Languages and Cultures Prize Night

Event Name	Languages and Cultures Prize Night
Start Date	May 3, 2023
Description	On 3 May 2023 the Discipline of Languages and Cultures held its 2022 student prize presentation ceremony. This annual event celebrates the achievements of our 2022 students and recognises the valuable contribution of our staff and the generous support of our stakeholders and prize donors. Advocates of languages and cultures from community organisations, diplomatic missions, and individuals and families come together to acknowledge achievements in languages and cultures education at Macquarie University. Prizes are awarded for outstanding performance in cultural and language learning across Chinese, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. Prize-giving Ceremony Award Winners, Discipline of Languages and Cultures THE AHEPA PRIZE Awarded for outstanding performance in Modern Greek Studies. Maria Tsakonas and Zina Gabrielle Fotakis ANATOLY KONOVETS, SVETLANA SAVINA AND LIDIA YASTREBOVA MEMORIAL PRIZE Awarded for the most deserving student in Russian Studies. Nina Tokareff THE ARGENTINEAN EMBASSY PRIZE Awarded for the best performance in advanced Spanish and Latin American Studies. Christiana Stone THE AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SOCIETY PRIZE Awarded for academic excellence in advanced Japanese Studies units and significant contribution to the study of Japan and future Japan-Australia relations. Brenden Wills THE AUSTRIA PRIZE Awarded for outstanding performance in advanced German studies. Bridget Gard THE CHINESE STUDIES PRIZE Awarded for the best performance by a non-native speaker in advanced Chinese Studies. Zachary Kerrison-Sharp THE ELISABETH HERVIC PRIZE Awarded for academic excellence in upper level French and Francophone Studies. Caitlin Magyar THE EUROPEAN UNION PRIZE Awarded for outstanding performance in advanced study of languages of the European Union. Lachlan Bryan THE GOETHE PRIZE Awarded for outstanding performance in advanced German Studies. Sevval Korkut THE ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE PRIZE Awarded for academic excellence in intermediate Italian Studies. TJ Pham THE ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE PRIZE Awarded for academic excellence in advanced Italian Studies. Ayrton Barile THE KENNY LI CHINESE STUDIES PRIZE Awarded for the best Higher Degree Research project in Chinese Studies. Tyler Dehn THE NARONA FAMILY/M. AND A. VIDOVIC PRIZE Awarded for outstanding performance in Croatian studies. Anthony Pagano SWISS PRIZE Awarded for high achievements in beginner-level German. Luke Veerhuis TINA KONG PRIZE Awarded for academic excellence in Asian Language Studies with no prior knowledge of the language. Jessica Lam THE URUGUAYAN CONSULATE GENERAL PRIZE Awarded for the best performance in intermediate Spanish and Latin American Studies. Maitreyi Kulkarni THE VENEZUELAN EMBASSY PRIZE Awarded for the best performance in the area of Spanish and Latin American Studies across the program. Luke Jacob Myers VIPs attending (L–R): Dr Jane Hanley (Chair of Languages and Cultures, Macquarie University), Prof. Hsu-Ming Teo (Head of Department of MCCALL, Macquarie University), The Hon. Dr Helen Sham-Ho OAM, Anthony Gurlica (President of Croatian Studies Foundation), Anja Seifert (Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany), Tony Vidovic (Narona Homes), Silvina Laura Aguirre (Consul-General of the Argentine Republic), Juan Barboza (Consul-General of Uruguay), Danilo Sidari (Istituto Italiano di Cultura), Constantinos Yiannakodimos (Public Diplomacy Office of Greece), John Theodoridis (Macquarie Greek Studies Foundation) Theo Premetis (President of Macquarie Greek Studies Foundation), Michele Miller (Australia-Japan Society of NSW), Natalia Lobastova, Denis Morandin (Alliance Francaise), Jerome Charbonnet (Deputy Consul General of Switzerland). Photos by Jesse Taylor Photography.

