Scholarships and Awards

The History Department is endowed to award a number of scholarships and prizes to outstanding History majors, from sophomores to graduating seniors.

Our prize-winners for 2007-08:

The Julian S. Rammelkamp Junior Scholarship in History was awarded to juniors Douglas Bosin, Kristin Butler, Ron Catoni, Autumn Charnley and Hannah Scheiwe. Doug will volunteer with a hospice network this summer, in preparation for his intended career in medicine. Kristin, an alum of the 2007 Holocaust Studies Service Learning Project, will dedicate her summer to research on "Fallen Gentlemen in Victorian Literature and Society." Ron is starting thesis research on the life and legacies of controversial Confederate General James Longstreet. Autumn, a future teacher, will help direct a day camp for disadvantaged youth in Port Huron. Hannah starts her thesis research on "Strategic Bombing of World War II and Its Implications on Air Power."

Anne Seelbach received the Donald P. Stone Memorial Scholarship. Anne looks forward to student teaching in a Jackson high school, especially to designing a class in World History.

The Michael W. Grice '63 Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Ron Catoni.

The David Morris-Eldridge Pierce Sophmore Scholarship in History was awarded to Kathleen Kohn and Andrew Neagoe. Kat, a double major in History and Spanish, will take part in the Border Studies Program in Ciudad Juárez and El Paso in fall 2008.

The History Department also congratulates . . .
 
Ross Gavin, ’08, and Zach Tucker, ’08, entering the School of Law at Wayne State University.

Jim Harris, ’08, admitted to the history graduate program at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.

Brian Hearns, ’08, selected by Teach for America to teach elementary school in the Chicago area.

Simona Shuboni, ’07, admitted to the History graduate program at Cornell University to pursue her interests in Eastern European history.

Andrew Wakefield, '04, a student at the University of Michigan Law School. Named a Dean's Public Service Fellow, Andrew is working at the U.S. House of Representatives, Office of General Counsel.

We wish the best to . . .

Ryan Burtka, ’08, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, in Djibouti, Africa, during the upcoming year.

Below is a partial list of the honoraries, awards and scholarships offered to our majors:

David Morris-Eldridge Pierce Sophmore Scholarship

Phillip H. and Shirley Kennedy Battershall Scholarship

Donald P. Stone Memorial Scholarship

Julian S. Rammelkamp History Junior Scholarship

Julian S. Rammelkamp Award in American History

Michael W, Grice Memorial Scholarship in History

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