Speakers included Per Urlaub, Director of MIT Global Languages, Bettina Stoetzer, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Dagmar Jaeger, Senior Lecturer in German, Elizabeth von Wagner, Cultural and Press Affairs, Consulate General of Germany and Jörg Süßenbach, Director Goethe Institute Boston.

The German Studies Excellence Award is sponsored by MIT Global Languages, MIT-Germany, and the Consulate General of Germany, Boston.

First Prize

Willow Huang, ’25 for her essay “Auswirkungen des Münchener Olympia Attentats auf die Wahrnehmung des Terrorismus” written in 21G.410 Communication for Professionals.

Second Prize

Helen Jiang ’25 “Eine Bildbeschreibung (Max Beckmann)” in 21G.403 German III
Loreta Arzumanyan, ’26 “Auf Sand gebaut” in 21G.404 German IV
Ryan Gray, ’25 “Sanduhr der Stürme” in 21G.404 German IV
Jordan Tierney, ’25 “Sei nie in den nationalen Nachrichten”, Fotoessay, in 21G.409
Tamara Hinderman, ’25 “Heimat in einer Zigarette”, Fotoessay, in 21G.409

Third Prize

Reina Wang ’24
Kristel Garcia ’27
Alina Yang ’27
Vaibhavi Addala ’27
Thomas Warkentine ’27
Rashedul Islam ’26
Lucy Kanias ’26
Zhiquan Sun ’24