To apply for any of the scholarships below, students must submit an application to SUNY Brockport’s online system, Academic Works. Once an application is submitted, students will be notified of all scholarship opportunities on campus for which they are eligible
Celebration of Student Success
Every year, the Department of History gathers to honor the hard work and achievements of our students. The ceremony is usually held at the beautiful Morgan-Manning House in Brockport, and the evening is a favored event among faculty, students, and parents alike.
Undergraduate Awards and Scholarships
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Jack Crandall Award in History
Recognizes an outstanding sophomore history major with a GPA of 3.5 or higher in the major. -
Kleehamer Department Scholar Prize
Recognizes a senior history major, usually with the highest GPA, all other things being equal. -
Robert R. Griswold Award in History
Recognizes an outstanding junior or senior history major with a GPA of 3.5 or above in history. -
Kempes Schnell Award in History
Recognizes the outstanding full-time history major, any class, with GPA of at least 3.25 in the major and with a “pressing financial need.” Preference is given to a senior accepted to graduate study in history at SUNY Brockport or any other post-graduate professional program at Brockport. -
Melinda Kleehamer Senior Seminar Prize
Recognizes outstanding performance by Seniors enrolled in a 400-level research intensive course. -
Arthur M. Lee Award in History
Recognizes an outstanding senior with a GPA of 3.5 or above. -
George S. Queen Essay Award in History
Recognizes the author of “the best undergraduate essay written during the current academic year.” -
Terry Gore Prize for Military History
Demonstration of academic excellence as judged through a research paper submitted in a history class. May be awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student.
Graduate Awards and Fellowships
- Full-tuition fellowship with stipend for a first-year graduate student.
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Robert & Sally Bermudes Travel Award
This award was established to help support graduate students to perform original research. If funds are available both undergraduate and graduate students may apply for funds to travel to conference and symposia. -
W. Wayne Dedman Award
Recognizes an outstanding graduate student with a GPA of 3.5 or above and who must be matriculated and have completed at least 18 graduate credits at the end of the spring semester of the award. -
Flieger Family Graduate Fellowship
Awarded competitively, bi-annually to a graduate student. The fellowship comes with a tuition credit and stipend. The awardee is expected to work 10 hours per week as a teaching assistant. -
George S. Queen Essay Award in History
Recognizes the author of “the best graduate essay written during the current academic year.”
All awards and scholarships include a monetary award or a tuition credit, made possible by the generosity of alumni, faculty, students, and friends of the department. We want to thank each of them for the support and encouragement they give our students. Award amounts vary depending on endowment income for the previous year.