Student Awards
Fox Martínez-Vidal Citizenship Award
Fox Martínez-Vidal Citizenship Award: The Award will be granted by the Department to a graduating senior who has majored in Spanish. The award recognizes committed leadership in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies through active participation in Department events, activities, and initiatives. In order to be eligible, the student will have to be a member of Sigma Delta Pi.
Professor Mark Aldrich and Lecturer Asunción Arnedo provided the initial funding for the Fox Martínez-Vidal award in memory of their dear colleagues Arturo Fox and Enrique Martínez-Vidal. They and other members of the department continue to provide funding so that this award may continue indefinitely
The most recent recipients of the Fox Martínez-Vidal Award in Spanish:
2024: Christian González
2023: Amanda Bucknam
2022: Maria Smith
2021: Kara Smith
2020: Alana Richards
2019: Jacqueline Amezcua
2018: Julia Ferris
2017: Pamela Lohmuller
Margaret McAlpin Ramos Award in Spanish
The Margaret McAlpin Ramos Award in Spanish was established through a gift from the estate of Margaret M. Ramos, who was a professor of Modern Languages at Dickinson from 1950 to 1966. It is awarded to a junior or senior student who demonstrates excellence in Spanish.
The most recent recipients of the Margaret McAlpin Ramos Award in Spanish:
2024: Madison Hull
2023: Charlotte Goodman
2022: Huy Ahn Nguyen
2021: Rose Lang Zalph
2020: Justina Warnick
2019: Keisy Germosen
2018: Lea Zikmund
2017: Delphine Dall'Agata
2016: Mairi Kaia Phyllis Poisson
2015: Caryn Sennett
2014: Carrie Anna Ovensen Vereide
2013: Sarah Kendrick Young
2012: Kathleen Anne Dollard
2011: Gilbert Bonafe
2010: Marlena Karin Meikrantz