This November, Kathleen Condray, an associate professor of German in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, will be honored with a Checkpoint Charlie Foundation Award at the national conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

The Checkpoint Charlie Foundation Award was founded in 2016 by the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation in Berlin, Germany and the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). It is given each year to one K-12 and one post-secondary faculty member, in recognition of exceptional teaching and extraordinary achievement in outreach and fostering international cooperation. 

"We nominated Dr. Condray for an AATG award because we felt that she has earned national recognition for the extraordinary job she does—as a mentor and advisor, as a teacher, and as a program builder," said Jennifer Hoyer, German section head at the U of A. "She works tirelessly to provide the most enriching educational experience for students that she can, which is as much about helping them learn German language and culture as it is about helping them see how to make practical use of their skills. We are so thrilled that the AATG and their reviewers selected Dr. Condray for this honor."

Hoyer said Condray has a campus-wide reputation as an invaluable resource and as a mover and shaper. Her outreach work includes talking with students of all ages across the state of Arkansas. Numerous U of A students have received fellowships and internships under her guidance. Her work in shaping curriculum includes the creation of an additional major for students outside Fulbright College, and working with the College of Engineering to create a dual-degree International Engineering Program, one of only a few such programs in the United States. 

Condray will be recognized at the annual AATG awards ceremony held at the national ACTFL meeting on Nov. 18 in Nashville, Tennessee.