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History PrizesStudent Research Awards
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History PrizesPrizes are awarded annually to History students in recognition of scholastic acheivements, accomplishments and proficiency. The Armajani, Holmes and Dupre Prizes in History.
Yahya Armajani Endowed Prize. Established by colleagues, friends and former students of James Wallace Professor Emeritus Yahya Armajani to honor him on his retirement. A cash award to an international student. Case Prize in Western History. Established by Leland D. Case '22. A cash award to a student for original research or study of western American history. Kathleen Rock Hauser Prize in Women's History. Established by the Women Historians of the Midwest and by Dr. Donald and Mrs. Irene Rock in memory of Kathleen Rock Hauser '62. A cash prize to students who have made a significant undergraduate contribution to women's history. Ernest R. Sandeen Memorial Prize. Established by colleagues, family and friends. Cash awards to students who have completed an original project reflecting exceptional skill, imagination, and effort, all hallmarks of the scholar for whom the prize is named. To view a listing of History prizes awarded since 1980 click here. Student Research AwardsThe History Department has funding available to help defray expenses incurred by students for their research projects. Proposals must be submitted in writing to the department chair, and should include a description of the research, an explanation of how the proposed expenses will further the research, and an estimated budget. The Bruce Fisher Fund In 2007-08 the History Department provided reimbursements from the Fisher Fund to several students in the History Senior Seminar for things like parking and photocopying. In additiion, the department provided funding for a student to travel to Peru during spring break to research Peru's literacy efforts of the 1970’s under the military dictatorship of General Velasco Alvarado. She will conduct archival research in the Library of Congress, National Public Library, local newspapers and Ministry of Education archives. This research will ultimately be part of a comparison between literacy efforts in 1970's Peru and those of Paulo Freire in 1960's Brazil. The Elmer
Smith Fund In 2007-08 the History Department was able to use the Smith Fund to partially fund two students traveling to Haiti. They conducted a fact-finding mission about the nature and extent of poverty in Haiti's major cities. They networked with NGOs and laid plans for humanitarian projects. They also used an historical framework to analyze what they found.
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