| Student Project Award
2013 Winner Sarah Cloutier, Ellen Kuhn, Shawna Prather, and Ashley Wyatt, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, “The Terra Cotta Community History Project” This award recognizes the contributions of student work to the field of public history. The student author(s) of the winning entry will receive a travel grant ($500) at the awards breakfast to help underwrite attendance at the NCPH annual meeting (for 2013 the meeting will be in Ottawa, Ontario, April 17-20). Award winners receive complimentary registration for the awards breakfast.To be eligible for consideration, an applicant or nominee must meet the following criteria:1. The project must be the work of one or more students enrolled in a public history program at the time the project was completed, and have been completed within the two academic years preceding the date of submission.2. The project must have been initiated as academic coursework, then subsequently have been recognized beyond the classroom as a contribution to public history. (Examples: a class assignment exhibit design later installed as a public display; an oral history project accessioned into an established oral history collection; historic preservation research accepted as a working document by a preservation agency).3. The sponsoring faculty member or academic institution must be a member of NCPH. Submission Process. 1. A letter from the project’s faculty sponsor, explaining the relationship of the project to the student(s) coursework, evaluating the project as a contribution to public history, and verifying the applicant’s status as a full-time student at the time the project was undertaken. 2. A letter from the institution, which accepted the project, explaining the relationship between the institution and the student(s) and how the project helped to advance the institution’s public history mission. Send a cover sheet and a copy of all materials, including endorsement letters, to each of the Student Project Award Committee members and one to the NCPH execuitve office at: NCPH, 327 Cavanaugh Hall – IUPUI, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202. Clearly mark each submission, “NCPH Student Project Award.” If emailed, nominations must be sent in ONE complete document (MS Word or a PDF). Notification will be sent to award winners in late January 2014. This award includes a free ticket to the awards breakfast, so graduate students who plan to apply for this award should refrain from registering for this event until notification is received regarding the status of the application. Notification will be given prior to the deadline for early conference registration. Submissions must be received (not postmarked) no later than December 1, 2013. Late submissions will not be considered. Please note that materials will not be returned. Questions? ncph@iupui.edu; (317) 274-2716 |
Graduate Student Travel Award
2013 Winners Laura Arata, Washington State University The Graduate Student Travel Award provides assistance with conference travel costs for graduate student members who have a paper, poster, or other presentation accepted for inclusion in the program of the NCPH annual meeting (for 2013 the meeting will be in Ottawa, Ontario, April 17-20). Five travel awards of $300 each will be given annually. In addition, each travel award winner will receive a complimentary ticket to the award breakfast. All currently-enrolled graduate students who have had presentations accepted for the meeting are invited to apply for the award by submitting a short form, including a travel budget, along with a copy of the conference presentation abstract and a c.v. Proof of current enrollment will be required.Selection will be based primarily on the merit of the planned presentation. No student may win more than one travel award during the tenure of his or her graduate program. Winners will be encouraged, though not required, to seek matching funds from their home institutions.Award decisions will be made by the NCPH Student Project and Travel Awards Committee. Recipients will receive a check and a certificate during the awards breakfast at the annual meeting. Eligibility Requirements 1. Applicants must have had a paper, poster, or other presentation accepted for inclusion in the program of the NCPH annual meeting for which they seek a travel award. Students applying for a poster session may submit a travel award application (both are due by December 1) with the understanding that their travel award application will be considered only if their poster session proposal is accepted. Please do not submit a combined poster and travel award proposal. Submit each separately. Submission Process – Email submissions only. A complete application consists of: Notification will be sent to award winners in late January 2014. This award includes a free ticket to the awards breakfast, so graduate students who plan to apply for the travel awards should refrain from registering for this event until notification is received regarding the status of the application. Notification will be given prior to the deadline for early conference registration. Submissions must be received no later than December 1, 2013. Late submissions will not be considered. Questions? ncph@iupui.edu; (317) 274-2716 |
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Past Student Project Award Winners
2012-Erica Hague and Jennifer Clark Scott, University of North Carolina-Wilimington-”Flashback: Community Life through the Lens of Mack Munn, 1940-1960”
Honorable Mention: Michelle Antenesse and Bethany Girod, California State University, Fullerton-”New Birth of Freedom: Civil War to Civil Rights in California“
2011-Morgan Hubbard, University of Massachusetts Amherst – “Uncertain Futures: Americans and Science Fiction in the Early Cold War Era, 1945-1965” Exhibit
2010-Rachael Binning, Elizabeth Manekin, and Aliza Schiff, Brown University-”Faces of Fox Point: A Community History Project”
Honorable Mention: Miriam Farris, Christopher Jordan, and Ethan Moore, University of North Carolina at Greensboro-”Threads in Greensboro’s Past”
2009-Hannah Howard and Kristen Foster, University of North Carolina Charlotte – “History at Light Speed: Discovering Charlotte’s Northeast Corridor”
2008-Santi Thompson, University of South Carolina–”The LGBTQ Archive at the South Caroliniana Library”
2007-Amy Canfield, Chris Allan, Cara Kaser, Marc Entze, George Means, Lee O’Connor, and Susan Schultz, Washington State University–”Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Assessments”
2006-Amanda Jones, Bethany Natali, and Nancy Germano, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis–”Cultural Heritage Trail Project: The West Street Corridor”
2005-John Cristiansen, Rebekah Dobrasko, and Beth Wiedower, University of South Carolina–Richmond Railway Station Project, North Yorkshire, England
2004-Deena Booth, Lara Cullinane-Smith, Jennifer Dickey, Laura Drummond, Jeffrey Jensen, Linda Orr King, Sabrina Meneghello, Rachel Quartarone, Andrew Reisinger, Laurie Sedicino, Beth Watson, and Erin Whittemore, Georgia State University–the interpretive history exhibition, “Rich’s: The Store That Married a City”
2003-Ben Baughman, Steve Biljan, Michael Brown, Matthew Hansbury, Jeffrey Johnson, Jon Middaugh, Caureen Miller, Gwen Pattison, Steve Shay, and Bryce Spencer, Washington State University–Campbell House Interpretive Program in co-operation with Washington State University and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
2002-Ray Rast and Connie Walker, University of Washington-Seattle–NHL Nomination, Eagledale Ferry Dock, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2001-Debra DeRuyver, Jennifer Evans, James Melzer, Emma Wilmer, University of Maryland–The Public History Resource Center web page
2000-Susan Asbury and Kathy Hilliard, University of South Carolina–Kiplin Hall Conservation Plan, North Yorkshire, England
First presented in 1999 to Jane C. Wehrey, California State University-Fullerton–”Voices From This Long Brown Land: Oral Reflections of Owens Valley Lives and Manzanar Pasts”
Past Student Travel Award Winners
2012-Kate Freedman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Jordan Grant, American University; Jee-Yeon (Jay) Kim, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Evan Medley, Arizona State University; and Maggie Schreiner, New York University
2011-Charlotte Egerton, UNC-Wilmington; Paula Hunt, University of Missouri-Columbia; Sarah McCormick, University of California Riverside); Angela Sirna, West Virginia University; and Joan Frangaszy Troyano, George Washington University
2010-Susan Ashley, York University; Jennifer Carpenter, University of Maryland College Park; Miriam Farris, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Tyler DeWayne Moore, Middle Tennessee State University; and Ashley Whitehead, West Virginia University