2014 AwardsHistory and Art History
Graduate Awards
Evelyn Pugh Memorial Graduate Endowed Fellowship
To provide funding for a graduate fellowship in history.
- David McKenzie
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.
- Nick Hoffmann
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.
- Pamela Grainger
Rudolph and Louise Fishel Endowed Scholarship
Supports work at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
- Nathan Sleeter
Charles & Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Mark Cozad
Larry Levine Outstanding M.A. Thesis Award
Awarded for the best master’s thesis written in the previous calendar year in the M.A. program in History.
- Ann Steensland
Undergraduate Awards
Academic Excellence in Art History
Presented to the graduating art history major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.
- Gina Nam
- Shelley O'Conor
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.
- Shelley O'Conor
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.
- Travis Jones
Charles and Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to rising juniors and seniors pursuing degrees in American History.
- Andrew Weisberg
Donald R. Barr Memorial Endowed Scholarship
To provide scholarships for history majors.
- Humera Sheikh
Page-Nelson Award in History
Awarded to an outstanding history major intending to pursue history as a career.
- Kyle Roll
Osher Lifelong Learning Award (OLLI)
Presented to outstanding history majors.
- Jordan Brown
- Markus Smith
Robert K. Hedrick, Jr. and Walter F. Huxley Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to a fulltime undergraduate history major.
- Susan Brubaker
Evelyn Pugh Outstanding Undergraduate Award
Presented to an outstanding junior or senior history major who has completed a minimum of 15 hours in history at George Mason.
- Casey Marion