IMG_3092

At The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Fall 2008                               SIP Department Sparks Fellow Award. This award is given to a graduate student each semester. It excuses the student from teaching responsibilities. Exceptional SRTE results and a 3.5 or higher GPA are determining factors to be considered for this award.

Fall 2007 – Spring 2008  Certificate of Excellence in Teaching. This certificate is given by the Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese to a language teacher who has demonstrated outstanding teaching skills during an academic year.

 At The University of Western Ontario, Canada

Summer 2005                        Research Scholarship ‘Mary Routledge.’ Funding to do research on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Portuguese and Spanish explorations to the New World at the National Library of Spain.

 Fall 2003- May 2005          International Doctoral Scholarship. Scholarship for international doctoral students with outstanding academic qualifications.

 Fall 2003- May 2005          Special University Scholarship. Scholarship for qualified graduate students.

 Fall 2004                                  Research Assistantship. Funding to do research for the Transatlantic Research Group.

 Summer 2004                        Travel Fund. Funding to do research on sixteenth-century Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s travel book at the National Library of Spain.

 Summer 2003                        Research Scholarship ‘Mary Routledge.’ Funding to do research on seventeenth-century Fernão Mendes Pinto’s travel book at the National Library of Portugal.

 Summer 2003                        Summer Fellowship. Fellowship to design and develop Can8 (computer based program) for an advanced Language Course, Spanish 201.

 Fall 2003                                  Research Assistantship. Funding to do research for the Transatlantic Research Group.

Summer 2002                         Summer Fellowship. Fellowship to design and develop Can8 for two beginners and intermediate Language Courses, Spanish 002 and 020.

Fall 2001- May 2003             International Graduate Student Scholarship. Scholarship for international graduate students with outstanding academic qualifications.

Fall 2001- May 2003             Special University Scholarship. Scholarship for qualified graduate students.

Fall 2001- May 2003             Graduate Tuition Scholarship. Scholarship awarded to all graduate students with excellent academic records, 2001-03.

At Universidad Cuauhtemoc, Mexico

May 1997                                     Caballero Aguila Award. Awarded to undergraduate students with the highest average in the academic year.

August 1993-May 1997          Matricula de Honor. Scholarship for undergraduate students with excellent academic records.



All content and images are protected by © and  Licencia Creative Commons