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GSLL Graduates

May, August 2007 Graduates

B.A. in Germanic StudiesGerman Minors
        Stefanie Gibbs, summa cum laude         Dijana Alibasic
        Joanne Hayes, magna cum laude         Dijana Alibasic
        Margaret Fay Lautzenheiser-Page         Kendria Alt
        Maximilian Byrnes Schindler         Corrie Christol
        Carly Wilson         James Griffin
                 Tais Hoelzinger
                 Johanna Rübsam, summa cum laude
                 Jessica Spangler



B.A. in Russian StudiesRussian Minors
        Meagan Marie Bullock         Stephen McCormick
        Morgan Elizabeth Heczko         Caitlin Merrell
        Christopher Charles Marsh         Wilton Stewart
        Kayla Anne McGannon         Christopher Turner
        Franko Peters         Todd Muchow
        Beryl H. Shereshewsky         
        Peter Nicholas Terela, magna cum laude         



Minor in Nordic Studies 
        Lindsey Bullard         



M.A. in German 
Susanne Barrett, “Das Sandmännchen: Examining East Germany Through Children's Television,” Advisor: Ann Schmiesing
Nicholas R. Capozzola, Advisor: Ann Schmiesing
Travis Zane Hutchins, “A Familiar Danger: The Reemergence of the Far Right in
Eastern Germany,” Advisor: Adrian Del Caro
Deborah Christine Ormsby, “Integrating Reading into the Modern German Language Classroom,” Advisor: Ann Schmiesing
Danica Lee Reno, (also receiving M.B.A) Advisor: Thomas Hollweck
Sarah Jay Rocker, “The Rhetoric of Exclusion: From Linguistic Appropriation to Linguistic Restoration in Fichte and Celan,” Advisor: Adrian Del Caro
Michael Robert St. Clair, “Re-examining the Origins of Germanic Languages,” Advisor: Thomas Hollweck
Congratulations also to our Comparative Literature TA who received her M.A. degree:
Meghan Vicks – Russian Studies Graduate student in Comparative Literature



Awards presented at Graduation, May 2007

Cliff Hall Memorial ScholarshipEaton Award for Excellence
Kayla Berg Peter Terela
Molly Geppert
Shevchenko Wittenberg Prize
Delta Phi Alpha
The National German Honor Society
Franko Peters
Corrie Michelle Christol
Anna Caroline Grimm Gunnel Thorson-Hamm Memorial Scholarship
Emily K. Smith Brian Duffell
Dobro Slovo
The National Slavic Honor Society
Meagan Marie Bullock
Stephanie Alexandra Kizhner
Kayla Anne McGannon
Caitlin J. Merrell
Franko Peters
Beryl Shereshewsky
Peter Nicholas Terela
Christopher Turner



December 2007 Graduates

B.A. in Germanic StudiesGerman Minors
Andrew Dunlop Justin Coons
Jessica Harrington Shannon Delay
Natalie Koster – B.A./M.A. Dijana Alibasic
Jay Lohuis
Joshua Newsom M.A. in German
Ashley Peralta-Ramos Elise Kathryn Rosch, “Becoming Bilingual: a Comprehensive Overview of Bilingualism in the United States,” Advisor: Thomas Hollweck.
Anna Salzmann
Shannon Smith Natalie Koster, B.A./M.A., "Facilitating Foreign Language Teaching in Elementary Schools using the Natural Approach,” Advisor: Adrian Del Caro
Derek Stillman
Ryan Urbaniak
Ezra Waterland
David Whitehurst
B.A. in Russian Studies
Tawny Baxter
Adam Littleton
Katie Sauter
Alan Smith
Nordic Studies Minor
Elvar Esrason