2018 Skidmore College Honors Convocation

| 24 | ACADEMIC AWARDS WORLD LANGUAGES AND L ITERATURES Chinese Prize Awarded in recognition of outstanding academic accomplishment by a junior or senior student of Chinese language and literature. Maurah Lindsey Steinmetz ’18 Lynne L. Gelber Prize in French Awarded to an outstanding senior French major. Elisa Jeanne Smith ’18 Consulate General Prize in German Awarded to an outstanding student of German. Maurah Lindsey Steinmetz ’18 Dante Award Awarded for outstanding accomplishment by a student in Italian. Nicholas Corrado Fronte ’18 Japanese Prize Awarded in recognition of outstanding academic accomplishment by a junior or senior student of Japanese language and literature in the Department of World Languages and Literatures. Yuruo Zhang ’18 Sonja P. Karsen Prize in Spanish Established in honor of Sonja P. Karsen, professor of Spanish, 1957–87, by the Department of World Languages and Literatures, and awarded annually in recognition of outstanding accomplishment by a senior major. Harry Christopher Risoleo ’18 WRITING PRIZES Joseph C. Palamountain Jr. Prose Awards Established in honor of Joseph C. Palamountain, president of Skidmore College, 1965–87, and awarded to the students submitting the best examples of expository prose in English, unrestricted as to subject matter. Amy Milin ’20 Laura Ann Pierson ’18