The Department of French and Francophone Studies would like to congratulate Sophia Fortune (Khadraoui) for winning the prestigious Alumni Association Dissertation Award for her recently defended doctoral dissertation “Mémoires sculptées: Commémorer l’abolition de l’esclavage en France métropolitaine à travers le monument, 1998-2012”. This award is considered to be among the most prestigious available to Penn State graduate students and recognizes outstanding achievement in scholarship and professional accomplishment. Fortune was honored at a special recognition dinner on April 5th as well as the College of the Liberal Arts Awards Luncheon at the Nittany Lion Inn on April 9th, 2014.