Department of
Modern Languages & Literatures

Dr. Bridget Kevane, Department Chair and Professor of Spanish
329 Reid Hall, Montana State University-Bozeman
Bozeman, Montana 59717-2980
Tel: (406) 994-4448  Fax: (406) 994-6199

News & Events


Student Awards & Events

Shauna Baker (current 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.

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.

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.

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.

Chris Owens (second major in Spanish) was named the Rotary Student of the Month for February 2006.  Read the article by MSU News.

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.

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.

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.

Article about 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.

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.

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.