Scholarships & Awards

Laila Morris is an International Studies and Middle Eastern Languages major at Indiana University. A Hutton Honors Scholar, Laila has been studying Arabic in the IU Arabic Flagship Program since 2016 and has studied abroad in Morocco and Oman. Laila's career goal is to facilitate connections between different countries as a member of the Foreign Service.

Jordan Scoggin is a Chinese, Spanish Translation, and International Studies major in the Honors Program at American University. Having studied Chinese 4 the 2022 Language Workshop, Jordan used her Global Engaging Women Scholarship to pursue her passion for Korean in 2023. After graduating, Jordan will work as a language analyst in national security. She hopes to use her passion for critical languages and cultures to help protect our country and foster inclusive relations amongst diverse populations.

Administered by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the Title VIII program promotes regional expertise at the national level by funding graduate students to study the languages of Eastern Europe and the states of the former Soviet Union.

• Azerbaijani
  • Lyudmila Austin, Michigan State University
  • Michael Ernst, Temple University

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
  • Meghan Poff, City University of London
  • Alexandra Puccio, Indiana University

• Hungarian
  • Anton Ermakov, Indiana University
  • Jessica Gover, Johns Hopkins University

• Latvian
  
  • Emma Friedlander, Harvard University

• Lithuanian
  • Robert Anzenberger, University of Kentucky
  • Austin Hoffman, California State University Long Beach
  • Olivia Perez, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

• Polish
  • Annika Hugosson, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  • Samantha Sharp, Binghamton University

• Russian
  • Christopher Leger, The Ohio State University
  • Ryan Letourneau, Indiana University
  • Ryan Lumsden, Indiana University
  • Simon Rysin, University of Texas at Austin
  • Abigail Bennett, University of Washington
  • Lauren Gamboni, University of Virginia
  • Marie Rider, Indiana University
  • Jennifer Byrne, Indiana University

• Ukrainian
  • Jillian Costello, American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages
  • John Di Lascio, University of Texas
  • Casey Edgarian, Indiana University
  • Katarina Mazur, Wesleyan University
  • Ksenia Pavlenko, Cornell University
  • Theodore Webne, Peace Corps

• Uzbek
  • Merryn Post, American Councils for International Education
  • Andrea Serna, University of California Santa Barbara
  • John Shekitka, Manhattanville College

Project 'Global Officer' improves the language skills, regional expertise, and intercultural communication skills of future military officers by providing scholarships for summer language training to ROTC students. The 2023 Project GO scholars were: 

• Arabic
  • Jax Butterfield, University of Idaho
  • Payton Mlakar, Creighton University
  • Asher Morring, Pennsylvania Western University

• Chinese in Indiana
  • Alexander Banks, Ohio State University
  • Natalie Brumley, Indiana University
  • Grant Rix, Olivet Nazarene University
  • Kendric Santana, University of Puerto Rico
  • Joseph Capstaff, Fayetteville State University
  • Johnathan Poleon, University of North Georgia

• Chinese in Taiwan
  • Lance Allen, Loyola University Chicago
  • Adrian Cheung, University of Illinois Chicago
  • Griffin Conti, Virginia Military Institute
  • Ian Cullen, Saint Joseph's University
  • Aaron Eudaimon, Harvard College
  • Julie Fan, Yale University
  • Makenna Fuller, Indiana University
  • Vincent Furtado, University of North Georgia
  • Harry Green, Harvard College
  • Connor Hall, University of Massachussetts
  • Ruby Langhurst, George Washington University
  • Donoven McAlister, Pittsburgh University
  • Alexis Nothelfer, Howard University
  • Jenny Peters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Simon Saberon, University of Texas Arlington
  • Mitchell Simpson, Washington State University
  • Jessica Vernon, University of Virginia
  • Xingzhi Xu, Boston University
  • Kyle Yang, Georgetown University
  • Jasmine Zhang, Harvard College
  • Lia Zimmerman, University of Minnesota 

• Russian
  • Brandon Broussard, Longwood University
  • Jerome Delmoro, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Maxwell Janke, University of Wisconsin

Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards are funded by the United States Department of Education in support of students studying less commonly taught languages, in particular, those considered to be of critical interest to the United States. FLAS Awards promote the training of students who plan to make their careers in fields where knowledge of foreign languages and cultures is a prerequisite to success.

The 2023 Workshop's FLAS Awardees were (by their sponsoring programs):

• African Studies Program
  • Jennifer Cox (Arabic 1)
  • Lilly Reising (Arabic 3)

• Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center
  • Lindsey Ruth (Azerbaijani)
  • Hasan Tauha (Persian)
  • Nodira Ibragimova (Persian)
  • Olivia Lennox (Turkish)
  • Rachel Tagoulla (Turkish)

• Islamic Studies Program
  
  • Jefri Aalmuhammed (Arabic)
  • Aerdabieke Amantu (Russian)
  • Daniil Kabotyanski (Chinese)

• Russian and East European Institute
  
  • Samuel Lerman-Hahn (Russian 3)
  • Allison Wadsworth (Russian 4)
  • Evan Swettenam (Russian 2)
  • Jack Scolaro (Russian 2)
  • Sarah Staack (Russian 2)

"The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies provides scholarships for students studying Estonian, Latvian, or Lithuanian in BALSSI, the Baltic Studies Summer Institute, which was part of the Language Workshop in 2023.

