Meet Our Students
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a world language major, second major, minor, or double minor at Illinois State? A wide variety of students study languages. This page features the accomplishments of not only our very best students, but is also meant to provide an idea of what the typical language student's life is, both in the classroom, as well as in clubs, in community engagement, and study abroad.
LAN Current Students' Stories
People major or minor in a world language for so many reasons, and benefit from it differently. Nothing is better than hearing straight from the student what their experience is. Read below to find out. Want to share your story? Complete our Student Story Submission form.
Bone Scholar Recipients
As the highest honor that a student can receive at Illinois State, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures is proud to highlight the significant number of LAN majors that have been Bone Scholars over the years. Read more about the Bone Scholarship and the application process.
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1967-1968
Harwood, Grace L. - Russian -
1969-1970
Barz, Diane - French
McAlister, Jan - Spanish -
1970-1971
Mason, Victoria - Spanish -
1976-1977
Buehner, Heidrum M. - German -
1980-1981
DeBaillie, Beth - French -
1981-1982
Addy, Denise - French -
1982-1983
Anderson, Wallace - French and Biology -
1986-1987
Wiese, Rebecca - Spanish and Economics -
1987-1988
Fortin, Christel - French and International Business -
1990-1991
Hanse, Keven Richard - German and History and Math -
1991-1992
Ahlgrim, Kimberly - French and International Business
Rogers, Lance - French and Applied Computer Science -
1992-1993
Kramer, Christina - Spanish -
1995-1996
Schnorr, Cheyenne D. - Spanish Teacher Education
Warth, Anne Elizabeth - French and International Business -
1999-2000
Klima, Donna Erlene - Spanish Teacher Education -
2001-2002
Wagner, Emily May - Spanish -
2002-2003
Hake, Karin -
2003-2004
Damery, Rebecca - Spanish -
2004-2005
Gibson, Sarah - French -
2008-2009
Trautwein, Sarah - French Teacher Education -
2010-2011
Coker, Kelsey - Spanish and English -
2011-2012
Kopp, Caitlin - Spanish and Anthropology
Soppett, Laura - Spanish -
2015-2016
Karim, Elora - Spanish and English -
2016-2017
Koszyk, Lauren - German and Music
Ott, Beau - Spanish and History -
2017-2018
Walsh, Kiley - Spanish Teacher Education -
2019-2020
Jessup, Erin - History and French and Francophone Studies