2022 Awards Winners
Mary Gettel Scholarship Award
The award is given annually to a Languages, Literatures and Cultures major in their senior year with the highest GPA.
Arabic - Mahmoud Darwish Arab Scholars Award
- Harrison Covington
- Rose Hetz
- Michael Knight
Chinese - Chinese Language and Culture Award
- Jack Aler
- Mary Kate Kennedy
- Kelly Mitchell
Classics - Presidents' Latin Contest
French
Most Promising Performance in Early-Level French Studies
- Julianne Browne
- Lily Eggerding
Excellence in Critical Thinking in French
Excellence in Writing in French
- Katie Dingle
- Elise Patten
Pi Delta Phi Award for Excellence in French Studies
German - Goethe Prize for Excellence in the Study of German
Italian - Excellence in Italian Language and Culture
- Paiten Grosvenor
- McKenzie Quillin
- Amanda Sersen
Spanish
People for Others at Home and Abroad Award
- Sara Hughes
- Nadxely Sanchez
Outstanding Creative Writing Award
- Mariana Gonzalez Torres
- Maribel Lopez
Outstanding Latinx Studies Award
Outstanding Spanish for Heritage Speakers Award
- Sergio A. Toto Torres
- Oscar Monarrez Morales
Outstanding Work in Any Spanish Class of 1000 and 2000 Level
Sigma Delta Pi Award
Previous Winners
2021 Awards Winners
Mary Gettel Scholarship Award
The award is given annually to a Languages, Literatures and Cultures major in their senior year with the highest GPA.
Arabic - Mahmoud Darwish Arab Scholars Award
- Anthony Aldurra
- Keeley Cronin
Chinese - Chinese Language and Culture Award
- Gabriel Danaj
- Linlin Li
- Joshua Wilborn-Hinton
French
Excellence in French and Francophone Studies
- Zelda Kieser
- Carmen Prater-Bellver
Most Promising Early Scholar of French and Francophone Studies
- Asauntee Bynum
- Emily McLeod
- Elizabeth Sporina
Pi Delta Phi Award
German - Goethe Prize for Excellence in German
Italian - Excellence in Italian Language and Culture
Spanish
Outstanding Creative Work Award
- Miah Ducklow
- Mallory Lafever
- Seneca Lawson
Outstanding Latinx Studies Award
Outstanding Spanish for Heritage Speakers Award
Overachiever Award
Sigma Delta Pi Leadership Award
2020 Awards Winners
Mary Gettel Award
The award is given annually to a Languages, Literatures and Cultures major in their senior year with the highest GPA.
Arabic - Mahmoud Darwish Arab Scholars Award
- Bridget Montes
- Maggie Plaza
Chinese - Chinese Language and Culture Award
- Allen Moy
- Kailee Grey
- Nathan Friese
Classics
French
- Elinore Hope, Pi Delta Phi
- Alyssa Noseworthy, Excellence in Performance of a High School Student
- Emma Hauber, Excellence in Writing
- Emma Hudson-Mairet, Excellence in Class Performance
- Devin McCowan, Eliana M. Winterbauer-Light Memorial Award for Critical Analysis
- Emma Busig, Most Promising Performance
German - Goethe Prize for Excellence in German
Italian - Excellence in Italian Language
- Ryan Tomscheck
- Molly McDermott
- Cesar Contreras
Spanish
- Maya Kolatorowicz, Outstanding Research Paper
- María Soledad González and Nora Godoy-González, Outstanding Creative Work
- Bridget Fogarty and Alec Anderson, People for Others at Home and Abroad
- Fabián Pérez Luévano and Briana García, Outstanding Spanish for Heritage Speakers
- Nora Godoy-González, Outstanding Latinx Award
Mary Gettel Award
Highest GPA in a Languages, Literatures, and Cultures major
- William Frost, Classics: Greek and Latin
Arabic - Mahmoud Darwish Arabic Literature Award
- Madison Abell
- Taylor Boeckmann
- Seamus McDermott
Chinese - Chinese Language and Culture Award
- Liu Bowen
- Monica Dressen
- Matthew Trecek
- Fantasia Vang
Classics (Greek/Latin) - President’s Latin Contest Advanced
- William Frost, Classics: Greek and Latin
French
- Emma Hudson-Mairet, Most Promising Performance
- Kendall Kohlmeyer, Excellence in Writing
- Katie Doyle, Excellence in Class Performance
- Noel Hincha, Pi Delta Phi Award
German - Goethe Prize for Excellence in the Study of German
Spanish
- Emily Chang, People for Other at Home and Abroad Award
- Katrina Reeder, Overachiever Award
- Maria Teresa Serna, Outstanding Latinx Studies Award
- Esmeralda Mercado, Outstanding Spanish for Heritage Speakers Award
- Jocelin Reynoso Urenda, Outstanding Creative Work Award
- Leah Jackson, Outstanding Research Paper in Spanish Award
Mary Gettel Award
Highest GPA in a Languages, Literatures, and Cultures major
Arabic - Mahmoud Darwish Arabic Literature Award
- Brian Coe
- Meredith Gillespie*
- Alyssa Sankey
- Allison Volcheck*
*Meredith Gillespie and Allie Volcheck were also awarded The Center of Peacemaking Fellowship Award for summer 2018. They will be working under Dr. Othman’s supervision on an oral history project that deals with Muslim women strategies to gain independence and agency by nonviolent methods-leading to a more equal, and consequently more peaceful, society.
Chinese - Chinese Language and Culture Award
- Luca Bonvicini
- Lily Cheong
- Raaz Khoshnood
- Sofia Monster
Classics (Greek/Latin) - President’s Latin Contest Advanced
French
- Pi Delta Phi Award for Excellence in French Studies: Maxwell Maloney
- Excellence in Writing: Alexander Lux
- Excellence in Oral Presentation: Jessi Stellberg
- Excellence in Oral Presentation: Alexander Pena
- Most Promising Performance: Zoe Gunderson
Italian - Excellence in Italian Language
Spanish
- Creative Work: Margaret Cullinan ("La trenza floral")
- Research Paper: Josh Miler and Jessica Szuminski
- Globetrotter: Zoe Campbell
- People for Others: Esme Nungaray
