Janani Sivakumar – Indiana University, Dual Major Violin Performance and Computer Science, Minor in Chinese

Janani intends to pursue a career with the US Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. In her second summer at the Workshop, Janani adding Arabic to her already advanced skills in Chinese. Janani has completed two internships with the US Department of State, first at the US Consulate General in Shanghai and then at the American Institute in Taiwan. In addition to her interests in Diplomacy and world cultures, Janani is a Violinist. Janani is fascinated by the universal nature of music and its melding of cultures and hopes to unify all of her skills and experiences to bring communities together and to further the foreign policy interests of the United States. 

Tula Lock – Lewisburg Area High School

Tula intends on attending university to focus on international relations and security with a particular emphasis on the Middle East. She has been taking Arabic classes at University since the 8^th grade. She is a decorated member of both the Model UN Club and Future Business Leaders of America, where her position papers and projects have won national recognition. She is founder member of a chapter of the Herren Project Clubs, which promotes awareness about substance abuse and addiction and supports those suffering from addiction in the process of healing and recovery. A student of diverse passions, Tula plays guitar and piano in her school’s jazz band and has an orange belt in karate.

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
  • Andrew Bonney, Brigham Young University
  • Damir Cavar, Indiana University
  • Kathleen Gergely, Indiana University
  • Katharine Khamhaengwong, Indiana University
  • Wayne Seifried, Independent Scholar
  • Jason Vivrette, UC Berkeley

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
  • Alexandra Blaha, Indiana University
  • Elizabeth Green, Indiana University
  • Ryan Hoaglund, University of Michigan
  • Maislinn McCann, Virginia Tech
  • Joie Meier, Indiana University
  • Max Nikol, UCLA
  • Bailey Orr, Indiana University
  • Saffo Papantonopoulou, University of Arizona
  • Daniel Schumick, Indiana University

• Estonian
  • Robert Anzenberger, Texas State University
  • Dallin Day, Indiana University
  • Sarah Jessup, University of Glasgow
  • Alina Williams, Indiana University

• Hungarian
  • Michael Krautkraemer, Indiana University
  • Claire Woodward, Indiana University

• Kyrgyz
  • Nicholas Shea, University of Kansas
  • Joshua Sims, Indiana University
  • Benjamin Storsved, Rising grad
  • Rex Sprouse, Indiana University

• Latvian
  • George Andrei, Indiana University

• Lithuanian
  • Scott Brewer, University of South Carolina
  • Stephen Frost, Indiana University
  • Alana Holland, University of Kansas
  • Quentin Swaryczewski, Indiana University

• Russian
  • Spencer Abbe, University of Oregon
  • Dexter Blackwell, Indiana University
  • Thomas Brenberg, Indiana University
  • Rikki Brown, UC Santa Cruz
  • Megan Burnham, Indiana University
  • Jennifer Byrne, Indiana University
  • Matthew Carter, UC San Diego
  • Carson Fish, University of Wisconsin
  • Ryan Gourley, UC Berkeley
  • Ian Halter, , Indiana University
  • Bryce Hecht, Indiana University
  • Dalton Heffernen, University of Iowa
  • Matthew Hulstine, Indiana University
  • David Kaminsky, SUNY Binghamton
  • Otto Kienitz, UC Berkeley
  • Michael Kuehl, University of Texas Austin
  • Luke Parra, Indiana University
  • Mikaela Peters, Rutgers University
  • Jillian Porter, University of Colorado
  • Andrea Rusnock, Indiana University
  • Shauna Rust, University of Oklahoma
  • Alexandra Stott, Indiana University
  • Robert Viano, Regional professional
  • Gregory Xanthos, ACIE
  • Brian Yang, University of Toronto

• Ukrainian
  • Mary Augstkalns, Ohio University
  • Alyssa Farmer, University of Kentucky
  • Luke Sayers, Baylor University
  • Andrei Tcacenco, UC Santa Cruz

