2024 Student AwardsHistory and Art History

Graduate Awards

Evelyn Pugh Memorial Graduate Endowed Fellowship

To provide funding for a graduate fellowship in history.

  • David Armstrong
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Joseph and Dorothy Censer Graduate Endowed Fellowship

Awarded to a graduate student doing digital scholarship with the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.

  • Katherine Kania
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Josephine Pacheco Award for Best History M.A. Research Paper

Presented to the graduate history student who submits the best paper during the previous calendar year.

  • Annabelle Spencer, for “Motherhood On the Run: Enslaved and Enslaving Women in Antebellum Virginia.”
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Kurt Andrew Dodd Endowed Scholarship in History

Awarded to an exceptional fulltime graduate student in History.

  • Tom Seabrook
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Randy Beth Clarke Endowed Fellowship in U.S. History

Awarded to a graduate student who has an excellent academic record and has an interest in the Civil war era and/or women's history.

  • Rachel Birch
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Rudolph and Louise Fishel Endowed Scholarship

Supports work at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.

  • Hernán Adasme
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C. W. Bright Pixel Prize for Best History and New Media Project

  • Hannah LeComte, for “Out and About in Old Town: Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA.”
  • Alexandra Miller, for “Out and About in Old Town: Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA.”
  • Savannah Scott, for “Out and About in Old Town: Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA.”
  • Ashleigh Williams, for “Out and About in Old Town: Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA.”
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Academic Excellence in Art History

Presented to the graduating MA Art History major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.

  • Lina Zikas
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Outstanding Art History Project

Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.

  • Julie Goforth
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Undergraduate Awards

Academic Excellence in Art History

Presented to the graduating art history major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.

  • Haley White
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Osher Lifelong Learning Award (OLLI) in Art History

Presented to the undergraduate student whose written projects throughout his or her undergraduate career in Art History have consistently shown high achievement in original research and writing.

  • Emory Kasdorf
  • Hayden Michael Moore
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Best Senior Seminar Paper

Presented for the best paper from all sections of the capstone course, History 499: Senior Seminar during the previous calendar year.

  • Shawna Carmody
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Charles and Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship

Awarded to rising juniors and seniors pursuing degrees in American History.

  • Jacob Wright
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Donald R. Barr Memorial Endowed Scholarship

To provide scholarships for history majors.

  • Mackenzie Hool
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Friends of Historic Huntley (FOHH) Award

Awarded for the most outstanding research paper relating to the history of the Mason family. 

  • Odessa Lamborn
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Gary and Eleanor Shumaker Endowed Scholarship for a High School History Instructor/Scholar

Awarded an undergraduate History major who intends to pursue graduate work in history at Mason in order to obtain certification as a secondary school social studies teacher.

  • Gregory Oler
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George Mason Memorial Society Endowed Scholarship

Presented to an outstanding history major whose work and interests reflect the legacy of George Mason and the nature of human rights in society.

  • Andrew Snowman
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HFCI Scholarship Fund (Historic Fairfax City, Inc.)

Awarded to a student pursuing a history degree who is a resident of the City of Fairfax or Fairfax County.

  • Gregory Oler
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Page-Nelson Award in History

Awarded to an outstanding history major intending to pursue history as a career.

  • Mackenzie Hool
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Osher Lifelong Learning Award (OLLI)

Presented to outstanding history majors.

  • Sinead Monaghan
  • Colin James Wilson
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Outstanding Public and Digital History Project Award

Presented for the best digital or public history project by a history major during the previous calendar year.

  • Elisabeth Bodin
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Robert K. Hedrick, Jr. and Walter F. Huxley Endowed Scholarship

Awarded to a fulltime undergraduate history major.

  • Tera Wyman Hulse
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