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Start Date

May 3, 2023

Description

On 3 May 2023 the Discipline of Languages and Cultures held its 2022 student prize presentation ceremony. This annual event celebrates the achievements of our 2022 students and recognises the valuable contribution of our staff and the generous support of our stakeholders and prize donors. Advocates of languages and cultures from community organisations, diplomatic missions, and individuals and families come together to acknowledge achievements in languages and cultures education at Macquarie University. Prizes are awarded for outstanding performance in cultural and language learning across Chinese, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.

Languages and Cultures 2023 student prize presentation ceremony

Prize-giving Ceremony Award Winners, Discipline of Languages and Cultures

THE AHEPA PRIZE
Awarded for outstanding performance in Modern Greek Studies.
Maria Tsakonas and Zina Gabrielle Fotakis

ANATOLY KONOVETS, SVETLANA SAVINA AND LIDIA YASTREBOVA MEMORIAL PRIZE
Awarded for the most deserving student in Russian Studies.
Nina Tokareff

THE ARGENTINEAN EMBASSY PRIZE
Awarded for the best performance in advanced Spanish and Latin American Studies.
Christiana Stone

THE AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SOCIETY PRIZE
Awarded for academic excellence in advanced Japanese Studies units and significant contribution to the study of Japan and future Japan-Australia relations.
Brenden Wills

THE AUSTRIA PRIZE
Awarded for outstanding performance in advanced German studies.
Bridget Gard

THE CHINESE STUDIES PRIZE
Awarded for the best performance by a non-native speaker in advanced Chinese Studies.
Zachary Kerrison-Sharp

THE ELISABETH HERVIC PRIZE
Awarded for academic excellence in upper level French and Francophone Studies.
Caitlin Magyar

THE EUROPEAN UNION PRIZE
Awarded for outstanding performance in advanced study of languages of the European Union.
Lachlan Bryan

THE GOETHE PRIZE
Awarded for outstanding performance in advanced German Studies.
Sevval Korkut

THE ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE PRIZE
Awarded for academic excellence in intermediate Italian Studies.
TJ Pham

THE ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE PRIZE
Awarded for academic excellence in advanced Italian Studies.
Ayrton Barile

THE KENNY LI CHINESE STUDIES PRIZE
Awarded for the best Higher Degree Research project in Chinese Studies.
Tyler Dehn

THE NARONA FAMILY/M. AND A. VIDOVIC PRIZE
Awarded for outstanding performance in Croatian studies.
Anthony Pagano

SWISS PRIZE
Awarded for high achievements in beginner-level German.
Luke Veerhuis

TINA KONG PRIZE
Awarded for academic excellence in Asian Language Studies with no prior knowledge of the language.
Jessica Lam

THE URUGUAYAN CONSULATE GENERAL PRIZE
Awarded for the best performance in intermediate Spanish and Latin American Studies.
Maitreyi Kulkarni

THE VENEZUELAN EMBASSY PRIZE
Awarded for the best performance in the area of Spanish and Latin American Studies across the program.
Luke Jacob Myers

Languages and Cultures 2023 student prize presentation ceremony VIPs

VIPs attending (L–R): Dr Jane Hanley (Chair of Languages and Cultures, Macquarie University), Prof. Hsu-Ming Teo (Head of Department of MCCALL, Macquarie University), The Hon. Dr Helen Sham-Ho OAM, Anthony Gurlica (President of Croatian Studies Foundation), Anja Seifert (Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany), Tony Vidovic (Narona Homes), Silvina Laura Aguirre (Consul-General of the Argentine Republic), Juan Barboza (Consul-General of Uruguay), Danilo Sidari (Istituto Italiano di Cultura), Constantinos Yiannakodimos (Public Diplomacy Office of Greece), John Theodoridis (Macquarie Greek Studies Foundation) Theo Premetis (President of Macquarie Greek Studies Foundation), Michele Miller (Australia-Japan Society of NSW), Natalia Lobastova, Denis Morandin (Alliance Francaise), Jerome Charbonnet (Deputy Consul General of Switzerland).

Photos by Jesse Taylor Photography.