On April 26th, students of the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures were presented with scholarships at the annual End of the Year Awards Reception for the College of Liberal Arts. Many of these awards will help students with the cost of studying abroad. Rachel Kadlec and Abby Savolt will spend the fall semester studying in Viña del Mar, Chile. Megan Stuart, Mackenzie Mellum, and Christopher Timm, will participate in UMD's summer program, Language and Culture in Spain, at the University of Salamanca. Allison Krueger, Kailey Stoos-Mohan, and Chloe Swanson, will conduct independent research abroad in Morocco this summer as part of the Student Project for Amity among Nations (SPAN), an opportunity arranged by our French Studies faculty. Elizabeth Frandle will study language and culture in China through UMD's new short term program. And Andrew Neerdaels will spend the 2017-2018 academic year studying in Sevilla, Spain. Aleksandra Gurneau was awarded a scholarship to support her study of German, and scholarships also went to support several students, Emma Kesler, Andrew Neerdaels, Peter Schmitz and Kathryn Smude, studying Cultural Entrepreneurship, through a program established by the CUE board to encourage promising students in this innovative major. In addition, the Tobin Peace and Non-Violence Scholarship, a CLA scholarship established by Hispanic Studies Professor Maureen Tobin Stanley in honor of her father, was awarded to Ruth Axtell-Adams. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is very proud of all of these students and we look forward to hearing about their exciting experiences and future success.
Here is a complete list of the scholarship winners. For descriptions of these scholarships and information about the generous donors who make them possible, please visit our Scholarships page.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES & LITERATURES SCHOLARSHIPS 2017
The A. Marinelli Scholarship in French and Spanish
Rachel Kadlec, Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies and Teaching Spanish - Chile, fall 2017
Abby Savolt, Hispanic Studies and Accounting - Chile, fall 2017
The Alayne and Charles Berkins Scholarship
Allison Krueger, Hispanic Studies and Biology, minor in Psychology - Morocco, summer 2017
Megan Stuart, Hispanic Studies and Exercise Science - Salamanca, Spain, summer 2017
The Cultural Entrepreneurship Scholarship
Emma Kesler, Cultural Entrepreneurship, minor in Information Design
Andrew Neerdaels, Cultural Entrepreneurship and Hispanic Studies - Sevilla, Spain, 2017-2018
Peter Schmitz, Cultural Entrepreneurship with an emphasis in Spanish - previously studied in Barcelona, Spain
Kathryn Smude, Cultural Entrepreneurship with an emphasis in French Area Studies
The Foreign Languages and Literatures Excellence Scholarship
Mackenzie Mellum, Hispanic Studies and Cell & Molecular Biology - Salamanca, Spain, summer 2017
The Frances Knobloch Scholarship
Elizabeth Frandle, Chinese Area Studies, International Studies and Political Science - China, summer 2017
Christopher Timm, Hispanic Studies, Teaching Spanish, and Teaching Life Sciences, minor in Biology minor - Salamanca, Spain, summer 2017
The Friends of Milan Kovacovic Scholarship in French Studies
Hailey Stoos-Mohan, French Studies and Hispanic Studies - Morocco, summer 2017
Chloe Swanson, French Studies and Art Education - Morocco, summer 2017
The Johnathan Conant Scholarship
Aleksandra Gurneau, German Studies and Graphic Design Marketing - previously spent a year as a student ambassador to Germany
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIP
The Tobin Peace and Non-Violence Scholarship
Ruth Axtell-Adams, Political Science and Environmental Science, minor in Hispanic Studies