2019 Awards Ceremony

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 4:30pm
322 McGuffey Hall

Program

Welcome
Dr. Margaret Ziolkowski, Dept. Chair

Cultural Presentations

A Korean Folk Song entitled "Spring in My Hometown"
Performers: Johanna M.L. Alexander, Jessica V. Goldstein, Brittney "Britt" Graves, and Haley R. Shomette

Alexander Ralph Gee - In Chinese Singing Toy Story's the me song "You've Got a Friend in Me"

Performance of Richard Strauss' Schlagende Herzen
David J. "DJ" Cleavinger (keyboardist) & Hollyn T. Lana (soloist)

Specialty Awards Presentations and Announcements

Dr. Robert DiDonato Awards, Dr. Mila Ganeva
Breitenbucher Awards, Dr. Mila Ganeva
Student Achievements Announcements, Dr. Mila Ganeva

Outstanding Student Awards Presentations

Arabic Awards, Dr. Margaret Ziolkowski
EALC & Chinese Awards, Dr. Liang Shi
EALC & Japanese Awards, Dr. Kazue Harada
German Awards, Dr. Mila Ganeva
Korean Awards, Mr. Won Ahn
Russian Awards, Dr. Ben Sutcliffe

Recognition of Graduates

Arabic Minors Graduates, Dr. Margaret Ziolkowski
EALC Majors-China & Chinese Minors Graduates, Dr. Liang Shi
German Majors & Minors Graduates, Dr. Mila Ganeva
EALC Majors-Japan & Japanese Minors Graduates, Dr. Kazue Harada
REEES Majors, and REEES and Russian Minors Graduates, Dr. Ben Sutcliffe

Closing Remarks
Dr. Margaret Ziolkowski, Dept. Chair

Reception

Award Recipients

Dr. Robert DiDonato Award

Outstanding Graduate in Each Dept. Major

East Asian Languages and Cultures: Madison Lynn Cain
German: William "Will" George Estey
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies: Emily Mavis Erdmann

Herr Jacques Breitenbucher Award

Outstanding Upper-Class Females Learning a Language

German: Jacqueline Kay Meriwether
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies: Avery F. Comar

Outstanding Language Awards

Arabic

Level 1: Bretho M. Danzy
Level 2: Salma Mahmoud Fleifil
Level 3: Connor Gardner Weston

Chinese

Level 1: Molly J. Smith
Level 2: Ryan Andrew Burghart
Level 3: Dania Gloria Puente Davila
Level 4: Ryan Thomas Cliver

German

Level 1: Nancy C. Pellegrino
Level 2: Sumayyah F. A. McTaggart
Level 3: Zachary L. Dundek
Level 4: Stephen E. Bowden

Japanese

Level 1: Coby Austin Warkentin
Level 2: Hannah P. Hudnall
Level 3: Sarah Frick
Level 4: Dan Luo

Korean

Level 1: Kyla Nicole Stone
Level 2: Johanna M. L. Alexander

Russian

Level 1: Jacob Dylan Bemis
Level 2: Patrick Riley Newell
Level 3: August J. Hagemann

Student Achievements

Emily Mavis Erdmann - double major in French and Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. She will be an English Teaching Assistant in Russia during the 2019-20 academic year.

Emily Froude, double major in International Studies and Political Science and minors in Spanish and Arabic, is an alternate for the David L. Boren Scholarship. Emily will enroll in the School for International Training's Geopolitics, International Relations, and the Future of the Middle East program in Jordan during spring semester 2020, followed by the CIEE Summer Arabic Language program at the University of Jordan during summer term.

August John Hagemann, double major in Economics and Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies has been awarded the 2019-2020 Ann Louise Wilkinson Scholarship. This scholarship is given to a deserving undergraduate student who is currently conducting research.

Abigail F. Flurley graduated in Dec. ;18 with a major in Physics and a minor in German. She has accepted an English Teaching Assistant position in Klagenfurt Austria.

Max Micheli, double major in International Studies and East Asian Languages and Cultures, has been awarded the David L. Boren Scholarship to support his study abroad programs in China. Max will spend spring semester 2020 in Chengdu with the USAC program at Southwest Minzu University and the following summer with CET at Flarbin Institute of Technology.

Sophia Pauken, international studies and German double major, is an alternate in Arabic for the Critical Language Scholarship program. This competitive scholarship fully funds a summer immersion program for languages not commonly taught in the United States.

