Fifty-seven Hamilton seniors were inducted into Phi Sigma Iota, the national honorary society for students of foreign languages, in a ceremony on April 29 in the Science Center atrium. Each student was awarded a certificate to recognize outstanding achievement in the study of one or more foreign languages. In addition, three seniors were recognized by the Classics Department for their outstanding achievement in Latin and Greek.
After the awards ceremony,Visiting Assistant Professor of French Julie Kruidenier Tolliver ’02 spoke on the importance of languages in her life. Tolliver’s conclusion provides a fitting summary of the evening: “Language education creates bonds between people; it draws them out of isolation; it presents the opportunity for learning a thousand other things; it makes us understand the relativity of ideas and perspectives… The languages you’ve learned have formed patterns in your brains that will be hard to erase … but make sure you keep rehearsing these patterns. You never know when you might need a dose of absurdity to make sense of life.”
The graduating seniors who were inducted into Phi Sigma Iota this year are Evin Adolph, Brittany Albert, Corinne Bancroft, Daniel Barrios, Zoe Bruck, Hathaway Burden, Brendan Carroll, Kaitlin Cassel, Ashley Chang, Linnaea Chapman, Suzannah Chatlos, Elizabeth Collins, Vanessa Cruz-Santanam, Marcus Dormanen, Lauren Duncan, Paul Engelhardt, Hannah Fazio, Jane Fieldhouse, Benjamin Freeman, Anthony Garcia, John Garrison, Nora Goldman, Elizabeth Gordon, Yin Tik Hung, Alexandra Hutchinson, Hong Huynh, Alexandra Jones and Elizabeth Kessler.
Also, Garvin Kiernan, Meredith Kivett, Jared Kursman, Katherine Lafen, Wenxi Li, Oscar Lied, John Lofrese, Elaine Masek, Carolyn Meyer, Sarah Minton, Nina Platt, Danielle Raulli, Andrew Ravenna, Mallory Reed, Kaitlin Riester, Eileen Rivera, Clifford Robbins, Andrew Rogan, Zachari Shockley, Grace Stadnyk, William Stateman, Chelsea Stone, Amy Tannenbaum, Vaclav Tomicek, Francesca Villa, Jennifer Whitman, Danica Wuelfing, Teresa Ye and Katherine Zavin.
After the awards ceremony,Visiting Assistant Professor of French Julie Kruidenier Tolliver ’02 spoke on the importance of languages in her life. Tolliver’s conclusion provides a fitting summary of the evening: “Language education creates bonds between people; it draws them out of isolation; it presents the opportunity for learning a thousand other things; it makes us understand the relativity of ideas and perspectives… The languages you’ve learned have formed patterns in your brains that will be hard to erase … but make sure you keep rehearsing these patterns. You never know when you might need a dose of absurdity to make sense of life.”
The graduating seniors who were inducted into Phi Sigma Iota this year are Evin Adolph, Brittany Albert, Corinne Bancroft, Daniel Barrios, Zoe Bruck, Hathaway Burden, Brendan Carroll, Kaitlin Cassel, Ashley Chang, Linnaea Chapman, Suzannah Chatlos, Elizabeth Collins, Vanessa Cruz-Santanam, Marcus Dormanen, Lauren Duncan, Paul Engelhardt, Hannah Fazio, Jane Fieldhouse, Benjamin Freeman, Anthony Garcia, John Garrison, Nora Goldman, Elizabeth Gordon, Yin Tik Hung, Alexandra Hutchinson, Hong Huynh, Alexandra Jones and Elizabeth Kessler.
Also, Garvin Kiernan, Meredith Kivett, Jared Kursman, Katherine Lafen, Wenxi Li, Oscar Lied, John Lofrese, Elaine Masek, Carolyn Meyer, Sarah Minton, Nina Platt, Danielle Raulli, Andrew Ravenna, Mallory Reed, Kaitlin Riester, Eileen Rivera, Clifford Robbins, Andrew Rogan, Zachari Shockley, Grace Stadnyk, William Stateman, Chelsea Stone, Amy Tannenbaum, Vaclav Tomicek, Francesca Villa, Jennifer Whitman, Danica Wuelfing, Teresa Ye and Katherine Zavin.
