Awards and Honors
Departmental Awards
Distinction in History
Students with a 3.6 G.P.A. can apply to graduate with Distinction in History. Students considering applying for Distinction in History must submit a copy of their HY399 Historiography Paper, a copy of their Senior Essay or Thesis, and a copy of their transcripts. Distinction Folders are due by 3:00 p.m. on the first Monday of Block 8 for spring graduates or the first Monday of Block 5 for winter graduates. The History Department faculty will evaluate Distinction Folders and determine awarding Distinction in History. While all students meeting the G.P.A. requirement may submit a Distinction Folder, faculty determine Distinction in History based upon the merits of the materials submitted by applicants.
Unoffical transcripts are accepted.
Submissions should be sent to Thecla Shubert at tshubert@coloradocollege.edu:
- 2019 Sara Fleming, Thesis; Jasper Coulter, Essay
- 2018 Brittany Camacho, Thesis; Clara R. Houghteling, Essay
- 2017 Patrick Glastonbury and Taylor Wright Cutler
- 2016 Jamie A. Sarafan, Thesis; Jamie Peng, Essay; Charles Simon, Essay
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- 2021 Hope Chapin Moodey
- 2020 Eric Dallesasse
- 2019 Abe Lahr
- 2018 Eviva I. Kahne
- 2017 Drew Turley
- 2016 Jamie A. Sarafan
- 2014 Alexander Langstaff
- 2013 Keith Drury
- 2012 Melissa Trans
- 2011 Laura Utz
- 2010 Leá Norcross.
William R. Hochman winners:
- 2021 Jacob Roschelle
- 2020 Gabriel McGill
Elsie L. Joerling Scholarship Fund
This scholarship was established in 1990. Elsie Louise Joerling '47 was a caseworker for El Paso County Department of Social Services. She was a native of Colorado Springs and a graduate of Colorado Springs High School. Ms. Joerling was a member of the Native Club and a volunteer at the Police Department's Victim Services Unit. In addition to this scholarship, she also left CC her stamp collection.
This scholarship is awarded based on financial need to a woman history major.
Elsie L. Joerling winners:
- Spring 2021 Mahea Daniels
- Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Taylor Hawkins
- 2019 Ellen Loucks
- 2018 Jaysha Schwindt
- 2017 Rachael Maxwell
- 2016 Taylor Wright
- 2015 Kaimara Herron-July
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Non-Departmental Awards
The following list was complied by Dr. Judith A. Miller, Emory University, Department of History, May 2018.
The Undergraduate Awards program
The Undergraduate Awards program (based in Ireland) offers awards in 25 categories ("UA currently accepts submissions from students in any Institution of Higher Education in the world.") The UA website list information on how to submit and on eligibility
The American Historical Association
Raymond J. Cunningham Prize
The International Studies Association
ISS Best Student Paper Award
ISA-West Undergraduate Paper Award
The Humanities Education and Research Association
HERA Undergraduate Research Prize
In 2018 , HERA introduces their undergraduate research prize of of $1,000. The prize is awarded to the best undergraduate conference paper (or divided among a panel of papers), sponsored by an attending professor (with a $500 prize awarded to the professor).
Phi Alpha Theta Paper Awards
Classical Association of New England
Classics: Phyllis B. Katz Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
A submitted paper must be the original work of an undergraduate student…on some aspect of ancient Mediterranean languages, literature, history or culture and should be of suitable length to be delivered orally in 15 minutes.
Council for European Studies
Undergraduate Project Prize
National Council for Black Studies
Student Essay Competition
Law and Society Association
Student Paper Prize
The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
Joan Nestle Prize
ASIANetwork
The 2019 McJimsey Award Competition
The Peace and Justice Studies Association
Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year Award
The Leo Baeck Institute
NY Essay Prize in German-Jewish History and Culture
The Leo Baeck Institute-NY Essay Prize in German-Jewish History and Culture. "essay prize to acknowledge the best essay written by an undergraduate enrolled in ANY undergraduate program at a North American college or university on any topic related to the history and cultures of German-speaking Jews.
Association for the Study of Food and Society
ASFS Student Paper Awards
Quest: The history of Spaceflight Quarterly
The Sacknoff Prize for Space History
The Children's Literature Association
Carol Gay Award
The Society for the History of Discoveries
Student Prize
American Association of Geographers, Russian, Central Eurasian And East European (RCEEE) Specialty Group
Student Paper Award
The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies
AABS Undergraduate Paper Award
Society for American Archaeology
Student Paper Award
American Association of Geographers (AAG)
AAG Specialty and Affinity Group Awards
Southeastern Theatre Conference
Young Scholars Award
The SETC History/Theory/Criticism/Literature Committee invites submissions in all topics related to the broad categories of history, theory, criticism, and literature from graduate and undergraduate students.
The Association for Africanist Anthropology (AfAA)
Nancy "Penny" Schwartz Undergraduate Student Essay Award
The Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA)
Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize
The Society for the Psychology of Women (SPW) of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP)
Annual Prize for Psychological Research on Women and Gender by Graduate or Undergraduate Students
The American Folklore Society
Warren E. Roberts Prize for Best Student Paper in Folk Art
LGBTQA Section
Transnational Asia/Pacific Section
The Sue Samuelson Award for Foodways Scholarship
Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Section
Richard Reuss Prize (History and Folklore Section)
EKM Student Prize(Women's Section)
The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS)
Student Research Paper Awards
Society for Ethnomusicology
African Music Section (AfMS) African Libraries Student Paper Prize
Charlotte Frisbie Student Paper Prize (Indigenous Music)
Historical Ethnomusicology Section
The Religion, Music, and Sound Section
American Studies Association
The Garfinkel Prize in Digital Humanities
Pacific Northwest Regional of the American Academy of Religion
PNWAAR/SBL/ASOR Call for Papers
Gender, Religion, Sexuality, and Power Unit: We are also open to papers from advanced undergraduate or Master's students, papers which would also be considered for the annual student paper prize (please identify your status with your proposal submission).
The Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana
Paper Competition communal groups or utopias."
The Cultural Studies Association
The Randy Martin Prize for the Best Student Paper
The following list was complied by Dr. Judith A. Miller, Emory University, Department of History, May 2018.
Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies
Student Prizes Competitions
Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion
SECSOR Undergraduate Student Award
Papers submitted to the undergraduate section of SECSOR by the December 15 deadline are eligible for the undergraduate award.
Appalachian Studies Association
Carl A. Ross Student Paper Award
New York State Political Science Association
The Arthur L. Galub Award for the Best Paper by an Undergraduate Student
Florida Conference of Historians
J. Calvitt Clarke III Award
The Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Pat Browne Undergraduate Paper Awards
Midwest Political Science Association
Best Undergraduate Paper Presented in a Poster Format
Western Social Science Association
Best Undergraduate paper
The Eastern Communication Association
ECA Student Award
Research Papers in Wisconsin Labor and Working-Class History
Zeidler Academic Awards
Pennsylvania Historical Association
William A. Pencak Award for Best Undergraduate Research
Louisiana Historical Association
The Kimberly S. Hanger Prize
The Northern Great Plains History
NGPHC Undergraduate Paper Award
New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance (NJSAA)
Paul A. Stellhorn Undergraduate Paper in New Jersey History Award
The Southwestern Political Science Association (SWPSA)
Best Undergraduate Paper Award
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