The following senior German majors were named Dean's Scholars for the 2019-2020 academic year:

Angus Broderick Cady will work with Dr. Nicole Thesz
Aimee Joy Liston will work with Dr. Mariana Ivanova
Ellie Joy Timmons will work with Dr. John M. Jeep

Graduating Majors and Minors

Arabic Minors

Scott Bellavia
Mary Margaret Criddle
Madesyn Eva DeVivo
Megan Christine Drown
Kelsey Rose Eldred
Nicholas Egan Mohr (Cum Laude, University Honors)
Kathryn Grace Nash
Danielle Elizabeth Regan
Mackenzie Eleanor Sablak

East Asian Languages and Cultures Majors - China Concentration

Connor David Bopp
Madison Lynn Cain (Cum Laude, University Honors)
Alexander Ralph Gee
Jacqueline R. Kopicki
Kelsey Anne McKenna
Lorena Marie Requena
MacKenzie Ayla-Jean Rocquemore

Chinese Minors

Sarah Ann Armstrong (Summa Cum Laude)
Seth Nathaniel Bartley (Cum Laude)
Kyle Matthew Burge
Belle Elizabeth Cassidy
Jacqueline Victoria Challoner (Cum Laude, University Honors)
Brianna Rose Clements (Cum Laude)
Ryan Thomas Ciiver (Cum Laude)
Sabrina Christine Donley (Cum Laude)
Jack G. Goldberger
Kevin Edward Gunter
Alexander Michael Hahn
Neal Bramlette Hawkins (Summa Cum Laude)
Rachael Ellen Hertzberg
William Joseph James (Cum Laude)
Cooper Thaddeus Johnson
Ian C. Jones (Cum Laude, University Honors)
Jay B. Koh
Jordan Nicole Lander
Taryn Lauren Loo
Zachary Aaron Lovell (Cum Laude)
Grant Edward Roberts
Danielle M. Sika
Angel Spanos
Devin Scott Spivey
Andrew Ryan Stout
Mackenzie Eleanor Sablak
David Gordon Tallman
Graham WilliamTonner
Gabrielle AtkinsVerdin (Magna Cum Laude, University Honors)
Miklos White

East Asian Languages and Cultures Majors - Japan Concentration

Lea Anne Antrobus
Charles Mitchell Emmerich
Yuchen Hu
Yumi Christina McGregor
Chance Joseph Overberg (Summa Cum Laude)
Hannah Lee Peffly
Yuwen Qiu
Julia Marie Snodgrass
Ryan Richard Snyder
Emily Ruth Ward (Summa Cum Laude)
Lvhao Zhang
Xinyu Zheng

Japanese Minors

Hannah Christine Alt (Magna Cum Laude, University Honors)
Reno DiFonzot
Yihuan Feng
Zhaoqing Fu
Yanwu He (Cum Laude)
Lianqin Huang
Mingxuan Huang
Jinman Li
Suqi Liu
Jinzhou Lu
Nathan M. Moody
Patrick Paul Schneider
Cynthia Seina Uruma
Ming Ye
Ren Yu
Mengqi Zhang
Rongying Zhang
Yifu Zhang

German Majors

Emma Linn Buck
William George Estey
Katherine Grace Ohman

German Minors

Katherine Anne Bueltel (Magna Cum Laude)
Sarah E. Cousino
Erik Jeffrie Craigo
Abigail Jane Culpepper (Magna Cum Laude, University Honors)
Neal Bramlette Hawkins (Summa Cum Laude)
Wyatt Ellis Houck
Rachel M. Instone (Magna Cum Laude, University Honors)
Lena S. Koenig (Magna Cum Laude)
Alanna Jo Kuether
Evan Patrick Kuhn
Jennifer Annette Laufmann (Summa Cum Laude, University Honors)
Charles D. Malone
Bailey Jade Mendlik
Daniel Brading Richardson
Anna Kathleen Schad (Cum Laude, University Honors)
Michael Braegor Strickley
Runan Sui
Alaina Kathryn Swope (Magna Cum Laude)
Heidi Marlene Zimmer

Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Majors

Emily Mavis Erdmann (Summa Cum Laude)
Joseph Ivan Margevicius
Joseph F. Tamesis
Yakov Andreevich Shatalov

Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Minor

Nicholas Michael Rackers

Russian Minors

Victoria Alexis Kusnierz (Cum Laude)
William Anthony Salvucci
Julianna Stevans Swann
Jacob P. Youst

Acknowledgements

Arabic graduating minors' book awards courtesy of the Sweptson Fund

EALC-China and Chinese awards to Outstanding Students and graduating majors and minors courtesy of The Confucius Institute

German awards to Outstanding Students and book awards to graduating majors and minors courtesy of the Goethe Grant

Awards to graduating EALC-Japan majors and Japanese minors courtesy of the Department of GRAMELAC's Undergraduate Enrichment funds

Book awards to graduating RE EES majors and REEES and Russian minors courtesy of The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies

Japanese, Korean and Russian Outstanding Student Awards courtesy of the Dept, of GRAMELAC's Undergraduate Enrichment funds