Undergraduate Student Essay Awards
Congratulations to Vanessa Cowan, Jordan Sherbino, Jason Grier and Alana Zuzak for winning the History Department essay prizes in the 2009-2010 competition!
Vanessa (History 111) and Jordan (History 152) were awarded the Simpson Prize, an annual prize that recognises first-year students who have written the best final examinations in a 100-level History course.
Jason's excellent essay on "The Surgery for Samuel Pepys: Scientific Curiosity and the Medical Marketplace in Seventeenth-Century London" for History 481 was awarded the James H. Gray Essay Prize in History (demonstration of academic excellence in a 400-level History course).
Alana's superb essay, "Supposedly Idyllic: Enemy Alien Internment at Banff National Park" (History 258), received the Glen Makahonuk Book Prize for best labour history paper in an undergraduate or graduate History course.
The quality of all essays submitted to the competition was extremely high and impressed the Awards Committee.
What's Up? is the official news site of the University of Saskatchewan Department of History, with announcements of upcoming events and quirky notices of the research, teaching, learning, and social activities of our departmental community. What's Up? reports on the activities and celebrates the achievements of our faculty, staff, and students past, present, and future. To comment, contribute, or suggest an item, contact our point person, Dr. Gary Zellar at gary.zellar@usask.ca.
