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´óÏóÊÓƵ University Professor of German Dr. Franz-Joseph Wehage has been elected to a two-year term as first vice president of the executive board of Phi Sigma Iota, the international foreign language honor society.

Dr. Wehage joined the faculty at ´óÏóÊÓƵ in 1991. He earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at the State University of New York – Albany. 

At ´óÏóÊÓƵ, Dr. Wehage received the William Rainey Harper Award for Outstanding Scholarship in 2002 and 2012. As part of his development of the German program at ´óÏóÊÓƵ, he created study abroad opportunities at both Deggendorf University and Passau University. He has published several books, most recently Geschaftsdeutsch: An Introduction to German Business Culture, which he co-authored with Gudrun Clay.

During his tenure as advisor of the Phi Sigma Iota chapter at ´óÏóÊÓƵ, seven of ´óÏóÊÓƵ’s graduates have been awarded scholarships since 2005, including the Dr. Henry Ward Church Scholarship, the highest honor granted by Phi Sigma Iota.