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:
- 2026: Sofia Getoff-Scanlon
- 2025: Hannah Josephine
- 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:
- 2026: Marin Moore
- 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