AWARDS ANNOUNCED ON APRIL 27, 2023
Herr Jacques Breitenbucher Award
Outstanding Upper-Class Female Students Learning German or Russian
- German – Alivia Renae O‘Donnell
- Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies – Grace Ann Peconge
Dr. Margaret Ziolkowski Award
Outstanding Graduate in Each Department Major
- East Asian Languages and Cultures – Nicholas Hollander Tineo
- German – Jocelyn Christine Minton
- Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies – Youheng Daniel Zhou
Outstanding Language Awards
Arabic
100 Level – Muhammad Danish Malik
200 Level – Cyle Jon-Nathaniel Ginsberg
300 Level – Megan Katherine Foster
Chinese
100 Level – Sam H. Mezzapelle
200 Level – Emma Elizabeth Haupt
300 Level – Lowell Harry Hughen III
400 Level – Avery Rose Zerby
German
100 Level – Madeline Kaye Northup
200 Level – Jessica Nicole West
300 Level – Hope Noel Nickel
400 Level – Emma Claire Bonnicksen
Japanese
100 Level – Marianna Irene Angelopoulos
200 Level – Jonathan Louis Waldmann
300 Level – Zachary Ryan Owens
400 Level – Jisen Du
Korean
100 Level – Lan Chi ‘Lily’ Tran
200 Level – Matthew Robert Sweet
Russian
100 Level – Sonya Marie Flynn
200 Level – Gabriel Thomas Powell
300 Level – Katherine Alexandra Schaeffer
Student Achievements
2022-2023 Fulbright Winner
- Colton Christopher Powaski, is a Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and International Studies major with a specialization in Conflict, Peace and Diplomacy.
Individual Achievements
- Youheng Daniel Zhou, a Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and Spanish major will receive the ACTR Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award
- Jocelyn Christine Minton, a German Major, was accepted as a member of the National German Honorary Delta Phi Alpha.
Graduating Majors and Minors
(S) = Summa Cum Laude, (M) = Magna Cum Laude, (C) = Cum Laude, (UHD) = University Honors with Distinction, (UH) = University Honors, (DH) = Departmental Honors
Arabic Minors
Sarah Ann Holtz (C)
Navkiran Kaur Chima (M, UHD)
Michael James Ferro (S)
Marta Fioretti (M)
Brendan James Morrison (M)
Julianna Marie Oditt
East Asian Languages and Cultures Major
– China Concentration
Mark Anthony Decile (C)
Nicolas Hollander Tineo (M, UH, DH)
Holly Suzanne Pappano (M, UH)
Madeline Grace Whistler (C)
Lawilliam Deonte Stevens (DH)
Chinese Minors
Alexandria Erin Cardwell (C)
Isabella Ashira Corder (M)
Emma G. Girolami
Olivia Vanessa Kelly
William Gerard Kopicki
Elizabeth Ann Fei Liming
Julia C. Loeffler
Connor Mathison (C)
Eileen R. O’Donnell
East Asian Languages and Cultures Majors
– Japan Concentration
Andrew Campbell Cavanaugh (C)
Siyu ‘Lindsey’ Lin
Isaiah Nathaniel Philips
Xiaoge Yang
Jisen Du (C)
Jessica Martinez
Enxun Zhu
Japanese Minors
Abigail Catherine Froehlich (M)
Rachel Ellen Greenberg (S)
Erin M. Horvath (C, UH)
Hanyuan Hu
Emma Labarowski
Jasmine V. Lam
Zachary Ryan Owens (S)
Lauren Kelley Palmer
Sanford Harold Sharp
Longyu Wu (M)
Zhichang Yin
Pengfei Zhang
Peiting Zou
East Asian Studies Minor
Emma M. Loomis (C)
European Studies Minors
Alexandria Marie Boyd
Aidan Christopher Schwind (M)
German Majors
Brooke Lockwood Barclay
Emma Claire Bonnicksen (C, DH)
Gracie Rose Finnigan (M, UH)
Jocelyn Christine Minton
German Minors
Alexandria Marie Boyd
Lauryn Elizabeth Cook
Gretchen Meredith Day (C)
Jennifer Renee Justice (C)
David Joseph Limauro (S, UH)
Christopher Alan Nankervis (S, UH)
Elijah Stephen Petho
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Majors
Liam N. Martin (S, UH)
Colton Christopher Powaski (M)
Anastasia Mary Treat
Caden Dennis Wilcox (M)
Youheng Daniel Zhou (M)
Russian Minors
Ashley Suzanne Morris (M, UH)
Christopher Aaron Zinkan (S)
Acknowledgements
- Arabic Outstanding Language awards courtesy of the Sweptson Fund.
- Chinese Outstanding Language awards courtesy of the Department of GRAMELAC’s gift fund.
- German Outstanding Language awards courtesy of the Goethe Grant.
- Japanese Outstanding Language awards courtesy of the Department of GRAMELAC’s gift fund.
- Korean Outstanding Language awards courtesy of the Department of GRAMELAC’s gift fund.
- Russian Outstanding Language awards courtesy of The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies.