Congratulations to the following Classical and Modern Languages students for their accomplishments in the 2021-2022 academic year!

Fulbright Grants

• Leah Anderson-Little (English Teaching Assistantship) Galicia, Spain

CML Departmental Graduation with Honors

• Classics: Alexander Barkdoll, Hannah Debeaux Bowman
• French: Grace Cochran, Emily Kemp
• Spanish & Modern Language:
  • Spanish: Lauren Willis, Abril Fasani, Abby Reynolds

Outstanding Student

• Chinese: Chuck Perry
• Classics: Hannah Debeaux Bowman
• French: Emily Kemp
• Italian: Tad Bast
• Japanese: Lauren Mackenzie Polok
• Spanish: Lauren Willis

Classics Recognitions

• National Latin Exam:
  • Sophia Picard – Silver Maxima Cum Laude
  • Riley Scott – Silver Maxima Cum Laude
  • Hannah Debeaux Bowman – Magna Cum Laude
• Eta Sigma Phi Maurine D. Watkins Translation Exam:
  • John W. Jones – 2^nd Place in intermediate Latin
• Eta Sigma Phi National Officers for 2022-2023
  • Elana Sanders-Braxton – National President (Prytanis)

Individual Student Honors

• Outstanding Future Educator Awards:
  • Abby Gunn (MAE: French)
• Office of Student Research Grants:
  • Miranda Forbes (MAE: Spanish)
  • Emily Johnson (Pre-MAE: Spanish)

Three-minute Thesis Award Winner:

Miranda Forbes (MAE: Spanish)

2020-2021

Fulbright Grants English Teaching Assistantships

• Ross Jones – Galicia, Spain
• Karis Chapman – Germany
• Taylor Libbert – Andorra

Fulbright Alternates

• Chase Baker
• Peyton Bell

US Teaching Assistantship

• Cody Boyd

CML Departmental Graduation with Honors

• Classics: Jacob Foster, John Harrop, James J. Nicholson, Adam Walker
• French: Ashley Bone, Johanna Fuehne, Kaitlyn Owens
• German: Chase Baker, Finn Banning, Peyton Bell, Cody Boyd, Karis Chapman, Dominic Valenti
• Russian: Alexa Day
• Spanish: Leah Anderson-Little, Claire, Benevento, Sophia Cuni-Mertz, Miranda Forbes, Allison Lewis, Kyra Peper, Logan Peterson, Hannah Scott

Outstanding Student Awards

• Chinese – Carmen Cochran
• Classics – James J. Nicholson
• French – Ashley Nicole Bone
• German – Karis Chapman
• Italian – Dana Bartch
• Japanese – Stewart Smythe
• Spanish – Sophia Cuni-Mertz

Classic Recognitions

• CAMWA Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement in Classics
  • Azeeza Eagal
  • Adam Walker
• National Latin Exam
  • John Harrop – Cum Laude
  • Adam Walker – Certificate of Merit
• Eta Sigma Phi Outstanding Undergraduate Research Paper
  • John Harrop – “The Sensations of Chariot Racing”
• Eta Sigma Phi National Officers for 2021-2022
  • Hannah Debeaux Bowman –National President (Prytanis)
  • Sophia Picard – National Treasurer (Chrysophylax)

Critical Language Scholarship

• Carmen Cochran – Chinese

FLAM Outstanding Future World Language Teacher Award

• Kennedy Post

2019-2020

Fulbright Grants

American Society of the French Academic Palms Grant

• Elisabeth Shirk – Quebec

Presentation at American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference, Washington, DC

• Michael Moore – (with Dr. Audrey Viquier)

Outstanding Student Awards

• Classics – Joseph Slama
• French – Ellen Morgan
• German – Greg Sheets
• Russian – Makar Golosheykin
• Spanish – Alexia Adeshakin

2018-2019

Fulbright Grants:

• Allie Hult (Spanish, Psychology double-major) will spend the 2019-2020 academic year as a Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant in Spain.
• Megan Kraus (Romance Language, Linguistics double-major) will spend the 2019-2020 academic year as a Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant in Spain.
• Francesca Schmitt (German) will spend the 2019-2020 academic year as a Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant in Germany.
• Greg Sheets (German) will spend the 2019-2020 academic year as a Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant in Germany.

