Once again, our outstanding undergraduates were recognized for their many academic accomplishments both by the department and the university. Congratulations to all!

Study Abroad Awards

Ashley Crouse Memorial Scholarship

Carlin Barksdale, Alcalá, Spain, Summer 2024
Emma Covitz, Seville, Spain, Spring 2024

Dr. Andrew Thieneman Scholarships 

Zoe Barnsfather, Seville, Spain, Spring 2024
Annika Harshbarger, Madrid, Spain Academic Year 2023-24
Erin Schmeltz, Madrid, Spain Academic Year 2023-24

Theodore Dorf Scholarship

Elaina Eells, Seville, Spain, Spring 2024
Morgan Kearney, Seville, Spain, Spring 2024

Judith G. Pasco Study Abroad Scholarships

Ella Famaris, Seville, Spain, Spring 2024
Declan Gallagher, Santiago, Chile, Summer 2024
Liz Utley, Seville, Spain, Spring 2024

2024 Spanish and Portuguese Outstanding Undergraduate Awards

Outstanding Undergraduate Community Engagement Award:

Trinity Barnes, Spanish, B.A. Psychology, Minor in Black Cinema and Media Studies, and Certificate in Clinical Psychological Science

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Achievement Award:

Rose Schnabel, B.A. Spanish, B.A. in Biology

Outstanding Graduating Senior Award:

Aida Ansari, B.A. in Spanish

2023-2024 Hispanic Honorary Society

Sigma Delta Pi

Nineteen Spanish majors were inducted into the IUB Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi National Collegiate Hispanic Honorary Society. Sigma Delta Pi recognizes the most outstanding students of Spanish on our campus and in the nation who have an impressive academic record, impactful service, and a strong interest in literature, culture, cinema and music. 

Fiyinfoluwa Ajayi
Zoe Barnsfather
Shelby Brown
Haidyn Clevenger
Reagan Dillman-Swaim
Emily Frey
Emma Rose Gallant
Hannah Gerstler
Sope Koya
Eliza Meyer
Sophie Nix
Emma Pletcher
Rowan Schilling
Faith Stimson
Mikayla Taylor
Liz Utley
Audrey Waite
Abigail Presson Wallace
Gabrielle Wonder

Phi Beta Kappa Electees

In the 2023-24 Academic Year, eleven of our majors were elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society for students in the arts and sciences:

Aida Ansari
Trinity A. Barnes
Belle Chatpunnarangsee
Heather Foster
Rylee K. Foster
Will Frost
Daniela Moloci
Allison M. Nelson
Grant Newman
Audrey Waite
Sarah Waters

Honors Thesis

Sarah Waters, “La concepción fantasmal de la paternidad en dos películas de Alejandro González Iñárritu,” Spring 2024, Director: Professor Melissa Dinverno. 

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