Each year our faculty nominate student work that stands out from its peers and embodies creativity and an understanding beyond the classroom. These students receive a cash scholarship for their efforts. Winners are announced at the spring commencement ceremony. Listed below are students who have received either the Outstanding Undergraduate Contribution Award, or special recognition. We are proud to highlight them, and have provided samples of their work where appropriate. Please respect all copyright laws.
Excellence in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Language Studies Award $250
| 2009 | Nicole Simovski |
| 2010 | Lauren Anne Lueder |
| 2011 | Caitlin Harrington |
| 2012 | Anthony Tesija |
| 2013 | Louis Saravolatz |
| 2014 | Gojko Kilibarda |
| 2015 | Ava Margaret Tavrazich |
| 2016 | Eva Fall |
| 2016 | Katarina Vickovic |
| 2017 | Tyler Loveall |
| 2018 | Hana Grebovic |
| 2019 | William Thomas Lee |
Excellence in Czech Language Studies Award $250
| 2012 | Christine Vanek |
| 2016 | Alexis L'Esperance |
| 2017 | Mariah Cardenas |
| 2017 | Sara Swords |
| 2018 | Mariah Cardenas |
| 2019 | Amanda Szczesniak |
Excellence in Polish Language Studies Award $250
| 2009 | Ashley Bieniek |
| 2010 | Lisa Hebda |
| 2011 | Christopher Chrobak |
| 2012 | Jeffrey Lemanski |
| 2013 | Natalie Jaszcz |
| 2014 | Salvatore Parenti III |
| 2015 | Theresa Dowker |
| 2015 | Lauren Pryszcz |
| 2016 | David Cichocki |
| 2016 | Gabrielle Wasilewski |
| 2017 | David Beck |
| 2018 | Michael Lichomski |
| 2019 | Christopher Keefe |
Excellence in Russian Language Studies Award $250
2011
Alicia Bush
Agne Sruibaite
Erica Mayer
Alexandra Niemi
Nana Osipova
Yana Osipova
Lulu Zhang
2012
Abigail Adair
Samuel Gladstone
Alexandra Herstein
Sean Houchins
Jeffrey Lemanski
Jude Palmer
2013
Heather Dorbeck
Katheryn Johnson
Mia Kataisto
Ryan Levy
Stasha Yancho
Justin Zemaitis
2014
Michael Ausilio
Delaney Danca
Catherine Doyle
Mackenzie Moug
Ryan Tactac
2015
Alexandra Bodfish
Aliya Brown
Erica Lignell
2016
Marah Brinjikji
Mark Dovich
2017
Mark Dovich
Jonathan Poser
2018
Noah Dobos
Mark Dovich
2019
Rachael Merritt
Hannah Parton
Excellence in Ukrainian Language Studies Award $250
| 2009 | Takamichi Kono |
| 2010 | Kathryn Pytiak |
| 2011 | Anya Nona |
| 2012 | Viktoria Krislaty |
| 2013 | Zoya Erdevig |
| 2014 | Justin Zemaitis |
| 2015 | Katerina Chekhovskiy |
| 2016 | Tara Bayer & Natalie Drobny |
| 2017 | Jason Rumsey |
| 2018 | Nicholas Tolksdorf |
| 2019 | Amanda Hardy |
Prize for Best Paper Written in a Slavic Language Learned in the Slavic Department $100
| 2006 | Angela Karr |
| 2006 | Edward Decker |
| 2007 | Adam Kolkman |
| 2007 | Angela Wyse |
| 2007 | Illiana Falkenstern (Honorable Mention) |
| 2007 | Anna Klepp |
| 2009 | Xin Yuen |
| 2010 | Thomas Wallace |
| 2011 | Bryn Hauk |
| 2012 | Robert (Spencer) Feller |
| 2013 | Matthew Pinos |
| 2014 | Craig Send |
| 2015 | Ava Margaret Tavrazich |
| 2016 | Aliya Brown |
| 2017 | Emily Nghiem |
| 2017 | Noah Dobos (Honorable Mention) |
| 2017 | Cavin Park (Honorable Mention) |
| 2018 | Jailene Acevedo |
| 2018 | Sophie Barterian (Honorable Mention) |
| 2018 | Mariam Maksutova (Honorable Mention) |
| 2018 | Arthur Mengozzi (Honorable Mention) |
| 2018 | Ivona Popova (Honorable Mention) |
| 2018 | Lindsey Waldie (Honorable Mention) |
| 2019 | Eric Mishulin |
| 2019 | Hannah Parton (Honorable Mention) |
| 2019 | Nathan Ojo (Honorable Mention) |
Prize for Best Paper Written in a Student’s Native Language $100
| 2007 | Adam Kolkman |
| 2008 | Samuel Zerin |
| 2008 | Shannon Blaney |
| 2008 | Sam Zerin |
| 2008 | Ariel Schepers |
| 2008 | Alex Glowaski |
| 2009 | Amy Wilson |
| 2010 | Nicole Disser |
| 2010 | Samantha Horsell |
| 2010 | Joanne Powell |
| 2010 | Kristina Pingston |
| 2010 | Tom Wallace |
| 2011 | Radhika Gurumurthy |
| 2011 | Katherine Hacala |
| 2011 | Scott Templin |
| 2012 | Matthew Pinos |
| 2013 | Pablo Leon-Luna |
| 2014 | Lilit Kazazian |
| 2016 | Yimeng Zhao |
| 2017 | Parker Sovereign |
| 2017 | Max Morrison (Honorable Mention) |
| 2017 | Kasey McDonald (Honorable Mention) |
| 2017 | Yimeng Zhao (Honorable Mention) |
| 2018 | Arthur Mengozzi |
| 2018 | Mark Dovich (Honorable Mention) |
| 2018 | Noah Greco (Honorable Mention) |
| 2018 | Ana Rakovic (Honorable Mention) |
| 2018 | Zachary Zipper (Honorable Mention) |
| 2019 | Jagienka Timek |
| 2019 | Nikhil Dwibhashyam (Honorable Mention) |
| 2019 | Madeleine Gannon (Honorable Mention) |
| 2019 | Gregory Severin (Honorable Mention) |
Slavic Department Creative Piece/Work in Other Media Award
| 2005 | Elizabeth Genevieve Oetjens |
| 2005 | Whitney Russell |
| 2011 | Monica Harmsen |
| 2012 | Kristina Pingston |
| 2017 | Noah Bearman |
| 2017 | Yevheniia Tananko |
| 2018 | WN18 Russian 402 for "Office Romance" play |
| 2018 | WN18 Russian 203/RCLangs 293 for "Teremok" puppet show |
| 2018 | Clare Murray (special commendation) |
| 2018 | Alexis Ball (special commendation) |
| 2019 | WN19 Russian 302 students for play performance "Garage" |
| 2019 | WN19 Russian 402 students for play performance "Garage" |
Outstanding Students
Corey Kosch, Lydia McMullen [2007]
Agnieszka Behounek, Dylon Davis, Illiana Falkenstern [2007]
Slavic Department Essay Award
Joseph Mathias [2005]
Jessica Chesney Wright [2004]
Nathan Taby Spannaus [2004]
