Award Winners

Students Awarded THE DEGREE MASTER’S OF ARTS IN HISTORY

Heather Bergh, Barry C. Binder, Daniel Eickstedt, Kimberley Marie Fujikawa, Hannah Lynn-Taylor Lane, Michelle Lynn Mason, Tania Reyes, and Paul David Tomes

Students Awarded THE DEGREE BACHELOR’S OF ARTS IN HISTORY

Andrew Justin Belet*** Corinne Belva Marisa Erin Cassibo*** Shannon Fortune** Adam James Gravenor, Richard Carl Haenke III** Madison Harris*** with University Honors, Brianna Michelle Hartke, Seif Jensen, Jonathan David Reed, Joshua Rodriguez** Ezekiel I. Romero, John Michael Rork, David Abraham Satin** Baylee Helen Schopp* John Thomas Sexton*** Zachary James Shereck, Leigh Sullivan** Jeff Turkowski* and Nichelle L. Walker

Explanation of Honors: *Cum Laude - 3.5 - 3.69; **Magna Cum Laude - 3.7 - 3.89; ***Summa Cum Laude - 3.9 or above Latin Honors are calculated based on a student’s CU Cumulative GPA.

Congrats again to the winners of our Outstanding Students Awards.

OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENTS:

Selected by the faculty of the History Department after lengthy discussions, the Outstanding Graduate Student Award honors graduating MA History students who have among the highest cumulative GPAs in their cohort and who have distinguished themselves in other ways in their academic performance, community outreach (on campus and beyond), and professional engagement. This honor is the highest recognition bestowed directly by the department faculty.

• Barry Binder
• Kyle Newkirk
• Paul Tomes

Outstanding Graduate Student in Interdisciplinary Work:

Michelle Mason

OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENTS:

Selected by the faculty of the History Department after lengthy discussions, the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award honors graduating BA History students who have among the highest cumulative GPAs in their cohort and who have distinguished themselves in other ways in their academic performance, community outreach (on campus and beyond), and professional engagement. This honor is the highest recognition bestowed directly by the department faculty.

• April Benson (degree awarded in Dec 2020)
• Marissa Cassibo
• Madison Harris
• Joshua Van Sanford (degree awarded in Dec 2020)

OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Across ALL HUMANITIES Depts:

Winner: Madison Harris (Double Major in History and Biology)

WUNDERLI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS for AY 2021-2022:

The Department gives out annual scholarships, named in honor of Rick Wunderli, long-time Professor of Medieval History at UCCS. The scholarship comes from an endowment established by Judith Price (1944-2012), a long-time Instructor in the Department.

• Vanessa Davila
• Bailey Ford
• David Mack
• Jeffrey Mann
• Kali Ryan
• Miranda Sherwood
• Anna Ward

FLORENCE MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:

The scholarship is possible through the generosity of one of the most distinguished graduates of UCCS. The scholarship supports non-traditional undergraduate students (25 years or older) who are History majors.

Alicia Portillos

INTERNSHIPS IN HISTORY

Guided by Prof. Christina Jimenez, these students have completed the Internship course (HIST 3995/HIST 6995) and worked for 104 hours at various community organizations. If you are interested in learning more about graduate or undergrad internships for course credits (HIST 3995/HIST 6995),

Please contact Prof. Jimenez, cjimenez@uccs.edu.

Graduate Interns:

• Tania Reyes, UCCS Archives
• Brittany Abshire, UCCS Archives U

Undergraduate Interns:

• Elle Markley, Western Museum of Mining and Industry
• John Bole, Fourth Infantry Division Museum
• Mariah Fluegel, Western Museum of Mining and Industry
• James Perkins, United States Air Force Academy Archives, Clark Special Collections
• Joshua Van Sanford, One Nation Walking

PHI ALPHA THETA

the History National Honor Society, UCCS chapter (Tau Chi) is open to student interested in history. Faculty Advisor: Professor Samantha Christiansen. The Phi Alpha Theta (Tau Chi ) Award for Student Leadership is awarded annually in recognition of the leadership, talent, and impact of one undergraduate and one graduate student in our Phi Alpha Theta, Tau Chi chapter. The winners of this award have demonstrated exceptional dedication and skill in promoting the study of history in our department and the broader community through research, event planning, and/or other forms of public engagement, while maintaining a high GPA and overall record of academic excellence. Thank you to Dr. Christiansen for her role as advisor!

This year’s 2020-2021 PAT Student Leadership Award Winners:

• Undergraduate Student: Madison Harris
• Graduate Student: Heather Bergh

2021 Phi Alpha Theta Inductees:

Karah Binkowski, Alexis Clere, Niki Collins, Marco Fiorito, Kimberley Fujikawa, William Aaron Higgens, Abigail Kopetsky, Hannah Lane, Kory Mathews, Kali Ryan, Jeffery Turkowski

2021 Phi Alpha Theta Inductees:

Karah Binkowski, Alexis Clere, Niki Collins, Marco Fiorito, Kimberley Fujikawa, William Aaron Higgens, Abigail Kopetsky, Hannah Lane, Kory Mathews, Kali Ryan, Jeffery Turkowski

Student Conference Presentations:

• Marissa Kuik, “From Bootstrap to Despacito: The Development of Reggaeton in Puerto Rico,” at the virtual Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies Conference, March 2021.
• Barry C. Binder, "Brazos del País: Bracero Identity, 1942-1945,” at the virtual Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies Conference, March 2021.
• Eilex Rodriguez, “Mexican Maids in Border Cities: Mexican Domestic Workers from Ciudad Juarez to El Paso,” at the virtual Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies Conference, March 2021.
• Kimberley Fujikawa, “Civil War Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century Ayacucho,” at the virtual Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies Conference, March 2021.
• Tim Clevenger, “Brujería: Reclamation and Activism,” at the virtual Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies Conference, March 2021.
• Gavin H. Rogers, “Geographia: Magistri Imperium” at virtual Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, April 2021.
• Kimberley Fujikawa, “Modern Orientalism: 21st Century Appropriation of Ancient Greco-Persian Cultural Attitudes” at virtual Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, April 2021.
• Jennifer Mills, “Dissenters and Conscientious Objectors: The Southern Quaker Experience During the American Civil War” at virtual Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, April 2021.
• Heather Bergh, “‘A Whole City of Whores:’ Prostitution, Sex and Gender in the American Civil War, 1861-1865” at virtual Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
• Joshua Van Sanford, “Honor Among Thieves: The Tragic History of Native American Involvement in the American Civil War” at virtual Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
• Michael Moody, “Conflict in the Collective: Analysis of Alaskan Native Identity in the Global Sixties” at virtual Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, April 2021.
• Hannah Lane, “Berchtesgaden: Hitler’s Versailles” at virtual Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
• Ashley Pruett, “Childhood and Immigration in World War II: Attempted Escape of the Global Holocaust Campaign” at virtual Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, April 2021.

