The Sonoma State University French Program and the Alliance Francaise de Santa Rosa report that Rachel Newman, a Sonoma State University senior French major, has been named a laureate in the Concours National de l'Alliance Francaise.
Newman was one of five students nationwide in her category to receive the honor from this international French organization. She was chosen for her essay on the advantages and pitfalls of living as an ex-patriate in France. Her essay was inspired by a year spent as an assistant in a French high school and by her plans to begin an internship as a translatory and interpreter in Paris in January.
Newman is from Mariposa, California.
