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The History Department offers scholarships and prizes to currently enrolled undergraduate students. Applications are due mid-way through the spring semester; exact due dates are posted annually at the beginning of the spring semester.
This prize is awarded to the best paper (7-20 pages) written by an undergraduate student.
Past Recipients
The winner will be a history major with a g.p.a. of at least 3.3 and at least one semester remaining before graduation. To apply, students a 300-word essay that describes as fully as possible their interests, their goals as a student of history, and why they should receive the award; they also submit a letter of recommendation from a member of the history department faculty.
Past Recipients
This scholarship honors one of the founding members of the Wright State history department, an accomplished scholar and a great supporter of public history, both at Wright State and in the community. This scholarship is awarded to a graduate of Wright State who is entering the Wright State graduate program in History on the Public History track.
Past Recipients
This scholarship was endowed by Wright State alumni Samuel and Lynne Dodson in 2013. It honors a retired faculty member who specialized in British history. It is awarded to the best paper (7-20 pages) written by an undergraduate student, with preference given to essays on some aspect of the history of Great Britain and/or the British Empire.
Past Recipients
Awarded to an outstanding student in senior-level Latin American History courses offered at Wright State the previous calendar year.
Past Recipients
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