Publications by UCCS History students:

• Madison Harris, “Martin Luther King and the Quest for Racial Justice in Utah,” Utah State Historical Quarterly Journal (Spring 2020).
• Madison Harris, “Racism, Fear, and Otherness in America,” UCCS Kramer Family Library Archives (Fall 2020).
• Madison Harris, “Religious Extremism and Conspiracy: A Student’s Observation,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (Spring 2021).
• Madison Harris, “The Hands of Our Enemies”: Brigham Young University and the Federal Government in the Fight for Civil Rights, 1968-1975,” Oxford University: Journal of Church and State (Forthcoming, Winter 2021).

OUTSTANDING SENIOR THESES BY SECTION, Fall 2020 and Spring 2021

Professor Meyers’ section, Fall 2020:

• Eric Witte for his thesis “The Myth of El Cid, Spanish Identity, and the Fallacy of the Reconquista”

Professor Christiansen’s Section, Fall 2020:

• Jonathan Graves for his thesis “Tools of an Invisible Hand: Colonization, Famine, and British Policy Influence on the Emergence of an Indian Nation”
• Joshua Van Sanford for his thesis “Comparing Colonial Conflicts: A Comparative Analysis of Native American and Colonial Soldiers during the First World War”
•  David Mack for his thesis “Comparing the Ideology and Methodology of Zapata and the EZLN”

Professor Jimenez’s Section, Spring 2021:

• Nolan Baker for his thesis “Salt War Sanctions: The Hidden Legacies of the Gadsden Purchase in the Rio Grande Valley”
• Grace Miller for her thesis “CAFTA-DR is a Sea of Opportunity: Sink or Swim”

Professor Sackett’s Section, Spring 2021:

• Leigh Sullivan for thesis “Ad Urbe Fascista Condita: Visions of Romanita and Imperial Antiquity in Mussolini’s “New Italy”’
• John Bole for thesis “Nr. 28—'A suggestion (not a very nice one)’ (On Operation Mincemeat in the Second World War)”
• Devin Borden for thesis “Inaction: Great Britain’s Mismanagement of the 1918 Spanish Flu”

GRADUATE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS:

Chad Fawcett

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS FOR AY 2020-21 YEAR:

Barry Binder, Kimberley Fujikawa, AmyBeth Fredrickson, Marissa Kuik, Eilex Rodriguez, and Tristan Reilly

GRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL and Upcoming “The Springs Online Graduate History Journal “

Special Recognition:

Michael Moody, editor We will announce when it is published online. If you would like to contribute a book review or essay in the next few weeks,

please email: mmoody@uccs.edu and rmartin8@uccs.edu.

History Students also won Campus-wide Graduate Student Fellowship

a very competitive award where MA and PhD applicants (with at least one fund year left of school) from across the colleges at UCCS vie for a $5000/ year fellowship.

This year, two History MA graduate students were awarded fellowships.

Congratulations, Eric Witte and AmyBeth Fredrickson!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AWARD WINNERS! We are very proud of our many student accomplishments.

YOUR NAMES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT WEBSITE (https://history.uccs.edu, the History Hallway Bulletin Board (all year long) and AND BLOG (HTTPS://UCCSHISTORY.WORDPRESS.COM).

OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENTS:

Selected by the faculty of the History Department after lengthy discussions, the Outstanding Graduate Student Award honors graduating MA History students who have among the highest cumulative GPAs in their cohort and who have distinguished themselves in other ways in their academic performance, community outreach (on campus and beyond), and professional engagement. This honor is the highest recognition bestowed directly by the department faculty. Stefan Huddleston Heather Poll Chris Schreck OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENTS: Selected by the faculty of the History Department after lengthy discussions, the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award honors graduating BA History students who have among the highest cumulative GPAs in their cohort and who have distinguished themselves in other ways in their academic performance, community outreach (on campus and beyond), and professional engagement. This honor is the highest recognition bestowed directly by the department faculty.

• Kateri Pacetti
• Erin Rogers
• Thecla Shubert
• Aaron Wilson
• Eric Witte

OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Across ALL HUMANITIES Depts:

Winner: Eric Witte, a non-traditional student and double major in History and Geography (GES) was nominated by the Department of History faculty for this award, acknowledging his excellent interdisciplinary work. Apart from being an outstanding student, Eric’s professors in both departments described how his contribution to class discussion elevated the overall educational experience. He is also a writing fellow and works at the Writing Center. He is a generous peer and mentor to other students. He is active in our chapter of the History National Honor Society--Phi Alpha Theta as well as CSURF, and other public presentations. The chairs of the humanities departments voted to select him for this honor.

WUNDERLI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS:

The Department gives out annual scholarships, named in honor of Rick Wunderli, long-time Professor of Medieval History at UCCS. The scholarship comes from an endowment established by Judith Price (1944-2012), a long-time Instructor in the Department. Her generosity supports these multiple $1250 awards.

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2020-2021 Awardees:

• Kristy Wilson
• Heather Bergh
• Shannon Fortune
• James Perkins
• Tania Reyes
• Bailey Ford
• Jennifer Mills
• Emily Cosper
• Joshua Rodriguez
• Mariah Fluegel

FLORENCE MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:

The scholarship is possible through the generosity of one of the most distinguished graduates of UCCS. The scholarship consists of two $750 awards for the school year for non-traditional undergraduate students (25 years or older) who are History majors.

2019-2020 Awardee:

• Jeffrey Mann

INTERNSHIPS IN HISTORY

Guided by Profs. Christina Jimenez and Amy Haines, these students have completed the Internship course (HIST 3995/HIST 6995) and worked for 104 hours at various community organizations. If you are interested in learning more about graduate or undergrad internships for course credits (HIST 3995/HIST 6995), please contact Prof. Jimenez, cjimenez@uccs.edu.