• Uzbek
  • Dana Donohoe, University of Washington
  • Casey Edgarian, London School, Bishkek
  • Yan Matusevich, CUNY New York
  • Emily Stranger, Indiana University
  • Tiffany Talbert, Georgetown University
  • Grady Vaughan, Columbia University

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 2020 Project GO scholars were:

• Arabic
  • Lilian Alba Rodriguez, Temple University
  • Obodai Annan, University Pittsburgh
  • Samantha Botros, Stony Brook University
  • Jon Curtis, Bob Jones University
  • Mason Knox, University St. Thomas
  • Chae Hyun Lee, Parsons The New School for Design
  • Jake Levine, Ohio State University
  • Margaret Peterson, University Notre Dame
  • Isabel Strinsky, Clemson University
  • Emma Coenen, Michigan Technological University
  • Josephine Froelich, Indiana University
  • Courtney Gates, University South Carolina-Columbia
  • Rachel Gorman, Indiana University
  • Garrett Johnson, Virginia Military Institute
  • Frances Erica Manansala, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

• Chinese
  • Abigail Carter, Fordham University
  • Maria Chedzoy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
  • Connor Dougherty, Temple University
  • Kobe Holland, University North Georgia
  • Sydney Kongquee, University Central Florida
  • Monica Demi Kwan, University Southern California
  • Felix Martinez, Seton Hall University
  • Koen Weaver, Syracuse University
  • Abdulla Baratjan, Ohio State University
  • Jacob Colegrove, University Cincinnati
  • Samuel DeLorenzo, Cornell University
  • Trevor Galyon, University North Georgia
  • Andrew Johnson, Mercyhurst University
  • Daniel Manolesco, Pennsylvania State University
  • Elena Guerra, University Georgia
  • Gavin Harbo, University Northwestern
  • Anthony Lee, American Public University System
  • Lilian Mathes, Liberty University
  • Nicole Murillo, University Texas at Austin
  • Rosalyn Ng, St. John's University
  • Darrin Pollino, Wheaton College
  • Claire Rodriguez, University San Diego
  • Dana Sullivan, University Kansas
  • Kyle Thompson, Seattle University
  • Long Tran, University Southern California
  • Monica Vogel, Rochester Institute Technology
  • Hollis Webster, University Virginia
  • Kyra Du, Wellesley College
  • Addilyn Koonce, University North Georgia
  • Eric Chang, University California-San Diego
  • Chandler Cunningham, Holy Cross College
  • Zachary Glanz, University Massachusetts
  • Doreen Liu, UCLA
  • William Sexton, University Virginia
  • John Wehrkamp, Ohio University
  • Armando Ellis, Arizona State University
  • David Huang, University Pittsburgh
  • Ashley Kraft, University Arizona
  • Katherine Tran, University California-Irvine
  • Michael Zhang, Vanderbilt University

• Russian
  • Landon Dollar, University Tennessee-Knoxville
  • Matthew Fisher, Purdue University
  • Noah Fox, Cornell University
  • James Haas, Kent State University
  • Jesse Nathanson, Ohio State University
  • Laelle Robison, Norwich University
  • Raquel Ruiter, Brown University
  • Trevor Shrady, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Luke Gualtieri, University Pittsburgh
  • Madison Jack, Pennsylvania State University
  • Mary Moczulewski, University Wisconsin
  • Raphael Schoeberlein, Sarah Lawrence College
  • Thomas McChristian, University Nebraska

• Turkish
  • Sofia Fagan, George Washington University

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 2020 Workshop's FLAS Awardees were (by their sponsoring programs):

• African Studies Program (all studying Arabic)
  • Leah Heneveld, Indiana University
  • Aminah Keevy, Indiana University
  • Brandon Keith, Indiana University

• Center for the Study of Global Change
  • Jacob Bailey (Arabic), Indiana University
  • James Romano (Chinese), Indiana University
  • Rebecca Craft (Russian), Indiana University

