Each year, the Department of World 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.
2024 H&A Ceremony
The Honors and Awards Ceremony will take place on April 10 at 6 P.M. at the Community Engagement Center (CEC) Room 230. Here is a link to a map of the UNO campus so you can locate the CEC.
For any questions, please contact Ms. Marie Lee.
The program will include a presentation of awards to all honorees in Spanish, German, French, and Japanese. We will also provide light refreshments!
2024 Award Recipients
Universitywide Honors
The department nominates one World Languages and Literature major for UNO Universitywide Honors.
- Elvin Santiago Ortiz
Outstanding Student in the Language
Departmental Honors are given to one student from each WLL major concentration: French, German and Spanish.
- FRENCH Emily Lamilla
- GERMAN Courtney Brink
- SPANISH David Sáenz Zúñiga
Departmental Honors
Departmental Honors recognizes a select number of majors and minors for WLL languages with concentrations. For all other languages, the top achieving students are recognized.
- FRENCH Michael Howatt, Kyleigh Murray, Ivy Neihart
- GERMAN Chris Nall
- SPANISH Manuela Alonso, Esmeralda Arellano, Tai Prauner, Lama Shahwan, Isabella Saklar
Second-Year Honors
Second-Year Honors recognize students who excel in their language studies at the intermediate level: 2110, 2120 and SPAN 3010.
- FRENCH Allison Drozd, Nathan McLain, Logan McNemar
- GERMAN Jordan Ring, Eva Burklund, Mary Frances Grantnier
- JAPANESE Chris Wagner
- SPANISH Rebecca Atkins, Bryan Benitez, Jocelyn Bocanegra-Rangel, David Gottner, Nicholas Linares, Ilahi Pearson, Joseph Pinson, Gaston See Kasongo Kant Bwele, Kyla Talavera
Maverick Language Maven Award
This award recognizes students who are committed to language learning and have shown particular enthusiasm in their courses.
- FRENCH Anthony Bope, Rose Lampman, Marcus Pennell
- GERMAN Joshua Kilcoin & Teagan Rossman
- JAPANESE Ai Couret & Chris Wagner
- SPANISH Meghan Cave, Anibal Chan, Akela Dramse, Ruth Elias, Cody Friend, Gracelyn Hite, Collin Lincoln, Alexander Mixan, Tai Prauner, Dannika Rees, Emma Todd, Olivia Watson, Reid Wondra
M.A.L.T Graduate Program Honors
- Leah Valentina Haut
Sigma Delta Pi - National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society
- David Sáenz Zúñiga
Past Recipients