Foreign Languages and Literature Honors & Awards
Each year, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature holds a ceremony to recognize a select number of students who have shown exceptional achievements in foreign language study from Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Master of Arts in Language Teaching (MALT) and our student organization Sigma Delta Pi. All students, faculty, friends, and family are welcome to join us in celebrating these students.
If interested in learning more about these awards, please contact your advisor to learn about criteria for selection. Nominations are based on students' performance and commitment to language learning.
2023 Award Recipients
University Wide Honors
The department nominates one Foreign Languages and Literature major for UNO University wide Honors.
Outstanding Student in the Language
Departmental Honors are given to one student from each FLL major concentration: French, German and Spanish.
- FRENCH Kenna Frank
- SPANISH Drigo Edvin Ortiz
Departmental Honors
Departmental Honors recognizes a select number of majors and minors for FLL languages with concentrations. For all other languages, the top achieving students are recognized.
- FRENCH Emma Carlson, Abigail Hoffman & Elvin Santiago-Ortiz
- GERMAN Sarah Sedivy, Mariah Steiner & Megan Steiner
- SPANISH Kaylee Lahti, David Saenz Zuñiga & Ashley Wendt
Second-Year Honors
Second-Year Honors recognize students who excel in their language studies at the intermediate level: 2110, 2120 and SPAN 3010.
- FRENCH Natalie Gill, Jon Grant, Azumi Kuchma, Zach Manning, Atticus Stansbury & Jon Watson
- GERMAN Kendra Boyd, Joe Byers, Minday Morgan, Catherine Nicholson & Clint Plozay
- JAPANESE Dillon Huff
- SPANSIH Luisa Barrera, Gaston Bwele, Jacob Dalton, Akela Dramse, Christopher Drew, Ninel Naveja-Gomez, Kaelynn Thomas
Maverick Language Maven Award
This award recognizes students who are committed to language learning and have shown particular enthusiasm in their courses.
- FRENCH Ivy Dorn, Olivia Gilbreath, Jonas Houessou, Michael Howatt, Daythan Prusia & Diana Sanchez-Godoy
- GERMAN Courtney Brink & Ryann Deplanty
- SPANISH Mike Hawkes, Krista Hoxie, Aleze Kane, Yexalen Jaramillo, Leaf Price, Cris Robinson, Lama Shawan, Catherine Widjaja
M.A.L.T Graduate Program Honors
- Alison Yendra
Sigma Delta Pi - National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society
- Kathryn Becker
Past Recipients