2017 Student AwardsModern and Classical Languages

Excellence in Spanish Graduate Studies

• Sydney Pinto
• Delia Pleasant
• Sara Ramírez

Outstanding Achievement in Elementary Arabic

• David Erdley
• Ian Fitzgerald
• Eric Trinika
• James Triplett
• William Wintory

Outstanding Achievement in High Intermediate Arabic

• Maryam Sinanovic

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Advanced Arabic

• Najwa Elyazgi
• Selim Willis

Academic Career Excellence in Arabic

• Selim Willis

Outstanding Achievement in Arabic Media Analysis

• Vincent Escobar

Excellence in Elementary Chinese

• Hyemin Choi
• Kim Edwards
• Sydney Kochan
• Erich Schwartz

Excellence in Intermediate Chinese

• Amber Dube
• Maria Forsyth
• Felicity Gonzalez-Flores
• Holly Hughes
• Caroline Meek
• Kathryn Piccione
• Jessi Russell
• Julieann Sickell

Excellence in Advanced Chinese

• Emily Crowley
• Emily Olson
• Joseph Tam
• Lien Thieu
• Beth Zhao

Excellence in the Chinese Minor

• Maggie Davis
• Brandyn Scarbrough

Excellence in the Chinese Major Studies

• Nikolai Lipnicky
• Caryn Newton
• Derek Seebeck

Chinese Government Scholarship Award

• Brandyn Scarbrough

Excellence in German

• Ian Duff
• Joseph Sciacchitano

Excellence in the German Studies Minor

• AriAnna Berndt-Evans

Excellence in German and Promoting German Culture

• Holly Hughes
• Charmonix Washington
• Alvin das Rosiji

Excellence in the Italian Studies Minor

• Danielle Amaddeo
• Jamie Criser
• Amani Greene
• Elizabeth Mathews
• Erika Minock
• Giovanna Uberti

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.

• Salvatore Pitino
• Gia Primerano

Gamma Kappa Alpha (National Italian Honor Society) Inductees

• Danielle Amaddeo
• John Crimmins
• Jamie Criser
• Amani Greene
• Matthew Odom
• Salvatore Pitino
• Gia Primerano
• Kendall Serena

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.

• John Crimmins
• Matthew Odom

Japanese National Honor Society Inductees

• James Bruniany
• Margaret Ruth Carson
• Megan Craig
• Maggie Davis
• Caryn Newton
• Lishelle Wesley

Outstanding Contribution to the Promotion of Japanese Language and Culture

• James Bruniany
• Mary Buckner
• Margaret Carson

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Japanese Studies

• Chanel Grice
• Chase Highlander
• Jordan Newton
• Franz Prowant

Excellence in Elementary Korean

• Bokyung Byun
• Rosemary Hall
• Nancy-Jane McClain

Outstanding Achievement in Intermediate Korean

• Caryn Newton
• Preethi Srikanthan

Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Korean

• Courtney James

Outstanding Achievement in Korean Literature

• Insuk J. Granholm

Excellence in Elementary Russian

• William Leonard
• Chandler McGraw

Excellence in Intermediate Russian

• Eleeka Asayesh
• Francesca Biafore
• Benjamin Talamantes

Excellence in the Spanish Minor

• Hamna Ahmad
• Rosa Fuentes
• Karen Gómez
• Jennifer Velasquez

Excellence in the Spanish Major

• Meagan Carter
• Johanna Figueroa
• Jonathan Horneman
• Evelyn Molina
• Jackelyn Méndez
• Luz Cordero Perdomo
• Saira Sanchinelli
• Emily Winterbottom
• Arturo Ávila

ACTR Post Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award

Sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian

• Elinor Hayes

Critical Language Scholarship

• Tasha Mitchell

Martha P. Francescato Study Abroad Scholarship

• Maria Sue Racine

Study Abroad Merit Scholarship

• Vincent Escobar
• Caitlyn Kelly
• Hassanat Mohammed
• Madeline Treiber

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Scholarship

• Caitlyn Kelly
• Nikolai Lipnicky
• Rachel Orga