Recent SMBHC and Croft Institute graduate Amir Aziz has won the prestigious Portz Scholarship, an award given by the National Collegiate Honors Council to only four honors students nationwide each year. Aziz will present his thesis, “Al-Arabiyyah, Le Français, and the Soul of Algeria: The Language Tango between Arabic and French in Algerian Education Policy and Defining Post-Colonial Algerian National Identity” at the 2015 Annual Conference of NCHC in Chicago this November. He will begin doctoral work in French this fall at the University of Texas at Austin and will concentrate in international law and human rights. Congratulations, Amir!

Amir Aziz stands with his Thesis Advisor, Dr. Vivian Ibrahim.