2022 Student AwardsModern and Classical Languages
Undergraduate Awards
Excellence in the Arabic minor
- Abigail Hawkins
- Sara Mirbagheri
- Payton Sinsabaugh
Excellence in the Chinese Minor
- Snow Chen
- Maria Forsyth
- Hyungyu Jeon
- Amber Spalek
- Morgan Swindall
Excellence in the Chinese Major Studies
- Linh Le
- Felicity Gonzalez-Flores
- Shirinay Kurban
- Marissa Reed
Excellence in the French Minor
- Karen Chongwa
- Kendal Ferguson
- Brooke Picciano
- Jaime Pisa Sanz
- Nadia Valdivia
Excellence in Intermediate German
- Anna Sophia Cline
- Juli Luckabaugh
- Ivan Mirinski
- Matthew Zimmerman
Cesarina Horing Award
The Italian Cultural Society of Washington, DC, awards $200 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 entirely funded by the Fincantieri Marine Group.
- Matthew McConnell
- Timothy Schranck
Gamma Kappa Alpha (National Italian Honor Society) Inductees
- Giovanni Mauro-Draper
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.
- Maeve Shumate
- Brandy James
Excellence in the Korean Major
- Berrios Alexandra
- Caroline Buchholz
- Kelly Byrd
- Teresa Truc Do
- Lara Garrity
- Jaxon Myers
- Shea Pearson
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.
- Fatimah Sultan
- Tania Trott
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.
- Carma Elharazi
- Yujung Sung
- Nathan Walton
Outstanding Achievement in Elementary Russian
- Bethany Hays
- Elise Mertz
- Lilian Mullins
- Samantha Mumford
Outstanding Achievement in Intermediate Russian
- Lyz Duesterhoeft
- Elizabeth Fortson
- Emily Jeong
- Jett Liska
- Olivia Marks
- Anna Whelan
Excellence in the Spanish Minor
- Christopher Nicholson
- Julia Hakeem
- Kayla Herrera
- Savannah Martincic
- Kaylyn Matis
- Alondra Ortega
- Benjamin Oswalt
- Kashaf Rashid
- Michaela Reilly
- Elizabeth Shope
- Rachel Stevenson
- Maanvi Vij
Excellence in the Spanish Major
- Alyssa Bauer-Coan
- Louis Hernández
- Leah Pollack
- Julia Romero
- Gina Torres
ACTR Post Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award
Sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian
- Paul Aubuchon
Helen Ludwig Sehrt Scholarship
The Helen Ludwig Sehrt Scholarship recognizes the academic achievements of students minoring in German. The scholarship was established in 2008 through the estate of Helen Ludwig Sehrt, a former professor of George Mason University.
- Alex May
Phi Sigma Iota: International Foreign Language Honor Society, Inc.
- Kholoud Al- Shaar
- Snow Chen
- Carolina Santiago Cintron
- Helen Dang
- Felicity Gonzalez-Flores
- Alexis J Muniz
- Kelley Roth
- Fatimah Sultan
Excellence in the Korean Studies Minor
- Nadia Salvi
- Ada Cruz Baz
- Madelyn Bender
- Allen Bong
- Hannah Brennan
- Theodore Dubuque
- Madeline Edwards
- Alexys Ewing
- Benjamin Harmon
- Usher James
- Jin Pak
- Julie Wu
Outstanding Achievement in Russian and Eurasian Studies Major
- Inayatullah Amanullah
TECRO Huayu Enrichment Scholarships
These scholarships are an annual gift from the Taipei Economic And Cultural Relations Office for MCL students to study in Taiwan each summer in the hopes of enhancing their Chinese language skills.
- Connor Brunson
- Carma Elharazi
- Ezekiel Flint
- Kyung-Chang Moon
- Margrit Quattrin
- Helen Shi
- Morgan Swindall
The Ogomori Award for Excellence in Japanese Cultural Studies
This award was established in Spring 2022 for a Japanese-minoring student through generous sponsorship of Ms Miho Ogomori in order to encourage future generations to pursue a career that will strengthen the relationship between the United States and Japan.
- Ian Teng