Students who completed a Japanese Honors Thesis and graduated with Honors are
Sarah Douglas graduated Magna Cum Laude
Brianney Torres graduated Summa Cum Laude
Kakehashi Project for Hispanic-American Young Leaders
Aly Vargas-Garzon and Viviana Gimon were invited by the Japanese consulate in Miami to travel to Japan to participate in the Kakehashi project.
Association of Florida Teachers of Japanese Speech Contest
Student Amelia Garvey [Level 6] was the winner of the speech contest.
Association of Florida Teachers of Japanese Promotional Video Contest
First place was awarded to the following group of students:
Noah Lunberry
Ciel Tsuruta
Erika Wangia
Emma Goodall
University Scholars Program
Jayda Killinger, a Dual Language major in Italian and French, completed a University Scholars Program project under the supervision of Deborah Amberson. Focusing on a single year in the history of Turin, capital of Italy from 1861 to 1865, Jayda identified and explored a series of tensions that defined the social, cultural, and political life of the city in 1863. She presented her work at UF’s Undergraduate Research Symposium, and she submitted her essay for publication in the Journal of Undergraduate Research.
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies’ Annual Student Essay Contest
Hannah Bogard (neé Harris) (UF ’24) as the winner of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies’ Annual Student Essay Contest on the basis of her LLC/Russian Studies Honors Thesis, “Language Policy in Education: A Comparative Evaluation of Russian-Speaker Integration in Estonia and Latvia. ”
Gainesville-Nizhyn Virtual Exchange Students
The following article linked here, recognizes two graduating virtual exchange students, Mikhail Mikhaylov and Grace Wright, who completed minors in Russian Studies. Both students are also leaders of the student organization, “Ukraine Rebuilding Initiative. ” Their faculty advisor is Ingrid Kleespies.
Alice Zirger Recipients
Two outstanding students were each awarded the Alice Zirger scholarship. Lance Mallari (left) was awarded the scholarship for Japanese studies, and Kadence Reichard (right) for Chinese Studies. The scholarship event included a luncheon and award presentation ceremony, with special guests Mr. Zirger and his daughter.