{"id":73,"date":"2017-10-04T20:03:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T20:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-french\/prizes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:50:29","slug":"prizes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/studentopportunities\/prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Prizes and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Borghild K. Sundheim Endowed Scholarship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marinel Tansia \u201925 (Fall 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Max Hamaide \u201927 (Spring 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Established by alumni, colleagues and friends in memory of Dr. Sundheim, professor and chair of the French Department from 1927-1967. This scholarship goes to a junior or senior who is an outstanding student with a concentration in French&nbsp;who demonstrates financial need.<br><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/studentopportunities\/prizes\/sundheim\/\">Past Award Recipients<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virginia A. Schubert Endowed Scholarship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maddie Caro \u201926<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This scholarship fund is to be used to provide financial assistance to a junior or senior majoring in French, who demonstrates financial need and has a GPA of 3.3 or higher<br><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/studentopportunities\/prizes\/schubert\/\">Past award recipients<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virginia McKnight Binger Prize<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alexis Bromberg \u201925<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cash award to students who show exceptional proficiency in modern languages and literature.<br><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/studentopportunities\/prizes\/mcknight\/\">Past award recipients<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Peters Prize for Study in a French-Speaking Country<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lukas Lock-Scamp \u201925<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matte Lopez \u201925<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Established by alumni, colleagues and friends in honor of Dr. H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Peters, Professor Emerita of French and founder of the French Study Abroad Program. A cash award to a deserving student with a concentration in French for study in a French-speaking country.<br><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/studentopportunities\/prizes\/peters\/\">Past award recipients<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Karl C. Sandberg Endowed Prize<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elizabeth Ekstrand \u201925<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lukas Lock-Scamp \u201925<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carling McQuinn\u00a0\u201925<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nina Rogers \u201925<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Established by alumni, colleagues and friends in memory of Dr. Karl Sandberg, DeWitt Wallace Professor of French and Humanities from 1968-1992. A cash award to an outstanding senior with a concentration in French who has a demonstrated engagement with the literature and philosophical ideas of France and their relationship to the arts.<br><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/studentopportunities\/prizes\/sandberg\/\">Past award recipients<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prizes for Excellence in French Studies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prizes for Excellence in French Studies (Level I)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ana Bido<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peggy Weng<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prizes for Excellence in French Studies (Level II)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Masha Antonova<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeorie Brockenberry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Owen Carr<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aditi Evans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan Mickelborough<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elise Templeton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prizes for Excellence in French Studies (Level III)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dariane Duarte<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rory Hoeschen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melody Woodward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Level I (first year, French 101 and\/or 102). <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/studentopportunities\/prizes\/excellence\/\">Past award recipients<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Level II (second year, French 203 and\/or 204).<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/studentopportunities\/prizes\/excellence2\/\">Past award recipients<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Level III (third year, French 305 and\/or 306). Past Award Recipients. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/studentopportunities\/prizes\/excellence3\/\">Past Award Recipients<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borghild K. Sundheim Endowed Scholarship Established by alumni, colleagues and friends in memory of Dr. Sundheim, professor and chair of the French Department from 1927-1967. This scholarship goes to a junior or senior who is an outstanding student with a concentration in French&nbsp;who demonstrates financial need.Past Award Recipients Virginia A. 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