Graduate Interns:

• Kurt Blose, United States Olympic Committee Archives
• Heather Poll, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
• Ashley Affleck-Johnson, Old Colorado City Heritage Center
• Lora Reiher, United States Olympic Committee Archives

Undergraduate Interns:

• Jeremiah Warren, Fourth Infantry Division Museum
• Amybeth Frederickson, United States Olympic Committee Archives
• Mariah Fluegel, Western Museum of Mining and Industry
• James Perkins, United States Air Force Academy Archives, Clark Special Collections
• Peyton Taylor, United States Olympic Committee Archives
• Joshua Rodriguez, United States Olympic Committee Archives
• Vanessa Davila, Western Museum of Mining and Industry
• Joshua Van Sanford, One Nation Walking
• Jamie Anderson, United States Olympic Committee Archives
• Taylor Burnfield, United States Olympic Committee Archives

FRIENDS OF FOUNTAIN FAIRVIEW CEMETERY BENEVOLENT SOCIETY:

Thank you to Profs. Barbara Headle and Amy Haines for their work! We would like to recognize the work of our UCCS student volunteers as well.

Student Volunteers for 2019:

• Bryan Wheeler
• Heather Bergh,
• Kristy Wilson
• Aaron Wilson
• Nikki Valdez

Volunteer of the Year:

• Nikki Valdez

College of LAS Student-Faculty Research Award:

Christopher Schreck, Dr. Roger Martinez and Mary Rupp for “Deciphering Secrets: Unlocking the Manuscripts of Medieval Spain.” Chris worked specifically with a group of thirty individual documents from the Burgos Cathedral in Spain. The process for extracting metadata from the transcriptions and abstracts provided and entering that information into a database.

PHI ALPHA THETA

the History National Honor Society, UCCS chapter (Tau Chi) is open to student interested in history. Faculty Advisor: Professor Samantha Christiansen. The Phi Alpha Theta (Tau Chi ) Award for Student Leadership is awarded annually in recognition of the leadership, talent, and impact of one undergraduate and one graduate student in our Phi Alpha Theta, Tau Chi chapter. The winners of this award have demonstrated exceptional dedication and skill in promoting the study of history in our department and the broader community through research, event planning, and/or other forms of public engagement, while maintaining a high GPA and overall record of academic excellence. Thank you to Dr. Christiansen for her role as advisor!

This year’s 2019-2020 PAT Student Leadership Award Winners:

• Undergraduate Student: Madison Harris
• Graduate Student: Bryan Wheeler

2020 Phi Alpha Theta Inductees:

• Mariah Fluegel
• Theodore A. Givler
• Hunter M. Henderson; Victoria L. Mason
• Rosalyn Myrick
• Victoria Lynn Pfeifer
• Erin Rogers
• Damian A. Ruminski
• Joshua Van Sanford
• Eric Witte
• Cyrus J. Youngs

Undergraduate Student Conference Presentations:

• Madison Harris presented her paper on “Martin Luther King and the Quest for Racial Justice in Utah,” at the Phi Alpha Theta regional conference at Western State University
• Madison Harris presented her paper at the Sunstone Symposium 2020: “The Hands of Our Enemies”: Brigham Young University and the Federal Government in the Fight for Civil Rights, 1968-1975," June 2020

Graduate Student Conference and Public Presentations:

• Bryan Wheeler presented his paper on "The Search for Identity: Nineteenth-Century Women Find Who They Are" At the National Phi Alpha Theta Conference in San Antonio. 
• Heather Bergh presented her paper on: “A Whole City of Whores” At the National Phi Alpha Theta Conference in San Antonio
• Heather Bergh presented her paper on: “A Whole City of Whores: Prostitution in the Civil War” at The Mountain Lion Research days.
• Barry Binder, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum Lecture Series, In My Ain Countrie: Thomas MacLaren, Walter Farquhar Douglas, and Thompson Duncan Hetherington; a transnational case study of Scottish migration at the turn of the 20th century.” Available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhD49vASPZc

OUTSTANDING SENIOR THESES BY SECTION Fall 2019 and Spring 2020

Professor Martinez’s section, fall 2019

• Eric Witte for his thesis “The Myth of El Cid, Spanish Identity, and the Fallacy of the Reconquista”

Professor Christiansen’s Section, Fall 2019

• Bridget Harris for her thesis “American Apartheid”

Professor Harvey’s Section, spring 2020 

• Jeffrey Mann, "Water, Sugar Beets, and Labor: Rocky Ford in the 20th Century."
•  Madison Harris, “ 'The Hands of Our Enemies': Brigham Young University and the Federal Government in the Fight for Civil Rights, 1968-1975"

GRADUATING M.A. STUDENTS

Fall 2019

• Taylor Bright
• Ryan Grant
• Lora Reiher 
• April Roof
• Nicholas Smith
• Ian Torres

Spring 2020:

• Kurt Blose,
• Kirstin Dillingham,
• Ryan Harris,
• Stefan Huddleston,
• Reagen Hudson,
• Allison McDonald,
• Spencer Miles,
• Heather Poll,
• Nathaniel Rennicks,
• Christopher Schreck

GRADUATE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS

• Michael Moody
• Shannon Ritchey

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS FOR AY 2019-20 YEAR:

• Barry Binder
• Stefan Huddleston
• Teddy Givler
• Ian Torres
• Heather Bergh
• Bryan Wheeler
   

GRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL and Upcoming “The Springs Online Graduate History Journal “

Special Recognition

• Christopher Scheck, editor
• Reagen Eric Hudson “Red Nation, Golden Arches: An Examination of McDonalds in China”
• Barry C. Binder “In My Ain Countrie: Thomas MacLaren, Walter Farquhar Douglas, and Thompson Duncan Hetherington; a transnational case study of Scottish migration at the turn of the 20th century”
• Christopher J. Schreck “Spoils of War: Development and Dispossession in the American Southwest”

We will announce when it is published online. If you would like to contribute a book review or essay in the next few weeks, please email: cschreck@uccs.edu and bduvick@uccs.edu.

History Students also won Fellowships and Competitions - campus-wide.

Campus-wide Graduate Student Fellowship

a very competitive award where MA and PhD applicants (with at least one fund year left of school) from across the colleges at UCCS vie for a $5000/ year fellowship.

This year, Eilex Rodriguez, a first year MA graduate student, won one. Congratulations, Eilex!

Cesar E. Chavez Scholarship Competition.

The scholarship competition, along with the Rosa Parks and Janice M. Gould scholarships, are designed to give students an opportunity to explore and research both domestic and/or global issues regarding social and/or environmental justice, human rights, and injustice or discrimination in all forms; and express their thoughts regarding the ideals that Rosa Parks, Cesar E. Chavez and Janice M. Gould represent. The History Department had two students win the campus-wide Cesar Chavez student research essay award.

Cesar E. Chavez Undergraduate Student Award

• Eilex Rodriguez - "Mexico City and Global Ties: The 1960s Student Movements”

Cesar E. Chavez Graduate Student Award:

• Michelle Mason – “Weaving a Web of Justice; Political Economy and Tradition in Mayan Cooperatives: A Discourse on Modern Colonialism”

PhD Acceptances --- of History MA Alumni -- What a banner year!

The History Department Faculty would like to announce and congratulate these MA Alumni on their acceptance to PhD History Programs. All of these students were accepted and offered fully-funded financial packages -- consisting of both guaranteed scholarships and guaranteed research and teaching assistant-ships for their PhD studies. The competition for these funded slots in PhD History Programs is very difficult. Each of these individuals crafted a resume and track record of research, teaching, public engagement, publications, award winning, and professional presenting. We have never had this many MA alumni continuing on to PhD programs in one year. Congratulations! We are so proud of how you will continue to represent UCCS and the History MA Program.

• Kellen DeAlba, MA will attend the University of Utah, PhD History Program, guaranteed funding
• Amy Haines, MA will attend the University of Colorado, Boulder, PhD History Program, guaranteed funding
• Don Unger, MA will attend the University of Arizona, PhD History Program, guaranteed funding
• Timmy Vilgiate, MA will attend the University of Texas, Austin PhD History Program, guaranteed funding

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANCE

• Bryan Wheeler

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AWARD WINNERS! We are very proud of our many student accomplishments.

YOUR NAMES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT WEBSITE , the History Hallway Bulletin Board (all year long) and AND BLOG 

OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:

Ben Nissen,  Anneliese Schaff, and Alexander Ward

OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Across ALL HUMANITIES Depts :  Anneliese Schaaf

Anneliese is a double major in History and Anthropology. She has impressed the faculty across those department and was selected as an overall Outstanding Student in the Humanities Departments.  She has earned a 3.939 GPA

OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENTS:     Teo Garcia  and  Timmy Vilgiate

OUTSTANDING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH PUBLIC HISTORY:   Kellen DeAlba and Don Unger

OUTSTANDING INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH:  Sydney Pearson

UCCS GRADUATE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP AWARDEE:  Stefan Huddleston and Chris Schreck

WUNDERLI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS: The Department gives out annual scholarships, named in honor of Rick Wunderli, long-time Professor of Medieval History at UCCS. The scholarship comes from an endowment established by Judith Price (1944-2012), a long-time Instructor in the Department. Her generosity supports these multiple $1250 awards.

2019-2020  Awardees:   Heather Bergh,   Shannon Fortune,  Kateri Pacetti, , Tania Reyes, Elisabeth Ross
Jeffery Turkowski, Kristy Wilson

FLORENCE MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS: The scholarship is possible through the generosity of one of the most distinguished graduates of UCCS. The scholarship consists of two $750 awards for the school year for non-traditional undergraduate students (25 years or older) who are History majors.

2019-2020 Awardees:   Eric Witte and Cyrus Youngs 

INTERNSHIPS IN HISTORY, completed at a range of organizations, including the US Olympic Committee Archives, Western Museum of Mining and Industry, UCCS Archives, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, and Fourth Infantry Division Museum, among others. Shout out to Prof. Amy Haines for her work with undergrad interns!

Graduate Interns:  Reagen Hudson, U.S. Olympic Committee Archives

                                     Chris Schreck at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

                                     Matthew Radek at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry

                                     Filomeno Scafuri at Fort Carson Fourth Infantry Division

Undergraduate interns:  Kora Ivesdal, Heather Bergh, and Cody Saunders at Fort Carson Fourth Infantry Division

                                                  Marc Lucena at the U.S. Olympic Committee Archives

                                                  Bryan Wheeler at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

If you are interested in learning more about graduate or undergrad internships for course credits (HIST 3995/HIST 6995), please contact Prof. Jimenez, cjimenez@uccs.edu. We would like to invite interested future interns to our site visits— May 3rd, at 1:00pm at the Fort Carson Fourth Infantry Division Museum and

        May 6th at 2:30pm at the U.S. Olympic Committee Archives

FRIENDS OF FOUNTAIN FAIRVIEW CEMETERY BENEVOLENT SOCIETY: We would like to recognize the work of our UCCS student volunteers, 2018-2019:  Heather Bergh, Lindsey Dierenfield, Haley Hunsaker, Emily Puffett, Niki Valdez, Bryan Wheeler, and Patrick Yarusso.  Shout out to Profs. Barbara Headle and Amy Haines for their work!

CSURF PRESENTERS, the Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum, held at Colorado College this weekend. All are welcome. We have a handful of History majors presenting this year.  CSURF presenters, if you are here, please stand and be recognized.  Shout out to Dr. Roger Martinez, who delivered the forum's keynote address, on the opportunities to use new techniques to tell historical stories and thus inspire citizen scholars around the world: “Medieval Manuscript, Citizen Science, and Virtual Reality.” Shout out to all of the faculty mentors, especially Barb Headle and Roy Jo Sartin

• Eilex Rodriguez presented a poster of her thesis, "The Rise in Public Brothels after the Revolt of Ciompi.”
• Kateri Pacetti gave a presentation on her thesis research, "Elementary My Dear Historian: An Examination of the Evolution of Sexuality and Femininity in Sherlock Holmes."
• Jenneah Lenzini-Oldaker who presented her ESRI story map of Creede, Colorado from Profs. Larkin's and Headle’s GES/HIST 3080: Maps as Historical Documents class.
• Heather Bergh who presented her senior thesis, "God's Union Warrior and the Mythical Confederate Tramp."  
• Elisabeth "Lis" Ross presented her senior thesis, "Rape, Resistance, and Retaliation."  
• Eric Witte presented his fall 2018 Independent Study turned 2018-19 LAS Student-Faculty Research/Creative Works project, "Ruffians, Refugees, and a Community's Reluctant Hero."  
• John Moore, a double major in Anthropology and History, who presented his work on the El Paso County Poor Farm.

College of LAS Student-Faculty Research Award: Eric Witte and Professor Headle for "Ruffians, Refugees, and a Community's Reluctant Hero."  Eric re-examines Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence, Kansas (1863) from the survivors' perspective, paying particular attention to the immediate and long-term aftermath of the raid on community members (much scholarship focuses on Quantrill and/or the raid itself). 

