Workshop for Undergraduate History Students Wed. May 11

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
12:00-12:50 HSS 111

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Questions? Contact Professor Kimberly Jensen at jenseki@wou.edu

Professor David Doellinger Awarded NEH Summer Stipend

Faculty members in the history department are honored to announce that David Doellinger has just been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Grant for his research project "Constructing Peace in East Germany: Conscientious Objectors, 1964-1989."
David will use the grant to conduct archival research in Germany in conjunction with his sabbatical leave from Western this fall 2011.
We congratulate David for his success in being awarded this very competitive grant and for the important recognition of his research that it represents. We are enriched by his scholarship and are so proud of his accomplishments.

History Department Research Grant Recipients

The history department faculty are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 History Department Research Grant. They are:

Sarah Berry, for her senior thesis project “Pancho Villa and the Lord of the Skies: Narcocorridos in the Corrido Tradition” with primary advisor Professor John Rector and secondary advisor Professor Narasingha Sil.

Jennifer Newby, for her senior thesis project “Jane Addams and Children: Educating the Future One Child at a Time” with primary advisor Professor Kimberly Jensen and secondary advisor Professor Max Geier.

We congratulate them and acknowledge the important work of all of the applicants for the grant this year.

Jennifer Newby and Sarah Berry, 2011 History Department Research Grant Recipients

Senior Thesis Grant Application Due

Reminder: WOU Students in the History Senior Thesis Process should plan to apply for the History Research Grant. Applications are due March 28, 2011. For more information see email from Professor Jensen or go to the history department website at www.wou.edu/history and click on research grant on the left menu.

History Senior Thesis Prospectus Due Today, November 29

A reminder to history seniors that the senior thesis prospectus is due today. Please either bring a hard copy to the Social Science office (231A HSS) or send an electronic copy. You will need a copy for Professor Jensen and both of your readers.
All of the information is available at the Moodle site.

Two Important Meetings for History Students Monday, October 4

Graduate Student Orientation
Monday, October 4 4:00 p.m. NS 103
All new and continuing MA students please attend
For more information please contact Professor Ben Lowe at loweb@wou.edu

Required Meeting for History Senior Thesis Students
Monday, October 4 at 5:00 p.m. HSS 332
All students planning to participate in the senior thesis process (including HST 420 in winter and HST 499  in spring) are required to attend this meeting about fall requirements and the process.
For more information please contact Professor Kimberly Jensen at jenseki@wou.edu

History Seniors -- Required Meeting for Senior Thesis October 4

A required meeting for all history students who plan to complete the senior thesis process this year.
(This includes fall requirements, HST 420 Philosophies of History in Winter 2011, HST 499 Senior Thesis in Spring 2011)
When: Monday, October 4, 2010  5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Where: HSS 332
We will discuss the requirements you will need to complete in fall term, winter and spring terms in order to participate in the senior thesis process.
Questions: Contact Professor Kimberly Jensen at jenseki@wou.edu