The Department awards scholarships to students who demonstrate academic success. Students are also nominated for the Tau chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honor society. Prospective candidates must have completed 12 hours of History course work and have achieved a 3.1 grade point in History and an overall grade point of 3.0.
Congratulations to the 2024-25 Award Recipients!
MacPhee Scholarship
Sabrina Edwards-Smith '28
Zimmer History Scholarship
Zachary Farren '27
John J. and Helen B. Mancuso Scholarship
Rebekah Gerace '27
Micah McEathron '26
Krystyna Klos '25
Joshua Chitty '27
William and Helen Chazanof Scholarship
Nikolay Fontanez '26
Kenneth E. Cutler Scholarship
Joshua Chitty '27
Rebekah Gerace '27
Kim Korhummel Scholarship
Alex Crescente '26
The John Arnold Award
Carson Conley '26
Shelby McGranaghan '26
About the Awards
- The Chazanof Award recognizes student work in local history
- The MacPhee and Mancuso Scholarships are given to promising History or Social Studies majors who have attained junior rank.
- The Zimmer Award recognizes a promising student with career plans in law or communications.
- The David Carnahan Award is awarded to a freshmen history major.
- The Joseph T. Gallagher Scholarship is named in honor of the Dept. of History's first African historian who passed away suddenly in 1988. It is given to a student from an underrepresented group pursuing an education degree.
- The department also annually recognizes an Outstanding History major, an Outstanding Social Studies major, and an Outstanding History paper.
- Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society, recognizes academic excellence.
- The 2017 inductees of the Phi Alpha Theta honors society