aspect
  • Have excelled in some other demonstrable way (e.g. been an outstanding German Club president etc.)
  • Should have taken a variety of courses and display a variety of extracurricular experiences.
  • Show sustained effort to enrich own language experience in the form of extracurricular or community activity, membership in organizations, participation in events such as festivals and celebrations, volunteerism, support given to course activities or materials production for a language class or program.
  • Show ability to organize and lead extracurricular or course activities meant to increase exposure to the language