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News Archive
2007
Student Shauna Baker (Spanish student) received the Sue Burton Cannon Memorial Award; 2007. This award is given to the outstanding Junior female student in a Modern Languages class and is based on service to the Department of Modern Languages, academic performance, and service outside the Department.
Student Tara Reising (Spanish Teaching major) received the Steven L. Johnson Memorial Scholarship; 2007. This award is given to the outstanding Spanish Teaching major. It not only recognizes academic success, but quality of character as well, reflecting the esteem of teachers and peers in the department.
Student Claire Wing was named MSU Rotary Student of the Month for February. This award is give to honor high academic achievement and community involvement.
Rima Joseph and Rebecca Roland have moved on to other endeavors... We wish them both the best!
Ari Blatt has moved on to a faculty position at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. We wish him the best!
2006
Ada Giusti gave some insight into the reason for the riots in France in this MSU News article.
Yuka Hara was awarded the Mortor Board Professor of the Month for January 2006.
Carolyn Pinet was the winner of a 2006 Alumni Association/Chamber of Commerce Award for Excellence. This award signifies exceptional student guidance and mentorship.
Carolyn Leavengood and David Schrupp, both Adjunct Instructors in German, retired at the end of the 2005-2006 school year... We hope you enjoy your retirement!
Student Katie Baldwin (second major in German) received an Adell & Hancock Fund Scholarship from the Institute of International Education, 2006. She used this $2400 award to do research while she was studying in Germany during the next school year.
Students Megan Seaton and Bridget Mullins, both Spanish majors, received Student of Achievement Awards from the Women's Center; 2006. This award is given to students who have demonstrated leadership abilities, have worked towards promoting diversity and equality, have excelled in their school work, have exhibited excellent team building skills and have been strong role models for their peers.
Student Chris Owens (second major in Spanish) was named the Rotary Student of the Month for February 2006. Read the article by MSU News.
Student Erica Dobbs (second major in Spanish) received an MSU Alumni Association / Chamber of Commerce Award for Excellence, 2005-06. This award signifies exceptional achievement, both academically and in community leadership, over a student's entire college career.
Student Heidi Harriman (a 2005 graduate in German) received a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in Düsseldorf, Germany for the 2005-06 academic year. She taught English to German high-schoolers and studying at the University of Düsseldorf.
Student Jayme Kreitinger (Spanish major) was awarded a $5,000 Gilman scholarship to study abroad for the 2005-2006 academic year at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. She had two semesters of Arabic through MSU's Arabic Distance Learning Program and continued her Arabic language studies in Morocco at Al Akhawayn University.
Student James Murray (second major in German) won a DAAD Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service) that paid for travel and living expenses while he attended the University of Tubingen in Germany during the 2005-06 school year. Read about our student Veronica Schreibeis who received this award the previous year.
Student Jennifer Lindberg (Japan Studies Minor) taught English in Japan during the 2005-06 year through the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. She was located in the Hokkaido prefecture while she was teaching.
2005
Jack Jelinski, Professor Emeritus of Spanish, recently published a book of poetry: Water like the Soul of an Angel: Memoirs of a Fisherman.
Article about student Matt Wilson (Spanish major), a world-class kayaker who runs a kayak school and youth program here in Bozeman. He was studying abroad at the Universidad de Veracruz in Mexico when the article was published.
Student Amy Hartman (Spanish) works at the oncology floor at Providence Portland Hospital, OR. She combined her degrees in nursing and Spanish to help patients with limited English-speaking abilities.
Student Janice Shewey is now a graduate student in Hispanic Studies.
Student Jodie Deignan teaches ESL for Spanish-speaking teens as part of Crossing Borders Consulting.
2004
MSU students teach Spanish to elementary school students in the Bozeman Public Schools.
MSU's Arabic Language Program received a grant to expand to other universities across the country and previously won a national award.
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