2012 AwardsHistory and Art History

Evelyn Pugh Memorial Graduate Endowed Fellowship

To provide funding for a graduate fellowship in history.

• Laura O'Hara

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.

• Nathan Sleeter

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.

• Kate Grauvogel

Rudolph and Louise Fishel Endowed Scholarship

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

• Jeri Wieringa

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

• Elizabeth Shook

Charles & Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship

Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.

• Tracy Fisher
• Rwany Sibaja

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.

• Matthew Keaney

Academic Excellence in Art History

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

• Conor Owens

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.

• Cody Vander Clute

Outstanding Art History Project

• Courtney Chambers

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.

• Thomas Fickley

Charles and Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship

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

• Ryan Fontanilla
• Conor Owens

Donald R. Barr Memorial Endowed Scholarship

To provide scholarships for history majors.

• Andrew Pedry

Page-Nelson Award in History

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

• Alexandra Parker

Osher Lifelong Learning Award (OLLI)

Presented to outstanding history majors.

• Timothy Furey
• Nicholas Shumate

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

Awarded to a fulltime undergraduate history major.

• Benjamin Sharpe

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.

• Elizabeth Emden