CLA: Department of History: Undergraduate Studies tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/histugs/main//7217 2013-04-26T21:05:47Z Movable Type 4.31-en CLA and History Scholarship and Paper Prize Recipients tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/histugs/main//7217.393460 2013-04-23T16:04:35Z 2013-04-26T21:05:47Z Congratulations to these exceptional History undergrad students! CLA Continuing Student Scholarships History undergraduate Elizabeth Bushard is among the winners for 2013-14 of the Selmer Birkelow Scholarship in the College of Liberal Arts History Department Scholarships and Paper Prizes Talle Family... alyx0001 Congratulations to these exceptional History undergrad students!

CLA Continuing Student Scholarships
History undergraduate Elizabeth Bushard is among the winners for 2013-14 of the Selmer Birkelow Scholarship in the College of Liberal Arts

History Department Scholarships and Paper Prizes
Talle Family Merit Scholarship for Excellence in History

  • Rebecca Whitmore

    • Moen Scholarship:
  • Kevin Kallmes

    • Donovan Scholarship:
  • Kevin Kallmes--"Silchester Field School--Summer Excavation Opportunity"

  • Samuel Neisen--""Citizen Schools and Public Achievement"

  • Rebecca Whitmore--"Senegalese Elementary Education in the Shadow of International Presence"

    • George Green Prize:
  • Sara Norlin--Not All in the Same Boat: Gender and Class Inequalities in Popular Cultural Accounts of the RMS Titanic and the RMS Lusitania"

    • Class of 1889 Memorial Prize:
  • Renae Rodgers--"Transitions in Textbooks: National Identity in the Volksschule History Texts, 1939-1949"

    • Howard Reinmuth Prize:
  • Drew Horwood--"A consulting Imperialist: Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle, and the Ethos of Empire"

    • ]]>     18 History Undergrads Elected to Phi Beta Kappa tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2013:/histugs/main//7217.392645 2013-04-17T16:29:50Z 2013-04-17T18:37:50Z For 2013, 18 students with History undergraduate majors have been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa by the Alpha Chapter of the University of Minnesota. Congratulations to all of these exceptional students! Baker,Stuart Karl Bjornson,Christian A Bona,Brian C Burnette,Myra... alyx0001 For 2013, 18 students with History undergraduate majors have been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa by the Alpha Chapter of the University of Minnesota. Congratulations to all of these exceptional students!

    • Baker,Stuart Karl
    • Bjornson,Christian A
    • Bona,Brian C
    • Burnette,Myra J
    • Cooper,Philip M
    • Demianiuk,Michael E
    • Galili,Joni Ariel
    • Gleiter,Gustav W
    • Mier,Bradley R
    • Miller,James R
    • Miron,Rose K
    • Ney, Kristen
    • Oiri,Hiroe
    • Osborne,Andrew L
    • Porter,Daniel J
    • Smedberg,Simon D
    • Stanoch,Matthew T
    • Wallerstedt,Sophie E
    ]]> Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and largest academic honor society, was founded on Dec. 5, 1776. Requirements include a strong background in liberal arts and science, a foreign language, and a GPA of 3.65 for Seniors, 3.85 for Juniors.

    ]]>     History's 2012-13 Fulbright Scholars tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2012:/histugs/main//7217.361244 2012-07-25T02:46:15Z 2012-10-02T20:29:22Z University of Minnesota announces 2012-13 Fulbright Scholars The Department of History is proud to announce that 5 Bachelor level and 2 Graduate level Fulbright Scholarships have been awarded to History students. There were a total of 19 Fulbrights awarded for... alyx0001 University of Minnesota announces 2012-13 Fulbright Scholars

    The Department of History is proud to announce that 5 Bachelor level and 2 Graduate level Fulbright Scholarships have been awarded to History students. There were a total of 19 Fulbrights awarded for 2012-2013. Congratulations to all!

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    Amy Conner, a 2012 alumna of the College of Liberal Arts and the University Honors Program, will be a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Croatia working with English students at the university level. Conner graduated magna cum laude and with high distinction this spring with majors in history, political science and Spanish studies.

    Andrew Larkin, who earned his bachelor of arts in history with a minor in economics before graduating with distinction in December 2011 from the College of Liberal Arts, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the United Kingdom to pursue a master's degree in history.

    Michael McGarrah has been awarded a Fubright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain. McGarrah graduated from the College of Liberal Arts and the University Honors Program this spring summa cum laude and with distinction, earning a major in child psychology and minors in Spanish studies and history.

    Tanya Wacholz is one of two U of M Twin Cities students awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Germany during the coming year. Wacholz is a spring 2011 graduate of the College of Liberal Arts with majors in history and German studies.

    Emilia Witthuhn is the recipient of a Fulbright-affiliated Austrian Government Teaching Assistantship. Witthun is a 2008 graduate of College of Liberal Arts with a major in German studies and a minor in history.

    Graduate level Fulbright Scholarships

    Jesse Wolf Izzo
    Melissa Kelley

    Continue reading for more information on each History student's Fulbright plans along with profiles of all 2012-2103 Fulbright winners.

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