2026 Cohort

The Global Engagement Distinction is earned by students with demonstrated commitment to language learning, cultural immersion, and global and cultural perspective-taking. In Spring 2026, the Department of Classics and Modern Languages honored the first cohort of students earning the distinction:

Tricia Barker
French and Francophone Studies Major​
English Major​
Digital Innovation, Film & Television Major​

Julia Bently
International Business and Marketing​ Major
Italian Studies Minor​

Caleb Chamblin
International Business Major
German Minor

Laura Maria Congiunti​
Sports Management Major
Spanish

Blaine Cox
Chemistry Major
Italian Studies Minor

Maddalena DiMuccio
Philosophy, Politics and the Public​ Major
International Studies Major​
Italian Studies Minor​

Jack Finnigan Drew
French and Francophone Studies Major
International Studies Major​
Philosophy Minor​

Teagan Fowler
Political Science Major​
Spanish Minor​
Gender and Diversity Studies Minor​

Lily Grace Furtado
International Business Major​
French and Francophone Studies Major

Rocco Giegerich​
Biomedical Sciences Major
Spanish Major

Abigail Lynne​ Koogler
International Studies Major
German Major

Joel Lacoste​
Philosophy, Politics, & the Public Major​
Political Science Major​
Public Diplomacy Minor and Military Science ​
Levantine Arabic/Modern Standard Arabic ​
French

Sarah Lemming
Biology Major
Spanish Minor

Colby Loughran​
Finance & Accounting Majors​
Italian Studies Minor

Jordan Aaron Madry​
Psychology Major
Spanish Minor

Gillian Ocampo
Nursing Major​
Medical and Health Humanities Minor​
Spanish Minor

Sofia Pardino
Medical and Health Humanities Major​
Spanish Minor​
Biology Minor​
Theology Minor​

Kathryn Elizabeth Perigo​
Philosophy, Politics and the Public​ Major
Economics Minor​
Spanish Minor​

Ever Adalberto​ Quiñónez Figueroa
International Business Major
Italian Studies Minor

Alec Schoepf​
International Business Major
Spanish Minor

Kara E. Sugiyama
Biology Major
Spanish Major