Congratulations to all of the Award Winners in Foreign Languages & Literatures:
Lufthansa Prize--for excellence in German studies
- First prize: Jason Bryslawskyj '09, physics, Park Ridge, N.J.
- First prize: William Near '10, electrical engineering and computer science, Moultonborough, N.H.
- Second prize: Irida Altman '08, mathematics, Belgrade, Serbia
- Second prize: Asilata Bapat '10, mathematics, Pune, India
- Third prize: Christopher Barnett '09, music, Wichita Falls, Texas
- Third prize: Michael Blaisse '10, chemistry, Harrisburg, Pa.
- Third prize: Stacy Figueredo G, mechanical engineering, Port Charlotte, Fla.
- Third prize: Gleb Kuznetsov '10, electrical engineering and computer science, Sandy, Utah
- Third prize: Victoria Popic '09, electrical engineering and computer science and mathematics, Chisinau, Moldovia
- Third prize: Lucia Tian Tian '08, electrical engineering and computer science and economics, Salem, N.H.
January Scholars in France--for excellence in the French language
- Alona Birjiniuk '09, chemical engineering, Weston, Mass.
- Alicia DeFrancesco '08, biology, Milton, Mass.
- Lauren McLendon '08, biology, Marietta, Ga.
- Carmel Mercado '09, biology, Coral Springs, Fla.
- Emilienne Repak '09, biological engineering division, Churchville, Pa.
- Lisa Song '08, earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences, Chelmsford, Mass.
- Serginio Sylvain '08, economics and mathematics, Malden, Mass.
- Tess Wise '10, foreign languages and literatures, Salt Lake City, Utah
Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages and Literatures--to an undergraduate who achieves proficiency in a foreign language, cultural understanding and enthusiasm for foreign language learning
- First place: Lisa Nakano '08, brain and cognitive sciences, Sunnyvale, Calif.
- Second place: Vladimir Mirkin '08, chemical engineering, Brookline, Mass.
- Second place: Roxana Safipour '09, earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences, Saratoga, Calif.
Click on the images below to enlarge.
 Lufhansa Prize 1st place winner William Near stands with Christoph Fay and Marius Carstensen, both of Lufthansa. |
 Lufhansa Prize 1st place winner Jason Bryslawskyj stands with Christoph Fay and Marius Carstensen, both of Lufthansa. |
 Winners of the Foreign Languages & Literatures department's 'Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages and Literatures,' from left to right, Roxana Safipour, Lisa Nakano, Vladimir Mirkin. |
 The January Scholars in France group along with their tour guides and Professor Isabelle de Courtivron. From left to right, are Ludovic de Courtivron (guide), Lisa Song, Emilienne Repak, Vincent Delaveau (guide), Sophie de Loubens (guide), Professor Isabelle de Courtivron, Quentin Cucuel (guide). |
 January Scholars in France group members Carmel Mercado, Tess Wise, Alona Birjiniuk, Alicia DeFrancesco, Lauren McLendon, Serginio Sylvain. |
l. to r., in front: Emily Moberg '11, actor Dominique Pinon
l. to r, behind: Alexa Herman '08, Professor Irving Singer [MIT/Philosophy], Tess Wise '10, Safia Chettih '08, Professor Edward Baron Turk [MIT/Foreign Languages and Literatures], actor Hilario Saavedra, Professor Ilana Zinguer [University of Haifa, Israel, Department of Comparative Literature], playwright Valère Novarina, Carrie Niziolek 'G.'
[Photo taken by Dr. Johann Sadock (MIT/Foreign Languages and Literatures)]
Preisverleihung - Public Award Ceremony
Wednesday, April 30th 2008
from 5:00-6:00pm in 14E-304
TWO - 1st Prizes: Round-trip to Germany with Lufthansa and participation in a visitor program
All applicants (and their supporters!) are requested to attend the 12th Anniversary Award Party on April 30th from 5:00 - 6:00pm in14E-304. Herr Christoph Fay, Head of Personnel Marketing Lufthansa, Frankfurt will be presenting the awards. Delicious refreshments will be served.
Participants submit their work demonstrating original and creative excellence in German Studies no later than April 25, 2008 to their German instructor. We are planning to publish the most interesting entries on our Web site <http://web.mit.edu/course/21/21.german/www/>
The Perfect Insult for Every Occasion: Lady Snark's Guide to Common Discourtesy by FL&L's A.C. Kemp is now available.
Congratulations to Lisa Nakano, Winner of the 2008 Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages. Check back in the Fall to read about her trip to Japan!
Please check back soon to read about last year's Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages recipient, Scot Frank!
Pictures from Scot's trip can be found below (Click to view larger size):
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To read about the travels of previous Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages recipients, please click here!
The Language Learning and Resource Center's Chinese Language catelog was featured in the January/February 2008 MIT Information Services and Technology newsletter for its use of "Exhibit" database techonogy.
The article can be accessed at the following link: http://web.mit.edu/ist/isnews/v23/n03/230312.html
The January Scholars in France have returned! Please visit their website to read about their journey: http://web.mit.edu/jsf/2008/
To read about the 2007 trip, visit the JSF 2007: The Colors of Paris website: http://web.mit.edu/jsf/2007/!
To read about the 2006 trip and see the wonderful pictures, visit the JSF 2006 Webpage!
For more information on the January Scholars in France Program, please visit the January Scholars in France Website.
Twenty-one students started their adventure in Germany with a two-day workshop with Deutsche Bahn in Berlin, working together with young German professionals. Still in Berlin, they started the German language course with MIT instructors and had plenty of opportunity to get to know Germany's exciting capital. After a week in Berlin, the group got to know two more cities and regions in Germany's south west, Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, and Freiburg, situated in the Black Forest. The students visited many cultural and corporate sites in all three cities and tried out their German in get-togethers with German high school and university students.
Check out the new Web-Based E-Journal "e•Merging: Voices on the New Diasporas"
New Edition Released May 2007! Now available at http://web.mit.edu/emerging/!
Head over to http://web.mit.edu/emerging for more details.