• Center for Study of Middle East (all studying Arabic)
  • Wihad Al-Tawil, University of Chicago
  • Jason Browning, Indiana University
  • Nathan Hatchett, Indiana University
  • Claire Jacobson, Indiana University
  • Melissa Lieffers, Indiana University
  • Tula Lock, Lewisburg Area High School
  • Isaac Pratt, Indiana University
  • Shekinah Thigpen, Indiana University
  • Jesse vonBergen, Indiana University

• East Asian Studies Center (all studying Chinese)
  • James Conaway, Indiana University
  • John Stanko, Indiana University
  • Emma Stewart, Indiana University

• Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center
  • James Hayes (Hungarian), Indiana University
  • Ling-Wei Kung (Mongolian), Columbia University
  • Lauren Lott (Pashto), Indiana University
  • Alex McGrath (Kyrgyz), Indiana University
  • Emily Daugherty (Turkish), Indiana University
  • Brian O'Connor (Turkish), Indiana University

• Islamic Studies Center
  • Adam Aaron (Arabic), University of Tennessee
  • Andre Kish (Arabic), Brandeis University
  • Jenna Rifai (Arabic), Valparaiso University
  • Madeleine Thurin (Arabic), Indiana University
  • John DiCandeloro (Russian), Indiana University
  • Aram Ghoogasian (Russian), Princeton University
  • Samuel Robertson (Russian), Indiana University
  • Shireen Nabatian (Turkish), UC Santa Cruz

• Russian & East European Institute (all studying Russian)
  • Melissa Barrett, George Washington University
  • James Baugh, Indiana University
  • Molly Burhans, Indiana University
  • Avery Comar, Miami University of Ohio
  • Lily Janda, Williams College
  • Cole Lanosga, Indiana University
  • Miriam Maddox, Indiana University
  • Daniel O'Rourke, Indiana University
  • Emma Patterson, Indiana University
  • Nancy Pellegrino, Miami University
  • Ivy Richardson, Indiana University
  • Jeffrey Saba, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
  • Kyle Tucker, Indiana University
  • Taylor Wilson, University of Washington

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 2020.

The AABS Scholarship for was awarded to Daria Muklewicz, a microbiology major at the University of Florida. Daria is planning an international medical career and hopes to combine her language study, her medical degree, and her Lithuanian heritage in her future work.

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

• Chinese
  • Shakael Moore, UC San Diego

• Korean
  • Yiyao Chen, University of Washington

• Kurdish
  • Lillian Kahler, Triangle Math and Science Academy

• Mongolian
  • Zhiyu Gong, Cornell University

• Pashto
  • Naveena Naqvi, University of British Columbia
  • George Patrick, University of Victoria
  • Molly Milazzo, Sacramento Public Library

• Turkish
  • Nathaniel Moses, University of Cambridge

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 student awards for Outstanding Academic Achievement. (Multiple winners in a language reflect multiple levels and multiple sections in that language.)

• Arabic
  • Colene Short, Indiana University
  • Lilian Alba Rodriguez, Temple University
  • Aralia Pawlick, Indiana University
  • Frances Manansala, Virginia Polytechnic
  • Tula Lock, Lewisburg Area HS 
  • Rachel Williams, University of Oklahoma

• Azerbaijani
  • John Bunke, Salisbury University

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
  • Ryan Hoaglund, University of Michigan
  • Bailey Orr, Indiana University

• Chinese
  • Maria Chedzoy 车可来, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
  • Elaine Suer 苏亦菲, University of Cincinnati
  • James Conaway柯宇泰, Indiana University
  • Carolyn Brueggemann 韩悦琴, Western Kentucky University
  • Devon Colmer 陈德文, Georgetown University
  • Daniel Manolesco孟德宁, Pennsylvania State University
  • Andrew Johnson 姜雅杰, Mercyhurst University
  • Yu-Chen Huang 黃語晨, Columbia University
  • Justin Heintz 韩季涛, University of North Georgia
  • Kurumi Narasaki 奈胡桃, Indiana University
  • William Allen 张鹏旭, Indiana University

• Dutch
  • Arianna Ray, Northwestern University

• Estonian
  • Alina Williams, Indiana University

• Japanese
  • Sarah Meagher, Indiana University

• Korean
  • Katie Basey, Furman University
  • Liyao Chen, Universty of Washington

