Student awards

Each year, in the first week of the Spring quarter, the Department's faculty may submit to the chair and Awards Committee nominations for the following undergraduate essays prizes:

  • Best Essay on the Literatures and Cultures of Latin America and/or Spain Prize
  • Humberto E. Robles Prize for the Best Honors Thesis in Spanish
  • Best Essay for Spanish 200-level Literature and Culture Classes Prize
  • Best Essay in Spanish 202-2

The prizes carry with them a monetary award. One paper per class from Spring quarter of the previous year, as well as Fall and Winter quarters of the current year, may be nominated.

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