Eleven WLL students received student awards in May 2021.
The CAS College Prize for Excellence recognizes those who have made extraordinary contributions to the departments and programs that, together, make up the College of Arts & Sciences. Each College Prize winner has strong academic credentials and has participated in student organizations within the department, supported fellow students through peer education and tutoring, or participated in departmental outreach through programming and events.
We would love to congratulate Sylvie Gallagher (Comparative Literature) on receiving the College Prize for the Class of 2021!
The Barbara Argote Senior Award is awarded to students who exhibit excellence in their language major program as appointed by the faculty. Barbara Argote was a Boston University student in the 1940s who majored in French; she left a bequest to the University in 1987 that is now used to fund student prizes in World Languages & Literatures, Romance Studies and Linguistics.
Congratulations to our 2021 Argote Prize Winners!
| Jiaxin Peng | Japanese Language & Literature |
| Noah Fischer | Chinese Language & Literature |
| Zhiqi (Crystal) Cheng | Comparative Literature |
| Ranielle Nulman | Russian Language & Literature |
| Sarah Feather | Middle East & South Asian Languages & Literatures |
Each year, the Boston University Center for the Humanities recognizes the work of outstanding students in the humanities through student awards, internships, and fellowships. This year, three members of the WLL have been honored with different prizes from BUCH. We wish to congratulate the following students on their awards:
Andrea Guttormsen Wetzler (Comparative Literature ’22), The Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award
Jennifer Price (Russian ’22), The Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize
David Winner (Russian ’23), Summer 2021 Undergraduate Internships in the Humanities
*David will hold his summer internship in the BU School of Public Health Communications Department*
Michelle Ramiz was awarded the 2021 ILEX Award for Distinguished Work in Persian Studies. Michelle graduated in May 2021 with a major in Middle East & North African Studies and a minor in Persian Cultural Studies. In the fall, she will start law school at Boston University’s School of Law.
Thomas Kwon (CAS ’22) was honored with two Turkish opportunities: The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) and the American Research Institute in Turkey Fellowship (ARIT). Thomas ultimately decided to decline the CLS and accept the ARIT Fellowship where he will be studying at Bosphorus University in Istanbul. this summer.
In addition to our WLL students receiving awards, several Arabic language students and graduates have been awarded for funded summer or academic-year Arabic study:
Academic year FLAS: Morgan Snoap (PhD, Art History)
Summer FLAS: Kelley Gourley (PhD, Anthropology), Kathryn Heidelberger (PhD, Theology), Guthrie Kuckes (International Relations, CAS ’22)
Critical Language Scholarship: Bridget Cohen (Anthropology & Religion, CAS ’21) – Oman, Lauren Mister (Inernational Relations, CAS ’21) Tangier
CLS and Boren Scholarship: Johnathan Norris (PhD, Anthropology)