US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship:

Megan Kraus (Romance Language, Linguistics double-major) will spend the summer of 2019 in Azerbaijan.  The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains.

School of Arts and Letters:

Allie Hult was named winner of the School of Arts and Letters Student Leadership Award.

Department of Classical and Modern Languages Awards:

• Outstanding Research: Joe Slama (Classics major) and James Alexander Lynn (Music major)
• Outstanding Community Service: Alexandria Hult (Spanish and Psychology major), Ryan Stoeckel (French major), and Francesca Schmitt (German and Biology major)
• Outstanding Leadership: Robyn Schroeder (Spanish major)

Truman State University “Outstanding Student Awards” for

Major Disciplines and the Master of Arts in Education Degree:

• Classics: Joe Slama
• French: Ellen Morgan
• German: Greg Sheets
• Russian: Makar Golosheykin
• Spanish: Alexia Adeshakin
• Outstanding MAE Graduate Student – K-12: Rachel Flynn (Spanish major, 2018)

CML Departmental Honors in the Major:

• Classics: Joe Slama, Austin Redding
• French: Cassidy Colhour, Bailey Olsbo, Ryan Stoeckel, James Trout, Meghan Walker, Michael Wohldmann
• German: Francesca Schmitt, Greg Sheets
• Spanish: Alexia Adeshakin, Andrea Daud, Emma Huels, Allie Hult, Morgan Johns, Robyn Schroeder, Courtney Zalmanoff

National Competitive scholarships:

Kathleen Placke (Spanish major) was awarded a $2500 study abroad scholarship for the summer of 2019 by Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society.

National officers:

Emily Camden (Classics major) was elected as national vice president (megale hyparchos) of Eta Sigma Phi, the National Classics Honor Society, at the annual convention held at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Conference presentations:

Joe Slama (Classics major) and Austin Redding (Classics major) presented their capstone papers at the national convention of Eta Sigma Phi, the National Classics Honor Society, held at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, May of 2019; they were two of only four undergraduates nationally to be selected for this honor.

Classics Recognitions:

J. Alexander Lynn: awarded Classical Association of the Midwest and South Faculty-Undergraduate Collaborative Research Grant
Lukas Nicholson: Classical Association of the Midwest and South Outstanding Student in Classical Studies
Austin Redding:  Classical Association of the Midwest and South Outstanding Student in Classical Studies

National Latin Exam (highest level)
Lukas Nicholson (Classics major): silver medal — maxima cum laude
Joe Slama:  magna cum laude
Austin Redding: magna cum laude

National Greek Exam (advanced test on Homer’s Odyssey)
Joe Slama: highest honors  (only 6 students in the nation earned this designation)
Austin Redding: merit award

Adam Schmitz (Classica major, pre-secondary) won 2^nd place in Koine Greek in the Eta Sigma Phi national translation contest.

French Professional Certifications:

• Michael Moore: DFP Affaires B1 – Business (avec mention)
• Grace Clemens:  DFP Affaires B1-Business
• Alex McPherson: DFP Affaires B1-Business
• Bailey Olsbo: DFP Affaires B1-Business
• Meghan Walker: Affaires B1 – Business (avec mention)
• Michael Wohldmann: Affaires B1-Business
• Zyanya Hernandez: Affaires B2 – Business (avec mention)

 CML French Internship Scholarship:

•  Giulia Gallino: Bourse Olympe de Gouges

2017-2018

Alexandria Hult and Lydia Pearson: Published Sangro Tinta. Edited by José Clemente Carreño-Medina. México: Ediciones TintaNueva, 2017.