• Kyrgyz
  • Nicholas Shea, University of Kansas

• Latvian
  • George Andrei, Indiana University

• Lithuanian
  • Victor Jackovich, Self-Employed
  • Alana Holland, University of Kansas

• Mongolian
  • Mia Gong, Cornell University

• Pashto
  • Naveena Naqvi, University of British Columbia

• Persian
  • Stuart Sones, Indiana University

• Russian
  • Katherine Booska, UC Berkeley
  • Jeta Loshaj, Indiana University
  • Donald McAninch, Indiana University
  • Aram Ghoogasian, Princeton University
  • Lane Johansen, Washington and Lee University
  • Rebecca Craft, Stay-at-home parent
  • Katelyn Weatherford, Michigan State University
  • Sylvia Tammen, University of Georgia
  • Julia Warner, French Ministry of National Education
  • Ryan Gourley, UC Berkeley
  • Taylor Wilson, University of Washington

• Swahili
  • Samuel Day, Indiana University

• Turkish
  • Sofia Fagan, George Washington University
  • Shireen Nabatian, UC Santa Cruz

• Ukrainian
  • Andrei Tcacenco, UC Santa Cruz

• Uzbek
  • Grady Vaughan, Columbia University

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 student awards for Greatest Improvement in Language Proficiency. (Multiple winners in a language reflect multiple levels and multiple sections in that language.)

• Arabic
  • Sachin Talagery, Plano East Senior High School
  • Evan Hochstein, Yale University
  • Garrett Johnson, Virginia Military Institute
  • Melissa Lieffers, Indiana University
  • Carolyn Moorman, Miami University-Ohio
  • Jesse Von Bergen, Indiana University

• Azerbaijani
  • Andrew Bonney, Brigham Young University

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
  • Aislinn McCann, Virginia Tech
  • Daniel Schumick, Indiana University

• Chinese
  • Meaghan Murphy 莫飞儿, Indiana University
  • Elizabeth McHugh 明丽丝, Indiana University
  • Samuel DeLorenzo 徐福聪, Cornell University
  • Sarah Mashaal 毛诗蕊, Edina High School
  • John C. Stanko 史江, Samantha School of Languages (Moscow, Russia)
  • Daniel Robinson 罗丹, Indiana University
  • Allison Francis 方爱丽, Western Kentucky University
  • Andy Knox 安龙, Indiana University
  • Elizabeth Kouch 孙莹, University of North Georgia
  • William Strum 史威 , Indiana University
  • Jacob Beck 白家柯, Indiana University

• Dutch
  • Jeffrey Gan, University of Texas Austin

• Estonian
  • Robert Anzenberger, Texas State University

• Japanese
  • Ruth Alber, University of Virginia

• Korean
  • Valerie Grau, Indiana University
  • Sarah Kim, University of Michigan

• Kyrgyz
  • Joshua Sims, Indiana University

• Lithuanian
  • Scott Brewer, University of South Carolina

• Mongolian
  • Kevin Abbott, University of Houston

• Pashto
  • Jarom Drummond, Indiana University

• Persian
  • Audrey Killian, Indiana University

• Russian
  • Isabella Prenger, University of Wisconsin
  • Trevor Shrady, Worcester Polytechnic
  • Daniel Zhou, Miami University of Ohio
  • Courtney Roth, Texas State University
  • Nicholas Weibel, Indiana University
  • Kameron Gausling, University of Illinois
  • Mary Moczulewski, University of Wisconsin
  • Grace Johnson, University of Wisconsin
  • Kyle Tucker, Indiana University
  • Otto Kienitz, UC Berkeley
  • Bryce Hecht, Indiana University

• Swahili
  • Amy Conrad, Non-Student

• Turkish
  • Nathaniel Moses, University of Cambridge
  • Lawson Pace, University of Pittsburgh

• Ukrainian
  • Alyssa Farmer, University of Kentucky

• Uzbek
  • Dana Donohoe, University of Washington