2016 AwardsHistory and Art History
Graduate Awards
Evelyn Pugh Memorial Graduate Endowed Fellowship
To provide funding for a graduate fellowship in history.
- Dave Carlton
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.
- Nate Sleeter
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.
- Leo Mayhew
Kurt Andrew Dodd Endowed Scholarship in History
Awarded to an exceptional fulltime graduate student in History.
- Greta Lohe
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.
- Greta Lohe
Rudolph and Louise Fishel Endowed Scholarship
Supports work at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
- Jannelle Legg
C. W. Bright Pixel Prize for Best History and New Media Project
- Alyssa Fahringer
Outstanding Art History Project
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Bianca Rawlings
Charles & Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Eric Gonzaba
Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in Art History
- April McGinnis Loizou
- Joseph Sherren
Undergraduate Awards
Academic Excellence in Art History
Presented to the graduating art history major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.
- Sierra Medellin
- Kaitlyn O'Reilly
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.
- Hannah Matangos
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.
- Markus Smith
Charles and Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to rising juniors and seniors pursuing degrees in American History.
- Heather Gonyeau
- Melanie Tenorio
Donald R. Barr Memorial Endowed Scholarship
To provide scholarships for history majors.
- Rachel Short
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.
- Georgia Brown
Page-Nelson Award in History
Awarded to an outstanding history major intending to pursue history as a career.
- Melissa Dyer
Osher Lifelong Learning Award (OLLI)
Presented to outstanding history majors.
- Pamela Gehle
- Austin McManus
Robert K. Hedrick, Jr. and Walter F. Huxley Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to a fulltime undergraduate history major.
- Micah Jester
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.
- Mischa Wolfinger
Spindler Memorial Award
Awarded to an outstanding history major who is either a junior or a senior.
- Noah Edney