Truman State University “Outstanding Student Awards” for Major Disciplines and the Master of Arts in Education Degree:

• Classics: April Kannady
• French: Elizabeth Hosler
• German: Morgan LeBaige
• Romance Language: Celine Fuchs
• Spanish: Alexandra Holzum
• Outstanding Graduate Student – K-12: Michaela Hylen

Fulbright Grants:

• Morgan LeBaige (German major) will spend the 2017-2018 academic year as a Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant in Berlin, Germany.
• Dana Megargle (German major) will spend the 2017-2018 academic year as a Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant in the state of Sachsen, Germany.
• Nadine Peterson (Spanish major) will spend the 2017-2018 academic year as a Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant in Brazil.

Foreign Language Association of Missouri:

• Michaela Hylen:  Outstanding Future Foreign Language Educator award for State of Missouri

Department of Classical and Modern Languages Awards:

• Outstanding Creative Writing: Alexandria Hult
• Outstanding Community Service: Tyler Emery, Megan Kraus, Dana Megargle, Emily Nicholson, Jonie Welland, Sabrina Wiser
• Outstanding Leadership: Alexandria Hult, Megan Kraus

CML Departmental Honors in the Major:

• Classics: April Kannady
• French: Elizabeth Hosler, Sabrina Wiser

• German: Morgan LeBaige, Dana Megargle
• Romance Language: Celine Fuchs
• Spanish: Rachel Flynn, Elizabeth Hale, Olivia Heffron, Sarah Masterson, Nadine Peterson, Victoria Soncasie, Elizabeth Wilson

Student Organization Recognitions:

• Alexandria Hult, Spanish major: Premio Gabriela Mistral, awarded by national office of National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society (Sigma Delta Pi) for leadership on the chapter level
• Truman’s Rho Rho chapter of Sigma Delta Pi (National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society) was named winner of the Sigma Delta Pi-Vista Higher Learning 2018 national video contest, “El orgullo de Sigma Delta Pi”.

Classics Recognitions:

• April Kannady: Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies, awarded by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South
• Austin Redding: National Eta Sigma Phi Intermediate Greek Exam, 3^rd place nationally; Latin Prose Composition Exam, Honorable Mention
• Adam Schmitz:  National Eta Sigma Phi Koine Greek Exam, 2^nd place; Intermediate Greek Exam, 1^st place nationally 

French Professional Certifications:

• Celine Fuchs:  DFP Tourisme Hotellerie Restauration B1–Tourism-Hospitality-Gastronomy (avec mention) and DFP Affaires B2 —Business (avec mention)
• Taylor Libbert: DFP Affaires B1 — Business (avec mention)
• Ellen Morgan: DFP Affaires B1 — Business (avec mention)
• Jonie Welland: DFP Affaires B1 — Business
• Morgan White: DFP Affaires B1 — Business
• Sabrina Wiser: DFP Affaires B1 — Business
• Michael Wohldmann: DFP Scientifique et technique B1 – Science & Technics

 2016-2017

National Awards:

• Luke Bishop (Romance Language major),  Matt Warner (Spanish major; Spanish MAE graduate student), Sadie Williams (Spanish minor), and Shelby Kovack (Spanish minor; MAE) will spend the 2017-2018 academic year as Fulbright Scholars in Spain.  Lucas Derry (French major) has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in the Republic of Georgia, and Christy Crouse (Spanish /Political Science major) will teach English in Colombia in the 2017-2018 academic year.  The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program.
• Christy Crouse (Spanish/Political Science major) has been awarded a US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to China for the summer of 2017.
• Christy Crouse: Spanish major, has been awarded the Premio Mario Vargas Llosa, a joint award of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese and Sigma Delta Pi.  One award is granted annually to an undergraduate student who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in upper-division Spanish courses and exemplary involvement in extra-curricular activities related to Spanish.

