Image: Our 2017-18 Graduate Student Award ceremony was held Monday April 23, in Demosthenian Hall. Congratulation to our award recipients and graduating students! ——————————————————- The following students are graduates of our Master's and Doctoral programs in history for 2017-18: Zachary Allen (MA) Paloma Carroll (MA) Hunter Hellwig (MA) Gabriell Johnson-Cameron (MA) Isabel Mann (MA) Laura Nelson (MA) Emma Rountree (MA) Charles Sills (MA) Lauren Titley (MA) Kathryn Veale (MA) Andrew Fialka (PhD) Katherine Brackett Fialka (PhD) _______________________________________________ Here our 2017-2018 Graduate Students Annual Award recipients: Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Award: presented to three outstanding Teaching Assistants. · Alexandra Greco, sponsored by Akela Reason & Ben Ehlers · Jonathan Hepworth, sponsored by Brian Drake · Matthew Gordon, sponsored by Stephen Mihm Encouragement to Teach Award: for a graduate student who will teach history at a state college, junior college, or high school. Student: Paloma Carroll Faculty sponsor: Reinaldo Román , Cindy Hahamovitch History Dept. Award: for the outstanding graduate student in a field other than American History. Student: Lauren Titley Faculty sponsor: Jennifer Palmer Jason Manthorne Memorial Award: to a current graduate student in History who exhibits extraordinary commitment to scholarship, teaching, and the department’s academic and social community. Student: Andrew Fialka Presented by: Michele Johnson—nominated by graduate students LeConte Prize: presented to a current master’s student for outstanding dedication to the department, its programs, and its student community Student: Isabel Mann Presented by: Katie Fialka—nominated by graduate students Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: presented to outstanding graduate assistants from the University. · Jonathan Hepworth · Angela Alexander · James Owen Sponsored by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. Thomas Pleasant Vincent Award: to a distinguished undergraduate or graduate student with an interest in Georgia history. Student: Laura Nelson Faculty sponsor: John Inscoe Warner-Fite Award: for an outstanding student in U.S./American history. Student: Hunter Hellwig Faculty sponsor: Cindy Hahamovitch William Jennings Bryan Award: for the best graduate student history paper. Student: Tracy Barnett Faculty sponsor: Ben Ehlers ——————————————————- Parks-Heggoy Faculty Graduate Teaching Award: for excellence in graduate student teaching by a faculty member (voted on by the graduate students in History). Awarded to: Kevin Jones Presented by: Andrew Fialka, graduate student representative
