University of MissouriHistory Graduate Student Association
Academic procession passing by the columns in 1952 (University Archives, C:1/141/1, Box 2, FF 46); from the on-line exhibit Commencement at MU.
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| Accomplishments and Awards | Conferences and Presentations | Service |
Accomplishments and Awards
Steve Smith Receives American Antiquarian Society Award
Steve Smith received the American Antiquarian Society's Isaiah Thomas Award in connection with his attending their 2008 summer seminar, "The Newspaper and the Culture of Print in the Early American Republic." The American Antiquarian Society is an independent research library that was founded by Isaiah Thomas in 1812 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Its collections, which include books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, manuscripts, music, graphic arts, and local histories, document the life of America's people from the colonial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Conferences and Presentations
Alley Oop: 75 Years of the Comic World of V.T. Hamlin
24 September 2008
Daniel Conner presented his paper, "English Imaging of an Irish History: English Understanding of the Great Irish Potato Famine through Punch's Cartoons, 1845-1855" as part of the Grad Student Panel for the University of Libraries Special Collections Exhibition, Alley Oop: 75 Years of the Comic World of V.T. Hamlin.
Mid-America Conference on History
25 - 27 September 2008
Seven MU graduate students in history presented papers at the Mid-America Conference on History in Springfield, MO 25-27 September 2008, representing a geographic and chronological range that included post-WWII Germany, medieval Europe, frontier America, and ancient Greece. Participating were Kyle Miller, Autumn Dolan, Rebecca Jacobs-Pollez, Nina Verbanaz, Mark Singer, Kris Maulden, and Dawn Gilley.
Southern Historical Association 74th Annual Meeting
9 - 12 October 2008
Megan Boccardi presented her paper, "'To Remember Our Men': African-American Women’s Memorialization in Missouri," at the Southern Historical Association's meeting in New Orleans, LA.
Service
Mark Singer Joins University Technology Advisory Board
Mark Singer has been named as the student representative to the 2008 - 2009 Educational Technologies@Missouri Advisory Board. Members of the Advisory Board are invited to serve by the Office of the Provost and represent a diverse range of disciplines and educational technology interests at MU. The board serves as a forum for exploring issues in learning and teaching supported by technology and as a resource in developing campus projects using technology in support of learning, and conducts the annual Excellence in Teaching with Technology Awards.