Adelia Chrysler and Moritz Meutzner win awards from the Center of Jewish Studies

Adelia Chrysler and Moritz Meutzner are each recipients of the Theresa and Nathan Berman Graduate Fellowship in Jewish Studies and the Leo and Lillian Gross Scholarship in Jewish Studies and used the funding to support their research during Summer 2014.

Christine Allen elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Christine Allen, a graduating senior with a dual degree in German Studies and Animal Science, has been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa by the Alpha Chapter of the University of Minnesota.

Leo Riegert (Ph.D., 2005) awarded tenure

Leo Riegert, who earned his Ph.D. in our department in 2005, has been awarded tenure at Kenyon College in Ohio.

Melissa Wicker to participate in MN Goes to Berlin Program

Melissa Wicker, a double major with GSD and History, will participate in the Minnesota Goes to Berlin Program in Summer 2014.

Students awarded GSD Scholarships

The following students have been awarded GSD scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year.

• Alexandra Angoli: Finnish Connection Scholarship


• Riley Feldmann: a Max Kade Travel Grant


• Evelina Knodel: Gerhard Weiss Memorial Scholarship


• Seth Moline: Mary Ann Wilson Hansen Scholarship for Scandinavian Studies


• Wensi Wang: Hirschbach Study Abroad Scholarship & a Max Kade Travel Grant


• Melissa Wicker: a Max Kade Travel Grant


• Harry Wohl: a Max Kade Travel Grant

Taya Poplin-Redhouse awarded Birkelo Scholarship

Taya Poplin-Redhouse, a GSD major, has been awarded a Selmer Birkelo Scholarship for the 2014-15 academic year.

Selmer Birkelo Scholarships provide one year of scholarship support for approximately 14 outstanding College of Liberal Arts students majoring in fields relating to history, modern languages, classics, or the social and behavioral sciences.

Emily Parrent awarded Talle Family Scholarship

Emily Parrent, a German minor, has won a Talle Family Scholarship for the 2014-15 academic year.

The Talle Family Scholarships inspire, reward, and support high achieving students representative of the academic excellence of the College of Liberal Arts with full senior-year scholarships. The award is highly competitive; only ten students out of the college's more than 14,000 undergraduates receive the scholarship each year.