PHI ALPHA THETA, the History National Honor Society, UCCS chapter (Tau Chi) is open to student interested in history. Faculty Advisor: Professor Samantha Christiansen. The Phi Alpha Theta (Tau Chi ) Award for Student Leadership is awarded annually in recognition of the leadership, talent, and impact of one undergraduate and one graduate student in our Phi Alpha Theta, Tau Chi chapter. The winners of this award have demonstrated exceptional dedication and effective skill in promoting the study of history in our department and the broader community through research, event planning, and/or other forms of public engagement, in addition to maintaining a high GPA and overall record of academic excellence.  Shout out to Dr. Christiansen for her role as advisor!

This year’s 2018-2019 PAT Student Leadership  Award Winners:   

Undergraduate Student: Bryan Wheeler   and   Graduate Student: Kellen DeAlba

2019 Phi Alpha Theta Inductees:  Linnea Joy Benson, Andrew Z. Dawson, João Marcelo M. Fernandes, Shannon Fortune, Elizabeth M. Giles, Jeffrey A. Mann, Jennifer N. Mills, Michael M. Moody, Benton T. Nissen, Eilex A. Rodriguez, Elisabeth M. Ross,  Heather L. Bergh,  Nicole Smelser,  Shawnee A VanNess,  Andrea Walker,  Bryan Clayton Wheeler,  Kristy L. Wilson,  Aaron R. Wilson

2018 Phi Alpha Theta Inductees: Stefan S. Huddleston, Nathaniel E. Henderson, Madison S. Harris, Allison C. McDonald, Anneliese Lydia Schaff, Stacie Allen, Baylee H. Schopp, Shannon Ritchey, Haley C Hunsaker, Rachel M. Ruiz, Michelle L. Mason,  Lauren Marie Mouten.

Six UCCS students, graduate and undergrad, also presented their research at Phi Alpha Theta’s Regional Conference in April 2019 at CSU Gunnison:

• Heather Bergh, “God’s Union Warrior & the Mythical Confederate Tramp”
• Stefan Huddleston, “Massive Verbal Persuasion: J. Don Alexander and the Alexander Film Company” (1920s and 1930s)
• Elisabeth Ross, “Rape, Resistance, and Retaliation: 19th Century Slave Women Reclaiming their Voices “
• Eric Witte, “Quantrill, The Lawrence Massacre, and a Community’s Fight for a Pension”
• Barry Binder, “In My Ain Countrie: Thomas MacLaren, Walter Farquhart Douglas, and Thompson Duncan Hetherington; a transnational case study of Scottish migration at the turn of the 20th century.”
• Madison Harris, “Utah became the last state to recognize the Martin Luther King Holiday by name”; Mormons and the Quest for Racial Justice, 1985-2000.”

UCCS will HOST the 2020 Phi Alpha Theta Conference here in April 2020, so please consider submitting a paper to present and join the History Club and/or PAT UCCS chapter.

Other Undergraduate Conference Presentations:

• Thecla Shubert presented her paper, "Transgressions Against Women and their Biological 'Otherness': An Exploration of the Global Impacts of Menstruation" at the Rocky Mountain Communication Association (RMCA) conference.  Thecla was awarded Best Undergraduate Research paper!
• Madison Harris presented her paper on Civil Rights and Mormons at a professional conference in Independence, Missouri in September 2018.

OUTSTANDING SENIOR THESES BY SECTION, Fall 2018 and Spring 2019

Professor Headle’s section, fall 2018:  

• Eric Eisaman, "Open Hostility and Closed Borders: Chinese Immigration and the Proliferation of American Xenophobia"
• Elisabeth Ross, "Rape, Resistance, and Retaliation"
• Alex Ward, "Navigating Womanhood Under the Auspices of Columbia"
• Bryan Wheeler, "The Search for Identity: Nineteenth-Century Women Find Who They Are"

Professor Wei ’s section, fall 2018:  

• Caitlin McMillon for her thesis “Between Two Philosophies: The Legalist Impact on Emperor Wu’s Military.”
• Jacob Kistler for his thesis, "The Politics of Oda Nobunaga and Hideyoshi: The Importance of Position and Context.”

 
Professor Sackett’s Section, spring 2019:  Winners to be announced at the Evening of History, Tuesday May 7th, in the Daniels K-12 Room, around 6:30pm

Professor Sartin’s Section, spring 2019: Winners to be announced at the Evening of History, Tuesday May 7th, in the Daniels K-12 Room, around 6:30pm

GRADUATING M.A. STUDENTS

Fall 2018:  Timmy Vilgiate and Antonio Rivera

Spring 2019:   Teodoro Garcia, Don Unger, Kellen DeAlba, Sydney Pearson, Matthew Radek, David Walker

GRADUATE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS:  Timmy Viligiate, Don Unger, Kellen DeAlba, Andi Walker, Barry Binder, and Teo Garcia

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS FOR AY 2018-19 YEAR *Chris Schreck     *Stefan Huddleston  *Don Unger 

*Sydney Pearson  *Kellen DeAlba      *Andi Walker      * Michelle Mason     * Teodoro Garcia  * Barry Binder

GRADUATE STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

•  Kellen DeAlba will publish his article "The Assimilation of Chinese Immigrants in Mexico" in ed. Édgar Cota-Torres,   Semblanzas New Borders/Nuevas Fronteras, (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in Mexicali, Mexico, forthcoming)
• Timmy Vilgiate’s research paper on a tree called the Voacanga africana will be appearing in Arcadia: Reflections on Environment and Society, a journal of the Rachel Carson Society
• Kellen De Alba presented “The Kickapoo Fight for Sovereignty: The Migration of a People in Search of a Home of their Own” at Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies in Santa Fe, NM, April 2019.
• Timmy Vilgiate presented “‘Bringing the City into the Countryside’: State-Sponsored Colonization along the Cuiabá-Santarém Highway”at Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies in Santa Fe, NM, April 2019.
• Donald Unger presented “A Brief and Modern History of Mining Reclamation on Navajo Country in the Southwestern United States” at Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies in Santa Fe, NM, April 2019.
• Teodoro Garcia presented “Indomitable Hearts, Unconquerable Souls: American Indian Vietnam Veterans, PTSD, and Statistical Fallacies” at Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies in Santa Fe, NM, April 2019.
• Timmy Vilgiate presented at the African Studies Association Conference in Atlanta, GA, November, 2018.

GRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL and Upcoming “The Springs Online Graduate History Journal “

Special Recognition: Timmy Vilgiate and Kellen De Alba, founding editors/collaborators

• “’The Spirit of Caesar in the Soul of a Woman’: An Analysis of Artemisia Gentileschi’s Seventeenth-Century Gender and Patronage” by Sydney Pearson
• “Blue Stocking Women in the Eighteenth Century British Public Sphere: Motivations of Lord Macartney Prior to the Embassy” Michael Stephen
• “’We trace out all the veins of the earth’: Iberian Mining, Labor, and the Industrial Foundation of the Roman Empire: An Interdisciplinary Approach” by Donald Unger

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANCE:  Sydney Pearson
 

Thank you and good luck to Dr. Michael Martoccio!  Dr. Martoccio will be heading to Oxford University on a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship in Fall 2019. We wish him the best of luck and thank him for all of the excellent teaching, mentoring, and inspiration he has brought to the students, faculty and department over the past three years. We will miss you!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AWARD WINNERS! We are very proud of our many student accomplishments.

YOUR NAMES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT WEBSITE (HTTPS://HISTORY.UCCS.EDU/), the History Hallway Bulletin Board (all year long) and AND BLOG (HTTPS://UCCSHISTORY.WORDPRESS.COM).

Thank you for coming!   You are invited to the Evening of History, Tuesday May 7th, 5-9pm in the Daniels K-12 Room to hear the research presentations of our graduate students.

OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
Stefan Huddleston     Carl Churchhill    Sydney Schneider

OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT:  Colin McAllister

OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Across ALL HUMANITIES Depts :  Stefan Huddleston  Stefan impressed his faculty and chairs across the Humanities Departments. Stefan’s strength as a candidate for the Humanities Divisional Award is his ability to and achievement bridging different disciplines: History, Film Studies, Geography, Filmmaking, and Digital Studies. He has earned a 4.0 GPA in both his History major as well as a 4.0 GPA overall.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR CAMPUS-WIDE OUTSTANDING TEACHING AWARD
Professor Carole Woodall, Associate Professor, History Department

WUNDERLI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS: The Department gives out annual scholarships, named in honor of Rick Wunderli, long-time Professor of Medieval History at UCCS. The scholarship comes from an endowment established by Judith Price (1944-2012), a long-time Instructor in the Department.

Awardees: Aleah Catharien Eddy,   Stefan Scott Huddleston,  Heather Leigh Bergh, 

Kellen Job Hernandez DeAlba,   Jasmine Marchman,  Allison McDonald,   Edna Elizabeth Newey,   Amy Edith Roberts,   April Marie Roof,   Elizabeth May Ross,  and  Baylee Helen Schopp  

FLORENCE MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS: The scholarship is possible through the generosity of one of the most distinguished graduates of UCCS. The scholarship consists of two $750 awards for the school year for non-traditional undergraduate students (25 years or older) who are History majors.

Awardees: Kateri Pecetti  and Cyrus Youngs 

HISTORY DEPARTMENT SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:  Awardees: Andi Walker,    Mikayla R. Fontenot,  Victoria Kathryn Coyle,   Bailey Deelynn Ford, and Shawnee Vanness  

UCCS GRADUATE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP NOMINEES:   Albert Welsh, Barry Binder and Kyle Newkirk

GRADUATING M.A. STUDENTS

Fall 2017: Alex Archuleta, Barb Ely, Kyle Clark, Colin MacDonald, Thomas Christison,  Joshua Tangye

Spring 2018:  Michael Stephen, Stephanie Fields, Madelyn Husted, Kayla Crosbie, David Walker, Tim Lorenzen, Elijah Wallace, and Colin McAllister

INTERNSHIPS IN HISTORY, completed at a range of organizations, including the US Olympic Committee Archives, Western Museum of Mining and Industry, UCCS Archives, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, and Fourth Infantry Division Museum, among others.

Graduate Interns: Don Unger, Kellen De Alba, Barb Ely, Stephanie Fields, Elijah Wallace, and Kayla Crosbie

Undergraduate interns: Haley Hunsaker, Scott Rayl, and Allison McDonald

FOUNTAIN FAIRVIEW CEMETERY PROJECT: We would like to recognize the work of our UCCS student volunteers, including  Emily Puffet  and Chuck Phillips  and Haley Hunsaker,   And, UCCS Alumni Volunteers: Amber Bradish, Travis Pollock, Kim Sweetwood, and Patrick Turner.  Special Thanks to  Mary Rupp, UCCS Archivist                            

**Volunteer of the Year Award: Haley Hunsaker

CSURF PRESENTERS, the Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum, held at Colorado College this weekend. All are welcome. We have a handful of History majors presenting this year.  CSURF presenters, if you are here, please stand and be recognized.

PHI ALPHA THETA , the History National Honor Society, UCCS chapter will hold a PAT awards ceremony at 6pm on April 30. Please join us. Faculty Advisor: Professor Samantha Christiansen 

Inductees: Stefan S. Huddleston, Nathaniel E. Henderson, Madison S. Harris, Allison C. McDonald, Anneliese Lydia Schaff, Stacie Allen, Baylee H. Schopp,, Shannon Ritchey, Haley C Hunsaker, Rachel M. Ruiz, Michelle L. Mason,  Lauren Marie Mouten.

Six UCCS students, graduate and undergrad, also presented their research at Phi Alpha Theta’s Regional Conference in April 2018 at CSU Pueblo:

• Elijah T. Wallace – University of Colorado-Colorado Springs “Louis II’s Art of War: Use of Vegetian Strategy in his third campaign against the Emirate of Bari, 867-871”
• Barry C. Binder – University of Colorado – Colorado Springs “Labor, Capital, and Violence: Historiography of the Cripple Creek Miners’ Strikes, 1894-1904”
• Timothy Vilgiate – University of Colorado-Colorado Springs “Botany, Forestry and Colonialism in Ghana, 1920-1940”
• Michael Stephen – University of Colorado-Colorado Springs “Korean Widow Legal Suits at the Choson High Court in Seoul (1908-1939): Colonial Modernity and the new Legal Space”
• Kellen DeAlba – University of Colorado-Colorado Springs “The Immigration Struggle of the Chinese in Mexico at the turn of the Twentieth Century”
• Madison Harris – University of Colorado – Colorado Springs “A Cloud of Controversy: George Washington and Smallpox Inoculation During the American Revolution”

OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT(s): 
 *** Jessica Juhala  *** Amy Statton

OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT(s):
 ***Jami Wilson   ***Michael Bunch   ***Emilee Shindel  ***Tommy Fugler

FOUNTAIN FAIRVIEW CEMETERY PROJECT VOLUNTEERS
Recognition of volunteers, including Aaron Ferrell, Volunteer of the Year

UCCS GRADUATE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP WINNER ($5000!!):*** Timmy Vilgiate

