Awards
Excellence in French Studies Awards 2011
In the Spring 2011, Western New York area high school French students participated in the annual Excellence in French Studies Award held at SUNY at Buffalo on Saturday, March 26th. The competition attracted 16 students from across Western New York who completed a rigorous dictée excerpt from Camus’ La Peste. The competition is co-sponsored and funded by the SUNY at Buffalo Melodia Jones Fund Chair. Cash prizes of $750 were awarded to:
First prize
Ravi Wood, City Honors School at Fosdick Masten Park
Second prize
Carol Quigley, Clarence High School
Third prize
Sameer Singhal, Williamsville East High School
Alec Hohensee, Wilson High School
On May 13th, the winners of our Excellence in High School French
Studies Competition were honored at the commencement ceremony of UB's Department
of Romance Languages and Literatures.
On the picture, from left to right, Professor Jean Jacques Thomas, Melodia
Jones Chair, Ravi Wood, 1st place winner, Sameer Singhal, 3rd place winner,
Carol Quigley, 2nd place winner, Mary Ellen Gianturco, AFB Exam Administrator
and Nicole Dunham, UB Graduate Assistant, Exam Juror.
Starting in 2004, the Alliance Française de Buffalo (AFB) has been offering an Excellence in French Studies Award to the three best high-school French students. This program is a partnership between the Alliance Française de Buffalo and the Melodia Jones Fund of the University at Buffalo.
