Scholarships and Awards

The following awards were presented during the 2009 Annual Business Meeting in Raleigh:

• Teacher of the Year:  K-12:  Jo Garrison, German Teacher (Ligon Middle School and Martin Middle School,  Wake County)
  
• University Level:  Hannelore Jarausch,  UNC-Chapel Hill
  
• Buck-Mitchell Scholarship: Lindsey Johnson, NC State University
  
• Fran Hoch Friend of FLANC Award: Al Rubio, Educational Partners International, LLC

The Foreign Language Association of North Carolina is pleased to offer a variety of scholarships and awards annually at the Business Meeting.  FLANC recognizes teacher excellence with its Teacher of the Year award.  Current FLANC members may nominate an outstanding teacher at any academic level (K-16) for this award.  The Friend of FLANC award is given to individuals who are not foreign language professionals, but have made a significant contribution to, or impact on, the study of second languages.  The Honorary Life award is given to a longtime member who has made significant contributions to FLANC and the teaching profession.  Nominations are accepted from current FLANC members.  Nominations forms are available online and must be submitted by March.

The Jane Mitchell-Manolita Buck scholarship is awarded annually to a college student in his/her final year of undergraduate study, who has expressed a commitment to teach a foreign language in North Carolina. This scholarship is open to all second language students in a North Carolina institution of higher learning.  Applications are due in March.

Honorary Life Memberships are awarded to members who have made significant contributions to FLANC and to the language teaching profession. Those considered for the award must have been FLANC members for a minimum of five years. Any FLANC member may make nominations. In addition to the letter of recommendation, there should be a second letter of support from a colleague, principal, or administrator attesting to the nominee's contributions to language teaching and culture.

Finally, the Initially Licensed Teacher Scholarship (ILT) allows FLANC to reduce the cost of attending the Annual Conference to $50 for all Initially Licensed Teachers in their first year of teaching a world language in North Carolina!  In addtion, 10 ILTs will be chosen to attend the annual FLANC conference at no charge, including the opportunity to attend pre-conference workshops. Applications are due in September.  

Nicole Swanson serves on the FLANC board as Awards Chair.  Please direct any questions to her at.  FLANC members may nominate at any time by sending an email to Nicole at: ghscheerus@yahoo.com