Awards
Excellence in French Studies Awards
Nadine Beauharnois - Olivia Arditi, 2005
The Alliance Française de Buffalo (AFB), in partnership with the Melodia E. Jones Fund of the University at Buffalo, offers an Excellence in French Studies Award. The purpose of the award is to preserve and advance French language in high schools. The first prize is an award of $300, the second $200, and the third $150.
- Excellence Award Winners 2009
- Excellence Award Winners 2008
- Excellence Award Winners 2007
- Excellence Award Winners 2006
- Excellence Award Winners 2005
- Excellence Award Winners 2004
Excellence Award Program Description
The Excellence Award Program, alongside with the Merit Certificate of Excellence, are programs organized in Buffalo to give recognition to the best high-school students attending French classes in one of the eight counties of Western New York. In the Excellence Award Program, the three best students are selected based on the results of a written exam (dictation) and receive a monetary prize.
In order to participate in the exam, up to three students can be selected by a French teacher in their high-school as the representative(s) of the school. The exam offered on the Amherst campus of the University at Buffalo in Capen Building, Room 258, will take place on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. .
If you teach French in a High School in Western New York and would like to name the best student(s) in your school, please fill out the Merit Certificates and Excellence Award Submission Form.
The winners are notified with a phone call and an official letter from the AFB.
The jury grading the exam is composed of three people: a University at Buffalo Graduate Student in French, a French teacher from a local high school, and a teacher from the Alliance Française de Buffalo.
If you have questions about the Excellence in French Studies Award, please contact Mary Ellen Gianturco at 716 481-7224.
Background
The Excellence in French Studies Award program was started in 2004, on the initiative of Olivia Arditi, President of the Alliance Française, and Gérard Bucher, Chair of the Melodia E. Jones Fund.
Partners :
Melodia E. Jones Fund
Alliance Française de Buffalo Members
If you are interested in becoming an individual donor, or if you would like your business to be a corporate sponsor, please check our sponsorship program
