First Prize winner Valeria Robayo (left) with Amanda Tragert, MIT-Germany.

At this year’s 25th anniversary celebration of the German Studies Excellence Award on April 21, students were honored for their work in German in AY 22.  Guest speakers were Nicole Menzenbach, Council General of Germany to New England, and Jörg Süßenbach, Director of the Goethe Institute, Boston.

The German Studies Excellence Award is sponsored by Global Languages and MIT-Germany.

First Prize

Valeria Robayo, ’23 for her essay “Meliáns Föhrenwald: Wie das Schaffen von Verbindungen zur Vergangenheit die Zukunft inspirieren kann” written in 21G.414 Culture, Media, and Society

Second Prize

Crista Falk, ’23 “Wo ich leben möchte,” 21G.402 German II
Vin Armelin, ’23 “Meine Großmutter,” 21G.402 German II
Jiahui Du, ’23 “Ein Märchen über Covid: Die Vergessene,” 21G.403 German III
Willow Huang, ’25 “Innen-und Außenwelt in E.T.A. Hoffmanns Der Sandmann,” 21G.412 Literature and Culture
Stefan Damchevski, ’23 “Analyse des Hörspiels von Christoph Korn als Mittel zur Verarbeitung des Holocaust,” 21G.414 Culture, Media, and Society

Third Prize

Jerry Mao, ’23
Hasan Zeki Yildiz, ’25
Timmy Bui, ’25
Liane Makatura, G
Remi Harrison, ’24
Ruth Shiferaw, ’25
Zipei Tan, ’24
Sherry Nyeo, ’23
Lucia Padilla, ’23
Alexis Zitzmann, ’24

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