2015 Student AwardsModern and Classical Languages

Outstanding Master's Thesis in French

• Katie Steele

Excellence in Spanish Graduate Studies

• Eugenia Fernández-Caro
• Teryn Morgan
• Warsan Noor
• Sarah Weatherford Millette

Outstanding Achievement in Elementary Arabic

• Mahreen Noman

Outstanding Achievement in Intermediate Arabic

• Asha Athman

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Advanced Arabic

• Samantha Vaughn

Excellence in Elementary Chinese

• Alexandra Lysenko
• Robert Chaiet
• Jennifer Cheang
• Craig Evans
• Bradley Guidos
• Jessica Hong
• Tristan Lundy

Excellence in Intermediate Chinese

• Ta’Shara Bully
• Kelsey F. Davidson
• Junay Hom
• Gloria Y. Jang
• Anuraag Mattapally
• Joseph Tam

Excellence in Advanced Chinese

• SuKyung Chi
• Antony Hong
• Qin Lin
• Michelle Loveless
• Christy McKay
• Alexander Schwengler
• Davis Todhunter

Excellence in the Chinese Minor

• John Bertino

Excellence in the Chinese Major Studies

• Kim Anh Tran
• Jeffrey Wood

Excellence in the French Minor

• Alain Jacobsen
• Sahana Narayanan
• Karen Ponce-Corral
• Anjana Radhakrishnan
• Katherine Schafer
• Sandra Shinn

Excellence in the French Major

• Michelle Dawson
• Saira Sohail

Excellence in the German Studies Minor

• Samuel Janas
• Michelle Yabes

Excellence in Advanced Italian

• Ryan Alexander
• Deanna Easley
• Sofia Losada
• Matias Sur

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.

• Matias Sur

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.

• Deanna Easley
• Sofia Losada

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Japanese Studies

• Lance Lam

Outstanding Contribution to the Promotion of Japanese Language and Culture

• Megan Delaney
• Annaleigh Marshall

Excellence in Elementary Korean

• Jennifer Lee
• Shamima Prianca

Outstanding Achievement in Intermediate Korean

• Matthew A. Barreda
• Dan Herr
• Do-Heui Kim
• Shawn Nguyen

Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Korean

• Jaewon Lee

Outstanding Achievement in Business Korean

• Yoon M. Park

Excellence in the Russian Minor

• Jordan Nichols
• Jenna Zink

Excellence in Russian and Eurasian Studies

• Karys Blakemore
• Catherine Castelvecchi
• Michael Menion
• Benjamin Richards
• Courtney Silies

Excellence in the Spanish Minor

• Stephanie Ayala
• Katherine Boufford
• Kevin Canty
• Joshua Foster
• Kimberly García
• Megann Kaiser
• Chad Penner
• Kirstin Russell
• Plamena Stefanova
• Cesia Sánchez-Corea

Excellence in the Spanish Major

• Karys Blakemore
• Megan Blatchford
• Jessica Kagan
• Antonio Mirzaiee
• Valerie Muñiz
• Kryscia Reyes Borja
• Brooke Thomas
• Jade Toft
• Yelsy Torres
• Cynthia Vásquez

ACTR Post Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award

Sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian

• Colby Fleming

Outstanding Contribution to the Promotion of  World Languages and Cultures

• Donald Garrett

Confucius Institute Scholarship

• Khadriya Baker​

Martha P. Francescato Study Abroad Scholarship

• Magdalena Baugher

Study Abroad Merit Scholarship

• Su Kyung Chi