NOIL Award Winning Collegiates
🥇🥈🥉 Nominations, please! 🥇🥈🥉
Each year our chapter offers the NOIL AATG Collegiate Award of Excellence. Each college/university may nominate ONE student to receive this award from our chapter. Instructors should submit the name of the student along with a paragraph detailing why the student should be so honored. These students will be honored at the NOIL AATG Awards Ceremony on April 30, 2023, and will also be recognized in our newsletter. Candidates should be stellar in all possible ways. They have shown leadership, academic excellence and a drive to promote the German language and culture. They demonstrate their interest and skills in classes, at events, at competitions and even in travel. Nominations are due by February 24, 2023, to noilaatgawards@gmail.com or to Kathleen Betterman, 6108 S. Kimbark Ave., Chicago, IL 60637-2825.
Collegiate Award of Excellence - Past Winners
2022
Northern Illinois University Abigail Gwendolin Bresnan (nominated by Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz)
Northwestern University: Gretchen Faliszek (nominated by Ingrid Zeller)
University of Illinois at Chicago: Nathan La Mantia (nominated by Imke Meyer)
2021
Northwestern University Orion Forowycz (nominated by Ingrid Zeller)
University of Illinois at Chicago: Emma Janatka (nominated by Imke Meyer)
2020
North Central College: Matthew Boelke (nominated by Gregory Wolf)
Northern Illinois University: Michael Yurkiv (nominated by Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz)
Northwestern University: Maya Daiter (nominated by Ingrid Zeller)
University of Illinois at Chicago: Jacob J. Brown (nominated by Imke Meyer)
2019 North Central College
Alexandria Bassett (nominated by Gregory Wolf)
2019 Northern Illinois University
Wolf Polito (nominated by Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz)
2019 Northwestern University
Sabrina Matsuda (nominated by Ingrid Zeller)
2019 University of Illinois at Chicago
Katharine Andrews (nominated by Patrick Fortmann)
2018 North Central College: Alexandria Bassett (nominated by Gregory Wolf)
2018 Northern Illinois University: Anna Wooten (nominated by Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz)
2018 Northwestern University: Megan Anderson (nominated by Ingrid Zeller)
2018 University of Illinois at Chicago: Zuka’a Joudeh (nominated by Patrick Fortmann)
2017 North Central College: Alexandria Bassett (nominated by Gregory Wolf)
2017 Northern Illinois University: Thomas Boers (nominated by Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz)
2017 Northwestern University: Sarah Priscella Lee (nominated by Ingrid Zeller)
2017 University of Illinois at Chicago: Jasmina Ejupovic (nominated by Patrick Fortmann)
2016 Jamie Cohen (College of Lake County)
2016 Joanna Bodigor (North Central College)
2016 Jenna Chamblin (Northern Illinois University)
2016 Elizabeth Swanson (University of Illinois at Chicago)
2015 Northern Illinois University - Atres Norwood
2015 Northwestern University, Frau Zeller - Andrew Rowberg
2015 University of Illinois at Chicago, Frau Loentz - Kara Roberts
2015 North Central College, Herr Wolf - Lauren Kanady
2014 Nathan Tancula of University of Illinois at Chicago
2014 Hannah Kramer of North Central College
2014 Almira Nazmieva of Northern Illinois University
2014 Nicole Bronnimann of Northwestern University
2013 Sean Burke of Northern Illinois University
2013 Jonathan Casey of University of Illinois at Chicago
NOIL AATG COLLEGIATE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Each year our chapter offers the NOIL AATG Collegiate Award of Excellence. Candidates are stellar in all possible ways. They have shown leadership, academic excellence and a drive to promote the German language and culture. They demonstrate their interest and skills in classes, at events, at competitions and even in travel.
Each college/university may nominate ONE student to receive this award from our chapter. Instructors should submit the name of the student along with a paragraph detailing why the student should be so honored. These students will be honored at the annual NOIL AATG Awards Ceremony in the spring of each year and will also be recognized in our newsletter.
Nominations are due by March 10 to noilaatgawards@gmail.com.