Truman State University “Outstanding Student Awards” for Major Disciplines:

• Jordan Noland: Classics
• Michaela Hylen: French
• Clara Miller-Broomfield: Romance Language
• Christy Crouse: Spanish

Department of Classical and Modern Languages Awards:

• Clara Miller-Broomfield and Jordan Noland: Outstanding Research
• Lydia Pearson:  Outstanding Creative Writing
• Luke Bishop and Chelsea Firra:  Outstanding Community Service
• Luke Bishop, Christy Crouse, Clarissa Goebel:  Outstanding Leadership

CML Departmental Honors in the Major:

• Clarissa Goebel: Classics
• Lucas Derry and Michaela Hylen:  French
• Luke Bishop, Clara Miller-Broomfield, Lydia Pearson: Romance Language
• Ian Antrim, Christy Crouse, Chelsea Firra, Lauren Reynolds: Spanish

Student Organization Recognitions:

• Christy Crouse, Spanish major: Premio Gabriela Mistral, awarded by national office of Sigma Delta Pi for leadership on the chapter level
• United Speakers Student Organization: Truman Outstanding Small Organization award

Classics Recognitions:

• Clarissa Goebel: Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies, awarded by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South
• Adam Schmitz:  National Eta Sigma Phi Latin Prose Composition exam, 2^nd place

Italian Recognitions:

• Clara Miller-Broomfield (Romance Language major) has been accepted as a paid intern in the SITE Program, where she will work as an English Teaching Assistant in the schools of the Lombardy Region of Italy in 2017-2018.(  Assistants in the schools of  the Region of Lombardy, Italy.
• Lauren Kammerer (Romance Language major) and Anne Weis (Biology major) have been accepted to the 2017 “VoluntarItaly” program.  They will spend the summer in Italy volunteering and teaching students of Italian, ages 18-25, for the Oratori Lombardi in the Mantua area.

Federal Bureau of Investigation:

• Patrick Morgan (Italian student) has been accepted in the Future FBI in Training program, Summer 2017, which has a critical need for those with language backgrounds.

2015-2016

Fulbright Fellowships:

• Once again the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has recognized Truman as “a top producer of U.S. Fulbright students for the 2015-2016 academic year”. —Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. Classical and Modern Languages congratulates German major Katrina Goosey, who will spend the 2016-2017 academic year as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany.

US Department of State Critical Language Scholarships:

• Margaret Wilcox, French minor:  Critical Language Scholarship to Tanzania
• Luke Bishop, Romance Language major: Critical Language Scholarship to Azerbaijan

National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society award (Sigma Delta Pi):

• Derek Benjamin:  Gabriela Mistral Award for outstanding student leadership

Honorary Society for Classical Studies (Eta Sigma Phi):

• Joe Slama: 1^st place in Intermediate Greek Translation
• Outreach Award for Classics:  Truman’s Eta Sigma Phi chapter for sponsorship of video contest for Missouri high school students

World Conference on Undergraduate Research:

Romance Language major Clara Miller-Broomfield will present her paper  titled “Intercultural Exchange in the Compendio de los boticarios (15^th c.)” at the World Conference on Undergraduate Research in Qatar in November of 2016.  Clara’s research project was supported by a Truman Grant-in-Aid of Scholarship and Research in the spring semester of 2016, mentored by CML’s Dr. Thomas Capuano.  Click to read Clara’s abstract.

Departmental “Outstanding Student Awards” for Excellence in the Major:

• French: Lauren Schultz
• German: Dana Megargle
• Spanish: Derek Benjamin

2014-2015

Fulbright Fellowships:

• Brian Jacob,German major; Fulbright Fellowship to Germany
• Paige Bergan, Spanish major; Fulbright Fellowship to Spain
• Lauren Baker, Romance Language major; Fulbright Fellowship to Andorra
• Joey Meinert, German major; Fulbright Fellowship to Germany

National Latin Exam Awards:

• Latin VI: Gold Medal, summa cum laude
• Claire Drone-Silvers
• Jordan Dillon
• Callyn Burgess

National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society Award (Sigma Delta Pi):

• Paige Bergan
• Gabriela Mistral Award for outstanding student leadership

Departmental “Outstanding Student Awards” for Excellence in the Major:

• Claire Drone-Silvers: Classics
• Brian Jacob: German
• Ashlee Estep: French
• Paige Bergan: Spanish
• Amy Soto: Romance Language