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Congratulations 2023 Languages Award Recipients

| Alaina Guns

Congratulations to all of the recipients of this year's Department of Languages scholarships and awards! Please enjoy our video showcasing all of our amazing students and feel free to share the video from YouTube.

Dagny Midelfort Book Award

  • Logan Risch - Chinese
  • Xiang Li - Intensive English Program
  • Joshua Benning - German
  • ND Vang - Hmong
  • Gail Walter - Japanese
  • Megan Storzer - Spanish-Liberal Arts
  • Mayra Hernández Cuaquehua - Spanish-Education
  • Allison Young - Spanish-Applied Language

Edith O'Connor Scholarship

  • Maggie Muelken - French

Excellence in Chinese Learning Award

  • Malee Yang - Beginning Chinese
  • Rachel Selle - Intermediate Chinese

Goethe Institute Award

  • Emily Mettner - German, First Year Award
  • Naomi Nygaard - German, Second Year Award
  • Miranda Schwieger - German, Third Year Award
  • Luca Ciletti - German, Fourth Year Award

Hilda Belle Oxby Scholarship

  • Anna George - German
  • Geneva Steele - Spanish

John & Hilde Bacharach Scholarship

  • Maya Berens - German

Josette Migawa Scholarship

  • Izabelle Pogorzelski - Spanish

Martha Worthington Scholarship

  • William-Michael Gager - French

Marian Kragness Johnston Scholarship

  • Zachary May - Spanish
  • John Meagher - Spanish

Richard E. Olson Spanish Study Abroad Scholarship

  • Angela Gasser - Spanish

Roma Hoff Scholarship

  • Allison Wendt - Spanish
  • Halle Smith - Spanish
  • Kelsey Donovan - Spanish

Vernon Gingerich Scholarship

  • Justin Hansen - French

WACLT Chinese Speaking Contest

  • Alisa Diaz - 2nd Place College Level-Beginner Level
  • Malee Yang - 2nd Place College Level-Beginner Level
  • Gwen Albers - 3rd Place College Level-Beginner Level
  • Logan Risch - 2nd Place College Level - Intermediate Level
  • Rachel Selle - 2nd Place College Level - Intermediate Level
  • Allyson Lahnala - 3rd Place College Level - Intermediate Level