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Awards

The Thelander Award is given annually to the student who submits the best undergraduate history essay to the History department’s awards committee. The deadline for submissions is typically late January or early February. Students who graduated in December may submit papers written during their senior year. Winners receive recognition at one of the School of Liberal Arts functions that spring and a cash prize applied to their Bursar account.

Papers must be written on a historical topic by an undergraduate while regularly enrolled at IUPUI, they must be 12 or more pages in length, and they must conform to standard citation styles such as MLA or Chicago/Turabian. Papers must not contain the student’s name or comments from any previous readers. Attach a separate sheet with the title and the author’s name, address, e-mail address, and phone number. Submit papers to the history office in CA 504M. The awards committee judges submissions on the strength of their analysis, originality, research, and writing.

The Seregny Award for the Best History Student honors Professor Scott Seregny and recognizes the graduating senior who best embodies the qualities that Professor Seregny brought to his field and the department: intellectual accomplishment, originality, and curiosity. All seniors who have taken at least 24 credit hours of history and a minimum of 15 hours of upper-level courses at IUPUI are eligible and will be considered for the award. The History department awards committee selects the winner based on the student’s GPA within the major, the variety of courses they have taken, and their performance in those courses. Winners receive recognition at one of School of Liberal Arts functions that spring and a cash award.

The Graduate Student Paper Award is given annually to the graduate student who submits the best history essay to the History department’s awards committee. The deadline for submissions is typically late January or early February. M.A. theses are not eligible for this award. Winners receive recognition at the School of Liberal Arts Honors Convocation that spring and a cash prize applied to their Bursar account.

Papers must be written on an historical topic while the author is regularly enrolled at IUPUI, they must be 15 or more pages in length, and they must conform to standard citation styles such as MLA or Chicago/Turabian. Papers must not contain the student’s name or any comments from previous readers. Attach a separate sheet with the title, author’s name, address, e-mail address, and phone number. Submit papers to the history office, CA 504L. The award committee judges submissions on the strength of their analysis, originality, research, and writing.

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