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2015

Awards & Honors

Presidential Medalist's Award

International Studies student awarded the 2015 Presidential Medalist's award.

Date: May 5, 2015

2014

Awards & Honors

Students Recognized for prestigious Denison awards 2014

Three International Studies students were awarded the Distinguished Leadership award and the President's Medalist award.

Date: September 12, 2014

Spotlights

Denison Magazine

Unlocking Potential: Yazmina Ameerah Salahuddin-Robinson ’22

Yazmina Salahuddin-Robinson’s intense curiosity about languages and cultures drew her to the international studies major.

Overcoming doubt

Writing, illustrating, and self-publishing a book involves dozens of opportunities to learn something new.

Khalil Bentley '20 awarded graduate school scholarship

International Studies major Khalil Bentley '20 has been awarded a prestigious Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship.

Denison Magazine

Unlocking Potential: Adam Cromwell ’21

Adam Cromwell ’21 looks at the role soccer plays in national identity.

Bloomberg Terminals: Real-time market data

Bloomberg Terminals give students access to real-time financial news and data — and help prepare them for careers in business and finance.

Taka Higuchi '20 celebrating commencement

The Value of Empathy

As a patient care assistant in a children’s hospital Taka Higuchi ‘20 provides a welcoming and calming presence at the start of an anxiety-filled day.

Magazine internship builds hard and soft skills

In the Summer of 2020, Sarah Hume '22 found a great internship with Story magazine through a Denison Narrative Journalism program.

Denison students and Sri Lankan performers dance in concert

How We Learn

Sri Lankan Odyssey

A five-year immersion in Sri Lankan culture gives Denison students a profound cross-cultural experience.

Where We Go

A Fulbright Connects a Student & Her Family History

A Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Turkey gives Madina Khudaynazar ’19 an opportunity to revisit her own family’s roots.

Where We Go

Full Circle

“When you’re a Latina in education, it’s about giving back,” says Fulbright award-winner Andrea Vallejo ’19.

How We Live

An Exceptional Experience Yields an Outstanding Performance

Mentoring by faculty & professionals Columbus gave Sara Abou Rashed ’21 the confidence to create a one-woman show about her experience as an immigrant.

How We Learn

Understanding Social Change Through Hip-hop

Dana Phillips '20 explored political and social movements through the lyrics of Arabic hip-hop as a Summer Scholar.

Where We Go

John Cort: India Summer

A Denison professor travels across the globe to bring the world closer to his classroom.

Adela Hoffman '10 with her Peace Corps homestay parents in Mozambique.

Where We Go

Adela Hoffman '10: Global Impact Through Public Health

CDC employee Adela Hoffman '10 finds meaning in her work responding to health emergencies around the world.

How We Live

An Open Letter To The Muslim Women Of America About The Hijab

Jenna Mayzouni '19 shares her thinking about Muslim women and their decisions to wear (or not) the hijab.

What's Happening

Departmental Fellows

Doane renovation and expansion: Introducing the Center for Data Reasoning & Visualization

A bigger, better Big Red Weekend

Former attorney general finds optimism on The Hill

What's Happening

2015

2014

Spotlights

Unlocking Potential: Yazmina Ameerah Salahuddin-Robinson ’22

Overcoming doubt

Khalil Bentley '20 awarded graduate school scholarship

Unlocking Potential: Adam Cromwell ’21

Bloomberg Terminals: Real-time market data

The Value of Empathy

Magazine internship builds hard and soft skills

Sri Lankan Odyssey

A Fulbright Connects a Student & Her Family History

Full Circle

An Exceptional Experience Yields an Outstanding Performance

Understanding Social Change Through Hip-hop

John Cort: India Summer

Adela Hoffman '10: Global Impact Through Public Health

An Open Letter To The Muslim Women Of America About The Hijab

What's Happening

Introducing the 2024-25 International studies fellows

Hollywood’s first major Black female superhero is only a beginning

ChatGPT and the future of knowledge