History Student Recognition
Undergraduate Scholarships and Prizes:
The McGowan Award awards approximately $300 for the best paper written by an undergraduate history major in the Sacramento State History Department. Papers are normally submitted by faculty members, but direct submissions from students are also accepted. Papers written for a history class in either Fall or Spring semesters are eligible.
The Peter H. Shattuck Scholarship and the Undergraduate Scholarship each provide scholarship money, ranging from $1500 to $1000, for undergraduate history majors. The scholarship competition is open to History majors who have a minimum 3.3 GPA and who will have completed a minimum of twelve upper-division units by the end of the Spring 2006 semester.
Senator Nicholas C. Petris Scholarship is for students interested in Hellenic Studies. The Hellenic Studies minor is currently administered through the History Department. Several awards per year will be offered up to a total amount of about $7,000.
Graduate Scholarships and Prizes:
The George and Eleanor Craft Graduate Scholarship in History provides scholarships of approximately $1500 each to two graduate students enrolled in the Sacramento State Graduate Program. The scholarship competition is open to classified Master's Candidates in History who have a minimum 3.3 GPA and who will have completed a minimum of nine units by the end of the Spring semester. Only students who will be actively working in the History Masters program in both the Fall and Spring semesters are considered.
The Faculty Graduate Writing Prize in History awards approximately $750 for the best paper written by a graduate student in the Sacramento State History Department. The competition is open to graduate students in the Standard Program, Humanities Concentration, and Public History. Papers written for a history class in either the Fall or Spring semester will be eligible, and students submit papers prior to the end of the Spring semester.
Lawrence A. Brooks Graduate Conference Grant Scholarship is for graduate students who attend a professional academic conference. Students are encouraged, but not required, to present a paper to be eligible for this Award. Awards up to $600 total per academic year.
Kenneth N. Owens Award for Excellence in Public History is for Public History graduate students who achieve excellence in a public history project. One award per year up to $500.
Bramson Prize in Historic Preservation is for the best historic preservation project. It is awarded annually in the amount of approximately $500.
