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Note Tyler Bulloch, who graduated with a BA in Italian last August, won the 2012 National College Essay Contest from the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI). Tyler’s essay, written in Italian, was originally submitted as class work in Professor Ilona Klein’s Honors class and was submitted to the AATI competition by Professor Klein. The award comes with a $500 cash prize.
BYU Students Win Language Competition The BYU Marriott School of Business recently hosted the 2012 BYU Business Language Case Competition. Universities from all over the United States fielded teams to compete in business case analysis and presentation in a foreign language. Tyson Anderson, Chris Weinberger, and Zachary Wester of BYU’s team took first place in the Mandarin Chinese category, with Indiana University placing second and Arizona State University third. Zachary described the competition as “a great opportunity to practice professional-level presentation skills in Chinese, as well as to practice business analysis and strategy methods, and to receive feedback from some very professional judges. It was a friendly atmosphere among all of the teams. I think everyone learned a lot and enjoyed the experience.” Dr. Steven Riep of the Asian and Near Eastern Languages Department put together two teams, mostly from students in his Chinese 347: Business Chinese class. Both Chinese teams were coached by Dr. Wang Shu-pei.
Faculty award Congratulations to Leslie Thorne-Murphy of the English Department, who has been awarded the Douglas K. Christensen Teaching and Learning Fellowship.
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