History Essay Prize

The History Department is pleased to announce the creation of a History Essay Prize. Each Spring term (as funds are available), the History Department will award a $50 prize for the best essay written in an upper-division History course offered at WOU.

This prize is open to any WOU student, regardless of major or academic status. The essay must have been written for an upper-division (300 or 400) level history course in the preceding Spring, Fall or Winter term at WOU. Essays written in HST 499 are not eligible.

Each student may submit only one essay to be considered for this prize.

Applications should include the essay and a cover sheet that contains the following information: name of applicant, email address, phone number, the name of the course in which the paper was completed, the name of the faculty member who taught the course, and the term that the course was taken.

Applications are due by May 1. Please send the essay and a separate cover sheet to Professor Kimberly Jensen, Chair, Department of History, at jenseki@wou.edu.

The winner will be announced before the end of Spring term.

Contact Professor Kimberly Jensen, Chair, Department of History, at jenseki@wou.edu if you have additional questions.