October 16, 2018 at 5:41 pm

Modern Languages Student Accomplishments & Honors

Say There Alumni Newsletter Fall 2018

Congrats to the following Modern Languages students!

2018: Alex Armstrong, Honors Tutorial College French major, presented his poster of original translations of 19th century French poems at the Expo Research and Creativity Fair.

2018: Peter Andrews, Honors Tutorial College French major, won first place at the Expo for Humanities Outstanding Presentation.

2017: Robert Angelo received the 2016-17 Critical Languages Scholarship in Russian.

2017: Usman Suerkulov won an Honorable Mention in the 18th Annual ACTR National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest in 2016-17.

2017: Russian language students won awards in Undergraduate Competition (Olympiada) of Spoken Russian: Kristina Denbow, Samantha Jones, Michael Abelev and Russel Gifford.

2018: Angela Romero and Genoveva Di Maggio received the TA Excellence in Teaching Award for their demonstrated teaching excellence after completing the College of Arts & Sciences Advanced Graduate Teaching Certificate program.

2017: German student Elisa Bergmeier earned an internship with BMW in Greenville, SC.

2018: Spanish faculty and students presented at the Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures: Dr. Melissa Figueroa, Katherine Broughton, Violeta Orozco, Dr. Betsy Partyka, Ariela Parisi, Patricia Serrano, Suzy Aftabizadeh, and Dr. Daniel Torres.

2018: Over 25 Spanish students and faculty attended and presented at the Ohio Latin American Association Conference at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Highlights included creative readings.

2018: Phi Beta Kappa initiates: Francesca Cappetta, Laura Chase, Elizabeth Gayer, Laura Gilbert, Erica Harman, Alyssa King, Abby Lawrence, Luc Messenger, Andrew Steinke, and Paige Wilson

Fulbright Teaching Awards

2018: Laura Gilbert, university-level English in Brazil.

2018: Devon Swansen, English in La Rioja, Spain.

2018: Reiya Bhat, Spanish minor, assistant English teacher in a secondary school in Madrid, Spain.

Teaching Awards

2018: French, Sarah Lenox; Spanish, Genoveva Di Maggio; Spanish, Outstanding M.A. Award, Irina Lifszyc

2017: French, Natalie Miller; Spanish, Ethel Agbemafo; Spanish, Outstanding M.A. Award, Carla Consolini

Language Honoraries

2018: Delta Phi Alpha, National German Honor Society: Billy Buehl, Nathen Drexler, Jack Martin, Zach Schmitz, Brad Scheikert, Eric Turner.

2018: Sigma Delta Pi, National Spanish Honorary: Alexis Broomes, Alexis Wales, Genoveva DiMaggio, Olivia Sturtevant, Patrick Ballow, Rachel Broughton, Spencer Cappelli, Suzy Aftabizadeh, Taryn Osborne.