French Honors 2020
Every spring, during the last week of class, the Department of World Languages and Cultures honors its graduating French seniors at our awards ceremony. This spring, we are sadly unable to gather in person, but we still wish to recognize our seniors and all of their accomplishments of these past four years. Congratulations to our graduating seniors!
Ellie studied in Nantes in spring 2019. Along with Anna Corner, she will present at the 2020 SOURCE on a project related to her French senior seminar. After graduation, Ellie plans to attend graduate school seeking a degree in Clinical Psychology.
Maddie received a French prix d’excellence award in her sophomore year and was awarded the Patterson MacLean Friedrich Scholarship in French in her junior year at Valpo. She was inducted into Pi Delta Phi, the Valpo chapter of the French national honor society, in 2018, and has been active in the Cercle français. Maddie lived in the French House and studied in Nantes in spring 2019. Along with Annika Brown, she will present at the 2020 SOURCE on a project related to her French senior seminar. Maddie’s goal after graduation is to eventually pursue non-profit work in Chicago.
Aly studied abroad in Namibia. She was inducted into Pi Delta Phi in 2018. After graduation, Aly plans on conducting environmental economics research through Valparaiso University during the summer then start working as an Environmental Change Agent in Senegal for the Peace Corps. After her two years of service, she may backpack across North and South America, attend graduate school, or ice fish in the Arctic.
Annika received a French prix d’excellence in her sophomore year. She was inducted into Pi Delta Phi in 2018 and has participated in Cercle français. She lived in the French House and studied in Paris on the Boston University program. Along with Maddie, Annika will present at this year’s SOURCE. Annika is currently looking for positions in Indiana related to food and agriculture, and is planning to work for a year to qualify for in-state residency before pursuing a Master of Public Administration in fall 2021.
Anna was awarded a French prix d’excellence in her sophomore year. She was inducted into Pi Delta Phi in 2018 and has been a very active member in the Cercle français. She lived in the French House and studied abroad in Nantes in spring o 2019. Along with Ellie, she will present at this year’s SOURCE. For her post-grad plans, Anna will be interning this summer a Ingenuity- a Chicago nonprofit that advocate for fine arts programs in Chicago Public Schools. After that, she will hopefully work as a teaching assistant in France through the Fulbright or
TAPIF program. She is currently listed as an Alternate for the Fulbright. If all els fails, she plans to stay in the Chicago or Indianapolis area, doing nonprofit work.
As a freshman, Kylie was awarded a French prix d’excellence. She was inducted into Pi Delta Phi in 2018 and studied abroad in Nantes in spring 2019. Her future plans right now are pretty vague (her words, not mine). She plans to start looking for a job after she graduates, something hopefully involving writing and/or editing, and if not that, then art/design; eventually she aims to publish her own work.