WUNDERLI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS
*Kellen DeAlba  *Alex Ward  *Stefan Huddleston *Hayley Newlin *Sydney Pearson *Anneliese Schaaf *Stephen Wall *Jacob Swisher *Hannah Pirzadeh  *Kurt Blose *Dylan Demers

FLORENCE MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
**Rachell Ruiz  *Tom Cutcher *Brent Tremmeling *Zachary Davidson

CSURF PRESENTERS
Jacob Kistler, "Propaganda: Is it Better to be Feared or Loved?
Allison McDonald, "Military Power in the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt"
Albert Welch, "Germanic Influences on the Early Roman Military"  PHI ALPHA THETA INDUCTEES
*Erika Roslie  *Thomas Fugler  *Danielle Gregory  *Charles Phillips 
*Hannah Pirzadeh  *Patrick Yarusso

OUTSTANDING SENIOR THESES BY SECTION

Professor Sackett's section
Joe Monforton, 'The Balfour Declaration: An Expression of Self-Interested British Foreign Policy and a View of Anglo-Saxon Superiority'"
John Kostelecky, 'Forgotten Wards of the Welfare State: Disability Reform in the First Thirty Years of the Modern British Welfare State"
Emily Puffett, "Meet the Nazis: Understanding the Perpetrators as Humans"
Ann Mulligan, "The Battle of Stalingrad: The Crucial Battle of Morale"
Amy Statton, "France and the Levant: Legitimizing Territorial Claims in the Mandate System"

Professor Jimenez's Section
Michelle Mason, "A March for Human Rights: The Madres de Plaza de Mayo and Carter Administration's Multilateral Policies"

Professor Myers's Section

Professor Harvey's Section
Thomas Cutcher, "Unsportsmanlike Conduct: The Delayed Desegregation of SEC Athletics, 1945 - 1970"

TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
***Jami Wilson: for presenting work at the Columbia East Asian History Conference
  ***Tommy Fugler: for presentation of work in Middle Eastern History, Univ. of Chicago

GRADUATING M.A. STUDENTS
Fall 2016: *Torrah Giles *Keith Toth *Melanie Pimentel *Rob Melton
*Julie Doellingen *Kevin Ross
Spring 2017: *Michelle Ozonur *Tommy Fugler  *Jami Wilson *Joshua Tangye *Emilee Shindel   *Michael Bunch  *Dennis Dilmore  *Jen Sundberg *Tony Peck

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS/WRITING FELLOWSHIPS FOR AY 2017-18 YEAR
*David Walker *Madelyn Husted *Timothy Vilgiate *Alexander Archuleta *Alicia Williams *Donald Unger *Kellen DeAlba

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS/WRITING FELLOWSHIPS JUST COMPLETED
*Melanie Pimentel  *Kyle Clark *Julie Doellingen  *Emilee Shindel *Tommy Fugler
*Trent Bailey *Michael Bunch *Alex Archuleta *

SPECIAL TA APPOINTMENTS FOR ROGER MARTINEZ'S "DECIPHERING SECRETS"
*Madelyn Husted *David Walker *Kyle Clark *Alycia Williams *Kellen DeAlba

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENTAL LECTURERS
Jared Benson, LAS Outstanding Lecturer, History Department

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANCE
Emilee Shindel and Alexandria Olson

OUTSTANDING STUDENT RECOGNITION

• UNDERGRADUATE Carey Smith and Kyle Blaus-Plissner
• GRADUATE Megan Murphy, Joe Berg, and Holly Taylor 

FOUNTAIN FAIRVIEW CEMETERY PROJECT VOLUNTEERS Recognition of volunteers, including Patrick Turner, Volunteer of the Year

FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS

• UCCS GRADUATE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP Emilee Shindel and Jami Wilson
• WUNDERLI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Amy Statton, Alex Ward, Cameryn Broin, Jessica Juhala, Hannah Pirzadeh, Rachell Ruiz, Katelyn Huddleston, Keith Toth
• FLORENCE MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP Ashley Pruett, Samantha Crofford, Keely Hartzo
• LAS SCHOLAR AWARD Patrick Lee, "Shifting Forces and Shifty Trade: The British East India Company's Opium Trade in China and India as Origin of the Opium War" - faculty mentor Yang Wei

PHI ALPHA THETA INDUCTEES Ashley Pruett, Keely Hartzo, Alexander Archuleta, Jeramie Hunter, Thomas Price, Ashley Pruett, Molly Padilla, Alexander Archuleta, Jared Steen, Lora Reiher, Brittany Hall

OUTSTANDING SENIOR THESES BY SECTION

• Professor Wei's Section
  • Angela Duvell, "The Comfort Women of The Imperial Japanese Army's Construction of World War II Hypermasculinity"
• Professor Woodall's Section
  • McKenzie Oliver, "The Smuggling of Millions: The American Mission Press and a New Type of American Philanthropy" o   Daniel Russell, "Blank Pages Along the Beach: Soldiers' Diaries of the Gallipoli Campaign"
  • Fallyn Guill, "Beyond the Beauty: Leila Khaled and Her Guerrillas"
• Professor Davis-Witherow's Section
  • Drew Ferreira, "The Economic Influence of Philanthropy"
  • Timmy Vilgiate, "'The Indians Cannot Be Engaged': Political Participation as a Driving Force Behind the Cabanagem, 1799-1840"
• Professor Sartin's Section
  • Stephanie Fields, "Christian Conversion and Norse Women: Scandinavian Women's Roles as Primary Movers of the Spread of Faith"
  • Michael Pauls, "Myth Maketh the Man: The Influence of Mythology on Brian Boru's Conquest of the High Kingship of Ireland
• Professor Headle's Section
  • Thomas Price, "Divas, Demons, and Despots: The Historical Evolution of Disney Villainesses"

TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS ·     

• Jami Wilson: for presenting work at the Harvard East Asian History Conference 
• Jen Sundberg: for research at the University of Arizona archives
• Julie Doellingen: for a seminar at the Kodak House, Rochester, New York
• Alexander Archuleta: for participation in the Organization of American Historians
• McKenzie Oliver: for research at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia
• Keith Toth, for presenting at the Southwestern Historical Association in Las Vegas

GRADUATING M.A. STUDENTS Joe Berg, Megan Murphy, Mike Stark, Holly Taylor, Kim Sweetwood, and Andrea Martens

