奖学金和实习
探索美国 Summer Internships
的 list of internship hosts reads like a Who’s Who of the nation’s top cultural institutions: the National 档案, the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon, to name just a few. 由 Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, 探索美国 internships are open to students from every department—including history—who want to deepen their understanding of American history and culture and 获得校外经验.
Chesapeake Heartland Internships
In support of Chesapeake Heartland's mission to preserve, digitize, interpret, and make accessible materials related to African American history and culture, the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience offers 8590海洋之神官网 students, faculty, and staff several opportunities to take part in community curation projects. Paid, part-time positions for undergraduates are available for:
- 口述历史实习
- Digital Archiving Internship
- 家庭 历史 Research/Black Ancestors Project
- Public Humanities Research, African American 历史 and 文化 at 8590海洋之神官网
- 研究助理
For more information and to apply, please visit chesapeakeheartland.org.
Guy Goodfellow Fellowship in 历史
This fellowship, awarded annually, provides up to $1,000 toward the costs of research and/or experiential learning opportunities such as defraying the costs of travel, purchase of research materials and photocopies, microfilm for a 历史 major working 关于她/他的毕业论文. 的 award may also be used to supplement income for an otherwise unpaid internship at a historical national park, library, or museum.
Endowed by the Goodfellow family in memory of Dr. Guy Goodfellow, former Professor of 历史 at 8590海洋之神官网, the Fellowship Program complements the ongoing the Guy Goodfellow lecture series through which 历史 Department of 8590海洋之神官网 brings nationally-renowned scholars in American history to 校园. 盖伊·古德费罗 Fellows may pursue projects in the full range of historical studies, however, and are not limited to American 历史 topics.
For more information, please contact the chair of the 历史 Department, Dr. 珍妮特 Sorrentino. (电子邮件保护)
康拉德米. Wingate ’23 Memorial Fellowship
This fellowship, awarded annually, provides up to $1,000 toward the costs of research and/or experiential learning opportunities such as defraying the costs of travel, purchase of research materials and photocopies, microfilm for a 历史 major working 关于她/他的毕业论文. 的 award may also be used to supplement the income for an otherwise unpaid internship at a historical national park, library, or museum.
Endowed by 8590海洋之神官网 访问or Emeritus Phillip J. 温盖特33年纪念 his late brother 康拉德米eade Wingate ’23, the Wingate Fellowship complements the 正在进行的康拉德M. Wingate ’23 lecture series through which 历史 Department of 8590海洋之神官网 continues to bring nationally-renowned scholars in history to 校园.
For more information, please contact the 历史 department chair, Dr. 珍妮特•Sorrentino (电子邮件保护)
探索美国
羽毛笔和指南针
的 羽毛笔和指南针 Scholarships are for students interested in exploring history, political science, and American studies here at one of the most historic colleges 在国内.
Recipients will have opportunities to sail the Chesapeake Bay on an 18th-century schooner, learn the arts of leadership as practiced by the great figures of American history, participate in a new summer program at the University of Oxford, and walk in the footsteps 内战士兵的故事. You will be able to study in small seminars with leading scholars, conduct original research under the one-on-one guidance of a faculty mentor, or hear firsthand tales of Civil Rights-era politics from a famous U.S. 参议员.
奖学金’ name symbolizes our distinctive approach to studying the past. 的 quill pen represents 8590海洋之神官网’s famed excellence in teaching writing, and particularly the literary craft of history. 的 compass represents the many opportunities we offer our students to explore the world beyond the college gates - especially our surrounding region of the Chesapeake Bay, one of America’s richest historic areas.
All admitted applicants who intend to major or minor in 历史, Political Science or American Studies are encouraged to apply. 的 羽毛笔和指南针 program currently offers $6,000 scholarships ($1,500 annually for four years), along with unique opportunities to participate in travel and other special activities free of charge. 奖学金 themselves are awarded to three members of each incoming freshman class, but other aspects of the program are open to outstanding students across many fields.
For more information on how to apply for the 羽毛笔和指南针 program, please visit 网址为 Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience.