As Polyglot goes to press, the annual Carnegie Mellon University Annual Film Festival is about to launch. Established in 1999 by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to promote films from a large variety of topics and genres, this year's festival focuses on German film. Entitled "Kino Beyond the Wall: The Cinema of Contemporary Germany," this year's festival will focus entirely on German-language film (all of the films will be subtitled in English). The entire festival is organized, managed, and executed by Carnegie Mellon University students. The festival is made possible through the generous support of sponsors and is coordinated this year by Professor Stephen Brockmann of the Department of Modern Languages. The 2002 Film Festival will take place April 25-28 on the Carnegie Mellon Campus.

For a full festival schedule, visit the festival's website at:

http://www.cmufilmfestival.com

• to Vera Lampley, who received the Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Service Award for 2001-2002
• to Rocio Domínguez as the recipient University Graduate Student Teaching Award 2001-2002
• to Patty Kallman on her award as Carnegie Mellon Student Employee of the Year 2001-2002
• to Kim Murday on her election as president of Graduate Student Association
• and to Dan Dewey on his successful defense of the first Ph.D. awarded by the department, "The Effects of Study Context and Environment on the Acquisition of Reading by Students of Japanese as a Second Language During Study-Abroad and Intensive Domestic Immersion"

Heartiest congratulations to all.

Phi Sigma Iota Induction Ceremony