Every summer, Immersion, Online, and Overseas students compete to produce the best short video about their language, culture, or experience in the Language Workshop.
William Whitaker – "The Monkey King's Journey to Indiana" – Winner
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Dutta Upamanyu– "The History of Miyeokguk" – 1st Runner Up, Best Cultural Content, Best Video Production
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Joshua Burns – "Korean Brings Us Together" – 2nd Runner Up, Most Engaging
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Nickolas Khimerik– "Family Recipe" – 3rd Runner Up, Most Engaging, Best Plot Twist
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Lindsey Olivero-Gong & Christina Li – "Passion for Chinese" – 1st Runner Up
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Mason Hartlage – "My Life in the Russian Workshop" – 2nd Runner Up
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Ella Dunham, Julia Welp and Alyssa Gharmalkar – "Making Manaeesh Za’atar" – 3rd Runner Up
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Celine Yang – "Chinese Language Workshop Bloopers" – 4th Runner Up
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Tea Vallone & Luke Anderson – "Chinese Activities" – 5th Runner Up
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HONORABLE MENTIONS (videos that were not included in the 2025 contest judging)
"Team Arabic" – "An Arab Wedding", (too long -- exceeds 1-min max)
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Dragan Mikulin – "Glory to Ukraine!" (late submission)
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Kayla Stivers – "Korean Comfort Food" – Winner
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Autumn Pepper & Jessica Wolf – "A Day in the Chinese Workshop" – 1st Runner Up
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Crystal Wang – "A Day in the Korean Workshop" – 2nd Runner Up
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"We Study Together, We WIN Together!" - 1st place - Ukrainian Online
Johnny Di Lascio
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"A Once In A Lifetime Chance" - 2nd place - Japanese Online
Shannon Hakala
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"The 1st-Year Arabic Program" - 3rd place - Arabic Immersion
Bossan Abdyyeva
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"Shashlyk with Friends" - 4th place - Russian Immersion
Chris Leger
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"The 2023 Azerbaijani Workshop" - 5th place - Azerbaijani Online
Michael Ernst
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"Welcome to the Chinese Workshop" - Late submission, not judged - Chinese Immersion
Kailyn Riggs
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"Are there bedbugs in China?" - Late Submission, not judged - Chinese Immersion
Danila Kabotyanski
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"Our Lives in the Chinese Workshop" - 1st place - Chinese Immersion
Dean Waters, Kathryn Klassen, Aysia Bittinger, Beyza Okur, and Autumn Sniffen
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"The 3 6 9 Game" - Award for Best Cultural Content - Korean Online
Katelyn Valete
"The Perfect Woman" - Award for Best Audience Engagement - Arabic Immersion
Becca Bruss, William Rodenbeck, and Sabine Thomas
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"My Life as a K-Drama" - Award for Best Production Values - Korean Online
Dereka Thomas
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Ukrainian - The Language of Heroes - 5th place - Ukrainian
Colby Fleming, Rachel Kelly, Gabriele Sava, Chelsey Carr, Zach Rewinski
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"Making Kystyby" - 6th place - Tatar Online
Abigail Gipson, Jacob Springer
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"Mongolian Song" - 7th place - Mongolian Online
Dylan Charter, Christopher DeCou, Ran Yan, Alex Yi
"Vietnamese Song" - 8th place - Vietnamese Online
Emily Jackson
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"Han & Tang Dynasty Dance" - 1st place - Chinese Online
Natasha Dorr-Kapczynski
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"Arab Hospitality" - Award for Best Cultural Content - Arabic Online
Evan Hochstein
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"Musical Ensemble" - Award for Best Audience Engagement - Arabic Online
Lizzie DeSantis, Evan Hochstein, Hayley Keisling, Madison MEwen, Natalie Schultheis, Sara Walsh, Morgan Yandow Harding, Jermaine Butler
"Learning Chinese is Not Hard" - Award for Best Production Values - Chinese Online
Natasha Dorr-Kapczynski, Lucas Gunkel, Taijia Smith, Jordan Ramirez, Elissa Whitcomb, Shreya Mapadath, Maria Julien
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"Gathering Mushrooms" - Honorable Mention #5 - Russian Online
Leathea Thomason
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"Regional Cuisine" - Honorable Mention #6 - Russian Online
Deandrea Hawkins
"Haunted by Famous Ancestors" - Honorable Mention #7 - Russian Online
Kyle Tucker, Kaitlin Patton, William Smeal
"Calligraphy" - Honorable Mention #8 - Arabic Online
Navkiran Chima, Benjamin Tomas Morgan
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"Russian Music, One Decade at a Time" - Honorable Mention #9 - Russian Online
Molly Burhans
"English in Square Letters" - Honorable Mention #10 - Chinese Online
Natasha Dorr-Kapczynski, Lucas Gunkel, Daniel Robinson, Kyle Kwok, Vivian Costello, James Romano, Summer Snyder
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"Bad Grammar" - 11th place - Russian Online
Adam Willson
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"Shiger Shiger" - 12th place - Mongolian Online
Laurie Day
"On the Hills of Manchuria" - 13th place - Russian Online
Daniel Zhou (Youheng)
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"Learning Russian Online" -- Cartoon - 14th place - Russian Online
Katherine Leung
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"Interpretive Dance" - 15th place - Chinese Online
Summer Snyder
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"Corona Virus" - Not Judged - Arabic Online
Meg Morley and the 2020 Arab Dance Club
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The Arabic Section is famous in the Workshop for its events and its emphasis on active learning. Check them out and see what you think.
The students of Azerbaijan created a visual diary of their summer.
The students of Ukraine share highlights from their program, including being interviewed on Ukrainian television.