The department is extremely proud of our students’ success and we recognize our students’ achievements and contributions yearly through the department’s lively awards ceremony. Students, friends, families, faculty members and other community partners gather once a year to celebrate our students across a variety of disciplines. At the ceremony, the department also recognizes its volunteers who are active in various events led by the department and/or alongside several programs and student associations.
Department Awards
The department recognizes the best performing student in our beginner’s courses and also our overall exceptional students in our advanced courses in the following areas: Arabic, Classical Greek, Chinese, World Literatures, German Studies, Hebrew, Italian Studies, Jamaican Creole, Japanese Studies, Korean, Latin, Linguistics, Modern Greek, Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies, Spanish and Swahili.
Joseph Zbili Memorial Prize in Hebrew
This prize is awarded annually to an outstanding student in an advanced Hebrew course. The Hebrew Section in DLLL is also affiliated with York’s Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies. Our students can apply to numerous study-abroad scholarships offered by the Centre.
Peter Sato Award
The Peter Sato Award (named after a distinguished Japanese diplomat and former ambassador to China) is awarded annually to an outstanding student who achieves the highest placement in the National Japanese Speech Contest.
Looking for more?
The Faculty of LA&PS also provides a number of scholarships, awards and bursaries. Fill our your Financial Aid, Awards and Scholarships (FAAS) Application today.