Each year our faculty nominates student work that stands out from its peers and embodies creativity and an understanding beyond the classroom. Listed below are students who have received either the Outstanding Undergraduate Contribution Award, or special recognition. We are proud to highlight them, and have provided samples of their work where appropriate. Please respect all copyright laws.

2007/2008
Alfred G. Meyer Award awarded to Sonia Isard

Best Paper Written in a Slavic Language
Adam Kolkman (Russian 451) [Read paper] and Angela Wyse (Russian 203/RC Langs 293) [Read paper]
Honorable Mention goes to Illiana Falkenstern and Anna Kleppe (both Russian 302)

Best Paper Written in English Language
Winners are Sam Zerin (Slavic 417/Judaic 417) [Read paper] and Shannon Blaney (Polish 314) [Read paper]
Honorable mentions are Ariel Schepers (Slavic 312/RC Hums 312) and Alex Glowaski (Russian 348)

Fall 2007
Outstanding Students:
  Russian 102: Corey Kosch, Lydia Mcmullen
  Russian 301: Agnieszka Behounek, Dylon Davis, Illiana Falkenstern

2006/2007
Alfred G. Meyer Award
Jonathan Talbert's paper entitled "Transition Culture through a Social Lens" (Word)
and Garrick William's paper entitled "Georgy the Victory-Bringer: Marshal Zhukov and the Soviet High Command"

Best Paper Written in a Slavic Language
Angela Karr's paper entitled "The Influence of the Soviet Union on Russian National Cuisine in the Twentieth Century"

Best Paper Written in English Language
Adam Kolkman's paper entitled "The Role of Alexander Herzen's Ideological Disillusionment and his Ensuing Novel Conception of the Future in his From the Other Shore"

2005
Slavic Department Essay Award
Joseph Mathias, for his paper entitled "The Artist and the People in Andrei Rublev", presented in  Professor Eagle's course, Russian Cinema [313].

Slavic Department Creative Piece Award
Elizabeth Genevieve Oetjens, for her music videos, "" and "", presented in Piotr Westwalewicz's course, Rock Kills Communism, Slavic 490.

Whitney Russell, for her poetry "Cement Castle", presented in Piotr Westwalewicz's course, Rock Kills Communism, Slavic 490.