Prizes & achievements

Each year the department traditionally bestows a number of undergraduate prizes at our June commencement ceremony. All recognize distinguished academic achievement, and some also take financial need into consideration. If you would like to be considered for one of these prizes, please notify Sharon Fipps in the History Department office via email at sfipps@uoregon.edu by Friday, May 15 at 5 p.m.

If you wish to be considered for one of the awards based partly on financial need, please make sure that you have a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on file with the UO’s Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships (http://financialaid.uoregon.edu/). The form can be found online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.

Award winners will be chosen by the History Department’s Undergraduate Committee, chaired by Prof. Robert Haskett.

The following three awards have traditionally been given to graduating seniors.

• John A. Schwab Memorial Scholarship. This is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate student who intends to teach history at the secondary or college level.
• Robert E. Lang Memorial Scholarship.  Funded by faculty contributions, this award recognizes an outstanding undergraduate who best represents scholarly and ethical values as exemplified by Bob Lang.
• Faculty Recognition Award.  Funded by faculty contributions, this is awarded for exceptional work as an undergraduate.

These two awards go to juniors or sophomores, though we do announce them during our June commencement ceremony:

• Paul Dull Scholarship. Awarded to “outstanding junior history majors” for achievement and excellence in the classroom.
• Edwin Bingham Scholarship. Awarded to an out-of-state undergraduate history major completing his or her sophomore or junior year and who has excelled “on the basis of the overall quality of their academic work, their commitment to learning, and their potential for further academic achievement.”
  

 One of our awards may be made to either an undergraduate or a graduate student:

• Turner Prize.  Undergraduate recipients must have demonstrated financial need and a record of academic success, which may be determined by grade point average, other academic achievement, or the unique circumstances of an older or re-entry student. Graduate recipients must have demonstrated financial need and either a high degree of academic success as an undergraduate, demonstrated scholarly achievement during previous work toward the advanced degree, or the professional or life experience of a re-entry advanced degree candidate that makes him or her a unique asset to the department.