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS/WRITING FELLOWSHIPS 

• AY 2016-2017: Jami Wilson, Emilee Shindel, Collin MacDonald, Trent Bailey, Melanie Pimentel, Kyle Clark, and Jen Sundberg
• AY 2015-2016: Melanie Pimentel, Kyle Clark, Megan Murphy, Torrah Giles, Ian Smith, Emilee Shindel, Tommy Fugler, Maggie Williams, Collin MacDonald

PAPER PUBLISHED Torrah Giles, "San Francisco 1906: The Law and Citizenship in Disaster," forthcoming in UCLA Historical Journal

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENTAL LECTURERS Sarah Clay, Outstanding Lecturer, History Department

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES AWARD Amy Haines, Lecturer, for upcoming participation in NEH Seminar on the Visual Culture of the American Civil War, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, July 2016

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANCE Kim Sweetwood and Alexandria Olson

OUTSTANDING STUDENT RECOGNITION

• UNDERGRADUATE Brenna McCrea, Megan Bell, Erin Wallace, and special recognition of Magna Cum Laude Graduates
• GRADUATE Megan Ishum and Sabine Banuelos 

FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS

• UCCS GRADUATE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP Melanie Pimentel, Holly Taylor, and Megan Murphy
• WUNDERLI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Alana Martin, Alex Ward, Kylie Cornella, Torrah Giles, Kim Sweetwood
• FLORENCE MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP: Molly Sawyer and Jennifer Morrison
• LAS SCHOLAR AWARD Aaron Birks, "Dangerous Obsession: Troubled History of US-Cuban Relations" and Thomas Price, "Edwin Carter: Activist Naturalist"
• CESAR CHAVEZ AWARD Emilee Shindel, "Ministers of Reconciliation: The Mennonite Church in American Race Relations, 1890-1963"

PHI ALPHA THETA INDUCTEES Ian Smith, Melanie Pimentel, Maggie Williams, Holly Taylor, John Garrett, Kyle Scott, Dominic Parisi, Jennifer Broderick, Jan Cannon, Rochelle Richards-Burks, Marisa Campanaro, Kim Sweetwood, Lindsey Duncan, Megan Ishum, Jennifer Vanderwalker, Michelle Ozonur

OUTSTANDING SENIOR THESES BY SECTION

• Professor Harvey's Section
  • Emilee Shindel, "Ministers of Reconciliation: The Mennonite Church in American Race Relations, 1890-1963"
  • Lauren Hoyal, "Health Seekers and Little London: How Idealism and Sanitary Reform Impacted Colorado Springs' Built Environment"
• Professor Headle's Section
  • Collin MacDonald, "The Original Boston Strong"
  • Kyle Newkirk, "Any Color as Long as It Is Black: Social Equality in Detroit, 1880-1940." 
• Professor Davis-Witherow's Section
  • Kyle Scott, "Proud to Prove: Reputation, Loyalty, and the Plight of Germans in Colorado During WWI"
• Professor Forrest's Section
  • Sam Twynam, "The Cold War and the American Morality Play as Evidenced in Science Fiction"
  • Elizabeth Michaelson, "Women's Determination"

CSURF PRESENTERS Thomas Price, "Edwin Carter: Activist Naturalist" 

GRADUATE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS

• Lindsey Duncan
• Sabine Banuelos
• Holly Taylor
• Colin McAlister

GRADUATING M.A. STUDENTS Ray Shaner, Megan Ishum, Lindsey Duncan, Rochelle Richards-Burks, Nicole Dennis, Richard Hernandez, Jennifer Broderick, Steve Jezewski, Sabine Banuelos

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS Linda Aldrich, Aimee Morgado, Linda Aldrich, DeV Emmons, Angie Knipe, Robin Lynch

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY VOLUNTEER JUDGES Lindsey Duncan, Marc Cavazos, Holly Taylor, Stephen Jeweski, Rich Hernandez 

MOUNTAIN LION RESEARCH DAY PRESENTATIONS Lindsey Duncan, Jennifer Broderick, and Rochelle Richards-Burks

2013-2014 AWARD WINNERS

OUTSTANDING STUDENT RECOGNITION

• UNDERGRADUATE Danielle McKinley and Colette Richards
• GRADUATE Angela Knipe

FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS

• UCCS GRADUATE FELLOWHIP Megan Dobbins Ishum and Sabine Banuelos
• CU FACULTY ASSOCIATION KISSLINGERAWARD Amy Haines

OUTSTANDING SENIOR THESES BY SECTION

• Professor Sackett's Section
  • Jennifer Hepworth: 'Holocaust Writing: An Individual's Account'
  • Amber Bradish: 'The Women Behind the Men: Sophie Scholl and Freya von Moltke and the German Resistance'
  • Taylor Wirth: 'Transitions from Communism in Eastern Europe'
• Professor Duvick's Section
  • Jennifer Vanderwalker, "The Search for the Inconceivable Uncontained: Revealing the Unique Eschatology in the Gospel of Truth"
• Professor Headle's Section
  • Alexander Keck, "Blood and Thunder: The Evolution of the American Navy from 1776 to 1815."
• Professor Myers' Section
  • Erin Wallace, "Poetry with a Purpose: The Bardic Defense of Gaelic Culture During the Tudor Conquest."
  • Megan Bell, "Christine de Pizan and her Mighty Pen"

CSURF PRESENTERS Anna Rosza, John Garrett, Maria Cordova, and Jennifer Hepworth

GRADUATE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS

• Colin McAllister
• Sabine Banuelos
• Richard Hernandez

GRADUATING M.A. STUDENTS Angela Knipe, Jeremiah Snyder, Preston Petermeier, Maggie Sargeant, Veronica Spicer, Christopher Darrow, Linda Aldrich, Robin Lynch, Nicole DeV Emmons

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR AWARD FROM THE HISTORICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY Ben Putnam, President of the Society

SPECIAL PUBLISHING RECOGNITION

• Kym Brumlik, for article published in the Journal of South Asian Studies
• Samantha Christiansen (alumnus), for new book contract

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANCE Kim Sweetwood and Aimee Morgado

INTERNSHIPS IN HISTORY Preston Petermeier, African American Historical and Genealogical Society and the Broadmoor Archives Angie Knipe and Dylan Tyler Interns at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

COMMUNITY SERVICE AT LOCAL HISTORY DAYS: Linda Aldrich, Jeremiah Snyder, and Lindsey Duncan

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS: Sabine Banuelos, Ray Shaner, Lindsey Duncan, Rochelle Richards-Burks, Megan Ishum, and Jennifer Broderick

LAS OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTOR AWARD Leah Davis-Witherow