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Bremer German Scholarship

The Bremer German Scholarship, established through the generosity of C. Christopher Bremer, M.D. '60, recognizes excellence in German Studies. It carries an award of $5,000 and is renewable in subsequent years.

Applying to the Scholarship

The German Studies Department is currently accepting applications from rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors majoring in German for the Bremer Scholarship for 2025-26.

Interested students should submit the following by April 1, 2026:

1. A one-page statement describing the role of German Studies in the applicant's education at Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø
2. A PDF of the applicant's transcript
3. One letter of support from a member of the German Studies Department

For questions or more information contact German Studies Chair Burkhard Henke at buhenke@davidson.edu.

Bremer Scholars

Congratulations to our Bremer Scholars.

2025 - Irakli Begiashvili '26
2024 - Grace Isernia '25
2023 - Olivia Howard '24 
2022 - Breila Fuller '23
2020 - Danai Psaradelli '22
2014 - Sophie McHugh '18
2010 - Cheryl Connery '13

Bremer German Language Award

Thanks to the generosity of C. Christopher Bremer, M.D. '60, the German Studies Department is proud to honor students for their outstanding achievement in the study of German. One award is presented each year at spring convocation. Congratulations to our past award recipients.

2025 - Angelica Cole Atsaves
2024 - Katie Kowalyshyn
2023 - Breila Elisabeth Fuller
2022 - Danai Psaradelli
2021 - Sarah Rose Harrington
2020 - Audrey Lauren Plimpton
2019 - James Carey Hurson
2018 - Keely Erin Brown
2017 - Yuyi Zhao
2016 - James Bolton McCarty Smith
2015 - John Benjamin Jernigan
2014 - Nicholas Warren Evans
2013 - Jessie Elisabeth Trawick
2012 - Ryan Matthew Chiles
2011 - Nina Marie Tschinkel
2010 - Kathryn Mackenzie Barrow
2009 - Kimberly Davina Colley
2008 - Rachel Alice Heidmann
2007 - James Christian McCain
2006 - Edward Clark Dawson
2005 - Caroline Christopher Saxton
2004 - Rory Edward Adams
2003 - William Townsend Humphrey
2002 - Lisa Nicole Worthington
2001 - Justice Herschel Kraus
2000 - Christian Mansfield Hunt
1999 - Michael Chad Wellmon
1998 - Derrick Ray Miller
1997 - Richard Bryan Apgar
1996 - Adam Leonard Knapp
1995 - Christopher Taylor Smith
1994 - Brett Edmund Marston
1993 - Sean Michael Lind
1992 - Jennifer Kinsey Bangley
1991 - David John McKnight
1990 - [no award]
1989 - Hannah Lind Harrell
1988 - Warren LeRoy Bock III
1987 - Meitra Elizabeth Khazaeli
1986 - Paul Bradley Brechlesbaur
1985 - Timothy Scott Schipke
1984 - Carl Frederick Rist
1983 - Harold Luther Martin
1982 - David R. Rowe
1981 - James Hunt Baskin
1980 - David Litaker
1979 - Lloyd W. Moss