Scholarships
Each semester, the academic advisor for history contacts qualifying history, social studies, and pre-law majors to apply for departmental scholarships.
Thanks to great alumni and friends, the department is blessed with numerous scholarships available to our majors. Scholarships awarded by competition include:
- William D. Aiken Memorial Fund
Awarded to a graduate student. - Edward & Margery Bennett Scholarship
Awarded to graduate students studying diplomatic history. - Katherine Gilbert Blinn Scholarship
Awarded to an undergraduate with an outstanding academic record. - Bernard Bobb Excellence Award
Awarded to graduate students for excellence as the best teaching assistant instructor. - George & Gernadine Converse Historical Endowment
Awarded to undergraduate students for academic excellence. - Cooney Family Graduate Research Scholarship
Awarded to graduate students for excellence in research. - Herman J. Deutsch Memorial Fellowship
Awarded to graduate students studying public history or Pacific Northwest history. - Frederick Dumin Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to graduate students for excellence as a teaching assistant. - Gillis Graduate Research Scholarship
Awarded to graduate students for excellence in research. - Claudius O. Johnson Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate majors with an outstanding academic record. - Claudius O. & Mary W. Johnson Graduate Fellowship
Awarded to graduate students for excellence in research. - William M. Landeen & Claudius O. Johnson Scholarship Fund
Awarded to undergraduate majors with an outstanding academic record. - Leta Olmstead Smith Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate majors studying rural history.
- Raymond Muse History Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate majors or graduate students with an outstanding academic record. - Howard C. Payne Award
Awarded to undergraduate majors for excellence in research.
- Pettyjohn Research Fellowship
Awarded to graduate students studying Pacific Northwest history.
- Morris Reed Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate majors or graduate students with an outstanding academic record.
- Ruth Magnuson Roberts Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate majors with an outstanding academic record.
- Wayne Stanford History Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate majors and graduate students with an outstanding academic record.
- Winston B. Thorson Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate majors with an outstanding academic record.
- Department of History Graduate Research Fellowship
Awarded to graduate students to assist in their research project.
- David H. Stratton Award
Awarded to graduate students for the best dissertation.
For information on scholarships offered by the history department, please contact Ken Anderson or call 509-335-0432.