April 19, 2021
History department congratulates graduate student award recipients for 2021
The history department recognizes the recipients of the 2021 graduate awards and grants. The Graduate Awards and Admissions Committee granted the following 11 graduate students a total of $61,000 to perform dissertation research, travel to libraries, museums and archives, attend professional events and conferences, and for tuition/book fees.
Toni Bettasso: Shirley A. Martin Scholarship.
Krysti Carlson-Goering: Ralph W Nyberg-Vanier Family Scholarship, Robin Higham Military History Graduate Student Research and Travel Fund, Shirley A. Martin Scholarship.
Billy Croslow: Dr. A. Bower Sageser Memorial Scholarship.
Brad Galka: Col. Peter Cullen Military History Fellowship, Cora Stewart Wilcoxon Graduate Fellowship, Robin Higham Military History Graduate Student Research and Travel Fund.
Lisa C. Highsmith: Florence M. Hamscher Fund. Cora Stewart Wilcoxon Graduate Fellowship, Leroy E. and Mary Sullivan Page Fund for Graduate Students in History, Harvey Hougen Memorial Scholarship.
Melanie Highsmith: Beach-Young Kansas History Scholarship, James C. Carey Graduate Student Research and Travel Fund, Shirley A. Martin Scholarship, Cora Stewart Wilcoxon Graduate Fellowship.
Alec Loganbill: Cora Stewart Wilcoxon Graduate Fellowship.
Bryant Macfarlane: Col. Peter Cullen Military History Fellowship, Cora Stewart Wilcoxon Graduate Fellowship.
Roberta Meloni: Shirley A. Martin Scholarship, Cora Stewart Wilcoxon Graduate Fellowship.
Hannah Palsa: Col. Peter Cullen Military History Fellowship.
Ben Richards: Col. Peter Cullen Military History Fellowship, Robin Higham Military History Graduate Student Research and Travel Fund, Cora Stewart Wilcoxon Graduate Fellowship.
The department thanks its generous donors, and the members of the Graduate Awards Committee, Heather McCrea, committee chair, Mark Parillo, Donald Mrozek, Suzanne Orr and Nadia Oweidat for their investment into the futures of our graduate students.