2025 AwardsModern and Classical Languages

Excellence in Spanish Graduate Studies

• Enedina Flores-Correa
• Claudia Beatriz Webb

Excellence in Writing in Spanish Graduate Studies

• Enedina Flores-Correa

Distinction in Graduate Studies - Spanish

• Sofia Perin

Excellence in Spanish Heritage Language Education

• Claudia Beatriz Webb

Excellence in the Arabic minor

• Martha Molinaro

Excellence in the Arabic Major

• Kholoud Al-Shaar
• Alaa Raed Alhaddad
• Ikhlas M Ibrahim
• Ruth Benjamin Nazarene

Completion of Arabic Major

• Naim Muawia Abu-El Hawa
• Kholoud Al-Shaar
• Alaa Alhaddad
• Ikhlas Ibrahim
• Ruth Nazarene

Excellence in the Chinese Minor

• Dariya Athari Banta
• Benjamin Laurent Beausergent
• Helen V Dang
• Ninya Khabush
• Michelle S Ward

Excellence in the Chinese Major Studies

• Leah Roselyn Hamaker

Outstanding Chinese Teaching Assistant Award

• Lydia Wang

Excellence in Elementary French

• Susan Amaral
• Joey Conley
• Quinn Fenicle
• Silas Fransen
• Darin Nguyen
• Helen Vanhove

Excellence in Intermediate French

• Autumn Beha
• Lacey Berryhill
• Ella Galbraith
• Ross Hutcheson
• Kayla Ngo
• Sharon O’Boyle

Excellence in the French Minor

• Daphne Bernal
• Mckenzie Pochiro
• Judy Sejiny

Excellence in the French Major

• Alexis Muniz
• Samuel Brady
• Fenia Lamprianidou
• Sophie Wagner
• Nathalie Weimerskirch

Excellence in German

• Sarah Herron
• Ann Abruzzo
• Ryan Afshar
• Rebecca Brannon
• Alba Arribas Cervan
• Banouna Diallo
• Andrew Goff
• Aaron Lindberg
• Brenner Patrick
• Rayan Rhomari
• Katie Tegtmeyer
• Janna Tosson
• Peter Weiss
• Dominick Wormely

Excellence in the German Studies Minor

• Katie Basham

Excellence in Elementary Italian

• Michael Craig
• James Kruszka
• Kyla Larkin
• Andy Rivera
• Sophia Russell
• Paula Suarez

Excellence in Intermediate Italian

• Minhaj Atique
• Melanie Molino
• Logan Parrish
• Leila Rinaldi
• Isabella Yousefi

Excellence in Advanced Italian

• Kieran Beaudoin
• Sarah Calvino
• Jennifer Hux

Italian Cultural Society Cesarina Horing Award

The Italian Cultural Society of Washington, DC, awards $400 to a student of George Mason University who is selected by the university's Italian language program faculty. The award is made possible by donations in honor of the late Cesarina Horing, former director of the Society’s Italian Language Program. It is funded by the individual donors of the Italian Cultural Society.

• Rebecca Grossi

The William Weaver Prize in Italian Studies

The William Weaver Prize in Italian Studies, which is a monetary prize in the amount of $1,000, recognizes the academic achievements of students who are minoring in Italian Studies.

• Sarah Calvino

Excellence in the Japanese Studies Minor

• Kerry E Bishop
• Emily Rose Ditta
• Brianna Shafer

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Japanese Studies

• Erica Danielle Worthington

Outstanding Contribution to the Promotion of Japanese Language and Culture

• Lucky Allam
• Ian Garrabrant

Excellence in the Korean Major

• Anahid Sabti
• Hope Sullivan Stanphill
• Benjamin Laurent Beausergent
• Janai Byrd
• Emily Rose Ditta
• Israa Elhiraika
• Jennifers Great
• Yamileth Hernandez-Becerra
• Alexus Monique Kelley
• Sheetal Lee
• Gabriela Olga Martinez
• Alexis J Muniz
• Tricia Carmeli Martirez San Pedro
• Nafisa A Weeks

Excellence in the Korean Studies Minor

• Ariana I Fernandez
• Luz Oriana Ortiz Henriquez
• Rachel Chaehee Hong
• Isabelle Alicia LeClerc
• Yaneli Martinez-Jimenez
• Cecilia M Ohanian
• Tania E Trott
• Leah M Tudor
• Emily Nicole Webb
• Sarah Weikel

The Mid-Atlantic Korean Speech Contest (MAKSC) Scholarship

This scholarship recognizes the most outstanding performance using the Korean language at the annual speech contest held among14 institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region. The grand prize is a full scholarship to study abroad in South Korea.

• Angelia L Henderson

KAEF Scholarship in Korean Studies

This award was established in 2018 for supporting students who are pursuing either a minor or a major in Korean. 

• Sydney Boerner
• Roslyn Brown
• Lauren Ray

Excellence in Intermediate Russian

• Aileen Fezzie
• Jacob Schwartz

Excellence in Advanced Russian

• Greg Lutai
• Harrison Kemmerly
• Leah Kundel
• William Jefferson
• Yves Morrison

Excellence in the Russian Minor

• Haley Waddell

Excellence in Russian and Eurasian Studies

• Anka Whelan
• Paul Thomason
• Vivian Hurd

Excellence in the Spanish Minor

• Stephanie N Concepcion
• Nickolos Forsyth Gruntz
• Owen P Hughes
• Gabriela Olga Martinez
• Minh-Dy Pham
• Daniella Sitek
• Andrew D Snowman
• Austyn Ariana Walker

Distinction in the Spanish Minor

• Chloe Brackens
• Yasmine A Khalatbari
• Lucas Asher Mcmillan
• Zackery Gerald William Moss
• Jannah Rafik Tarfa
• Rahma Rafik Tarfa
• Zhenya Abigail Velasquez

Excellence in the Spanish Major

• Yamileth Hernandez-Becerra
• Samanvita Kalyanalakshmi Kolachana
• Claudia M Tello Martinez
• Virginia Mildred Oman
• Avery Grace Rhoden

Excellence in Writing in the Spanish Major

• Samanvita Kalyanalakshmi Kolachana

Excellence in Multilingualism and Intercultural Competence

• Yamileth Hernandez-Becerra

Excellence in Community-Based Learning

• Avery Grace Rhoden

Gunda Sporer Oppenheimer Endowed Prize for French Studies

• Abigail Tesreau
• Griffin Wack
• Hanna Kellar
• Isabel Aldana