• eight Fulbright scholars in the past eight years;
• numerous acceptances—many with fellowships—into some of the country's most prestigious graduate programs in languages, law, business and international studies;
• two national Phi Kappa Phi graduate fellowships since 2002;
• 17 national "Honor Chapter" awards (1993-2009) for our chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society;
• nine student recipients (since 1993) of the national Gabriela Mistral Award, granted annually to an outstanding chapter member of Sigma Delta Pi.
  

Our students have access to a wealth of language-related opportunities to complement and enhance their studies.  

Our department offers three Citadel summer study abroad programs and the Goethe-Institut forlanguage immersion experiences in France, Germany, Mexico and Spain.  Due to the generosity of the American Society of the French Legion of Honor, scholarships will be awarded to qualified French majors and minors participating in The Citadel's program in France in 2010.  Additional summer scholarships are provided yearly by the German Studies Summer Stipend (established by The Citadel's German faculty), the Deutscher brüderlicher Bund Sommer-Stipendium (German), the Olmsted Cadet Travel and Cultural Immersion Program (for sophomore and/or junior contract cadets), and Citadel Summer Stipends. A 2009 Department of Defense grant has made available study abroad scholarships for ROTC-contract cadets who study Chinese. Our undergraduates also have a distinguished record in their admission into such prestigious semester-long programs as those at Wake Forest University (Salamanca, Spain), the University of Virginia (Valencia, Spain), and the Goethe-Institut (Germany). 

During the academic year and for college credit, qualifying Spanish majors and minors may take advantage of local internships to gain practical experience with the Spanish language. Past internships have included the Medical University of South Carolina, real estate companies, elementary schools and local television.

Majors and minors who demonstrate excellence in their studies may earn membership in one or more of our three honor societies—Pi Delta Phi (French), Delta Phi Alpha (German) and Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish)—, ALL students may join our language clubs. 

Our department also showcases our students' editorial and creative writing skills through our very own national, refereed journal El Cid (Spanish) and our campus publication Le Gaulois Littéraire (French).