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Foreign Languages and Literature Honors & Awards

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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.

2022 Award Recipients

As we did not gather for an in-person ceremony this year, we celebrate our honorees in the video below.

University Wide Honors

The department nominates one Foreign Languages and Literature major for UNO Universitywide Honors.

  • Elizabeth Bender

Outstanding Student in the Language

Departmental Honors are given to one student from each FLL major concentration: French, German and Spanish.

  • French: Ellie Mulligan
  • German: Jazmyn Cruz
  • Spanish: Alexandra Espinoza

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, Kenna Frank, Elvin Santiago Ortiz
  • Spanish: Andrea Magana Chavez, Esperanza Gonzalez, Alex Llorens, Mayra Jacinto Neri, Cristina Saldana

Second-Year Honors

Second-Year Honors recognize students who excel in their language studies at the intermediate level: 2110, 2120 and SPAN 3010.

  • French: Amir-Abel Assih, Conner Phinehas Pribble, Diana Maria Sanchez-Godoy, Natalia Zepeda Espinoza, Ryan Simpson
  • German: Christen Nall, Sarah Larsen, Theresa Howard
  • Spanish: Abbi Robledo, Esmeralda Arellano, Ivy Smolinski, Jacqueline Cortez, Natalie Veloso, Pedro Zayas Vargas, Renee M. Weidler, Samuel Tortorilla, Sharilyn Tuttle

Maverick Language Maven Award

This award recognizes students who have shown enthusiasm for a language (Chinese, Japanese, Latin).

  • Japanese: Penelope Jackson

M.A.L.T Graduate Program Honors

  • Nelly Hinnawi

Sigma Delta Pi - National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society

  • Esperanza Gonzalez

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See Past Student Honors and Award Winners

The Annual FLL Honors and Awards Ceremony celebrates our top-achieving students in each language we offer at UNO. Learn more about past award winners.

Foreign Languages and Literature Honors & Awards

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