Tuesday April 8^th,2025

Rio Grande room in the UC

12pm-2pm

  

12pm - WELCOME

 

Dr. Cynthia Laborde, Chair of the Department of Modern Languages

  

12:05pm: Guest Lecture

 

 

TBA

 

12:20pm: Certificate Distribution

 

American Sign Language & Deaf Studies Awards

Dr. Lisalee Egbert, Coordinator of ASL and Deaf Studies | Ms. Amber Shorter, Lecturer of ASL and Deaf Studies

Outstanding 1000-Level Student

Outstanding 2000-Level Student

Outstanding Upper-Level Student

 

Arabic Awards

Reem Shishakly, Coordinator of Arabic | Dr. Sok Ju Kim, Section Head of Critical Languages and International Studies

Outstanding 1000-Level Student

Outstanding 2000-Level Student

Outstanding Upper-Level Student

 

Chinese Awards

Dr. Szu-Yen (Neal) Liang, Coordinator of Chinese | Ms. Ya-Fen Chen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chinese

Outstanding 1000-Level Student

Outstanding 2000-Level Student

Outstanding Upper-Level Student

 

French Awards

Aimée Israel-Pelletier, Section Head of French | Ms. Alicia Soueid, Distinguished Lecturer of French

Outstanding 1000-Level Student

Outstanding 2000-Level Student

Outstanding Upper-Level Student

 

German Awards

Ms. Gayane Paul, Adjunct Assistant Professor of German | Mr. Austin Hardgrave, Intern, SPARK for German

Outstanding 1000-Level Student

Outstanding 2000-Level Student

Outstanding Upper-Level Student

 

Korean Awards

Dr. Sok Ju Kim, Coordinator of Korean | Dr. Yeonmi Choi, Senior Lecturer of Korean

Outstanding 1000-Level Student

Outstanding 2000-Level Student

Outstanding Upper-Level Student

 

Russian Awards

Dr. Iya Price, Coordinator of Russian | Dr. Lonny Harrison, Director of the Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies

Outstanding 1000-Level Student

Outstanding 2000-Level Student

Outstanding Upper-Level Student

Outstanding Interdisciplinary Student

 

Spanish Translation and Interpreting Awards

Dr. Vicente Iranzo Bañuls, Director of Certificate in Spanish Translation | Dr. Alicia Rueda-Acedo, Director of Translation and Interpreting

Outstanding Student in Translation and Interpreting B.A.

Outstanding Student in Translation Certificate

Outstanding Student in Interpreting Certificate

Outstanding Student in Service / Internship

 

Spanish Awards

Dr. Alicia Rueda-Acedo, Section Head of Spanish | Dr. Solymar Torres-García, Coordinator of Lower-Level Spanish

Outstanding 1000-Level Student

Outstanding 2000-Level Student

Outstanding 2315 Student

Outstanding Junior Student

Outstanding Senior Student

Outstanding Student in Spanish for the Professions Certificate

Outstanding Student for Minor / Certificate for Global Health

/ Human Services

Outstanding Spanish for Global Competence Minor

Outstanding Spanish Linguistics Minor

Outstanding Mexican Culture Minor

Outstanding Student in Spanish Internship

Outstanding Student in Service Learning

Outstanding Graduate Student

 

Outstanding Student in Localization and Translation

Dr. Pete Smith, Director of Localization and Translation Program | Blake Carpenter, Program Coordinator of Localization and Translation

Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Korean, Russian, Spanish

 

Outstanding Student in Modern Language Teaching Minor

Dr. Barbara Berthold, former Coordinator of Modern Language Teaching | Hyuna Choi, future Coordinator of Modern Language Teaching

Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Korean, Russian, Spanish

 

Scholarships (Spring 2025 / Summer 2025)

 

Dr. Monica de la Fuente Iglesias, Scholarship Committee Chair |

 

Tony Litsey Memorial Spanish Scholarship Recipients

 

Modern Languages Endowed Scholarship Recipients

 

Bart Lewis Memorial Endowed Scholarship Recipients

 

 Mary Perry Alpha Chi Scholarship Recipients

 

MODL Ambassadors

 

Hyuna Choi, Senior Lecturer of Korean

 

Award for Service to the UTA Modern Languages Ambassador Program

 

CLOSING REMARKS

 

Dr. Amy Austin, Associate Chair of the Department of Modern Languages

 

1pm: Pizza and cookies will be served.