The AABS Scholarship for was awarded to Ekaterina Kokovikhina, University of Pennsylvania.

The HLS Scholarships are funded in part by alumni and supporters of the Workshop. Meet this year's HLS Scholarship recipients.

• Chinese
  • Samantha Gerdes, Western Kentucky University
  • Alyssa McDermott, Indiana University

• Pashto
  • Erin Gilmer, Yale University

• Persian
  • Poulami Das, University of Toronto

• Russian
  • Sophia Trinkle, Indiana University

Funded by the Hamilton Lugar School and its Title VI Centers, the Advanced Korean Scholarship supports participants studying Korean 3 and up in the Language Workshop.

• Sarah Berg, Indiana University

The CIBER Scholarship supports undergraduate business majors studying in the Language Workshop.

• Raymond Chen, Indiana University
• Samantha Thurman, Indiana University

The Qatar Foundation International Scholarship supports high-school juniors and seniors studying Arabic in the Language Workshop.

• Hailey Youseif, Bloomington High School North

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 student awards for Outstanding Academic Achievement. (Multiple winners in a language reflect multiple levels and multiple sections in that language.)

• Academic MSA
  • Jefri Aalmuhammed

• Arabic
  • Bossan Abdyyeva (Arabic 1)
  • Mackenzie Durbin (Arabic 2)
  • Eli Siegel-Bernstein (Arabic 3)

• Azerbaijani
  • Rebecca Sedlak

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
  • Meghan (Meg) Poff

• Chinese
  • Zofia Ahmad (Chinese 1)
  • Samantha Thurman (Chinese 2)
  • Rachel Hsu (Chinese 2)
  • Walker Murdza (Chinese 2)
  • Sean Loftus (Chinese 3)
  • CeCe Kelly-Harvey (Chinese 3)
  • Fang Zhou (Chinese 4) 

• Dutch
  • Josephine (Josie) Roy

• Finnish
  • Amelie Lespilette

• Hungarian
  • Anton Ermakov

• Japanese
  • Sophia Nguyen (Japanese 1)
  • Samuel Finch (Japanese 1)
  • Su-Yeon Seo (Japanese 2)

• Korean
  • Emma Hatch (Korean 1)
  • Oghenemine (Mine) Okoloko (Korean 2)
  • Sarah Berg (Korean 3)

• Latvian
  • Ekaterina Kokovikhina

• Lithuanian
  • Nick Linfesty

• Mongolian
  • Ran Lui

• Pashto
  • Liana Meeker

• Persian
  • Sepand Attar (Persian 1)

• Polish
  • Samantha (Sam) Sharp

• Russian
  • Levi Dailey (Russian 1)
  • Isabelle Bubnick (Russian 2)
  • Amanda Colby (Russian 2)
  • Raenie Nielsen (Russian 3)
  • Emma Baldwin (Russian 4)
  • Lauren (Enzo) Gamboni (Russian 5)
  • Jennifer Byrne (Russian 6)

• Swahili
  • Olivia Streett

• Turkish
  • Jinman Fu (Turkish 1)
  • Olyvia Lennox (Turkish 2) 

• Ukrainian
  • Jillian Costello

• Uzbek
  • Rachel Smith

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 student awards for Greatest Improvement in Language Proficiency. (Multiple winners in a language reflect multiple levels and multiple sections in that language.)

• Academic MSA
  • Kaleb (Herman) Adney

• Arabic
  • Sophia Romagnoli (Arabic 1)
  • Laila Morris (Arabic 3) 

• Azerbaijani
  • Lindai Lin

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
  • Liliana Galic

• Chinese
  • Natalie Brumley (Chinese 1)
  • Brandon Brion (Chinese 2)
  • Mooreoluwape (Lupe) Oloyede (Chinese 2)
  • Natalie (Rowan) Finley (Chinese 2)
  • Jonnathan Vizueth (Chinese 3)
  • Kailyn Riggs (Chinese 4)

• Finnish
  • Richard Byington

• Hungarian
  • Hannah Szabó

• Japanese
  • Haiqal Abd Hakim (Japanese 1)
  • Marc Capobianco (Japanese 1)
  • Brendan Cox (Japanese 2)

• Korean
  • Brendan Barry (Korean 1)
  • Veronica Mendoza (Korean 2)

• Lithuanian
  • Austin Hoffman

• Mongolian
  • Naren Gao

• Pashto
  • Erin Gilmer

• Persian
  • Jackson Melvin (Persian 1)
  • Hasan Tauha (Persian 2)

• Russian
  • Micah Kapp (Russian 1)
  • Leah Johnson (Russian 2)
  • Jacob Bennett (Russian 2)
  • John (Jack) Baranski (Russian 3)
  • Victoria Henretty (Russian 4)
  • Sasha McDowell (Russian 5) 

• Swahili
  • Stephanie Jansen

• Turkish
  • Morgan Jennings (Turkish 1)
  • Samah Marei (Turkish 2)

• Ukrainian
  • Erik Welehodsky

• Uzbek
  • Caleb Smith