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THE WASHBURN AWARD
The Washburn Award is given annually to outstanding majors in the field of history. To be eligible, a student must by the spring semester preceding the year of the award:
  1. Have completed 80 semester credits of which a minimum of 20 are in history,
  2. Be a history major currently enrolled in UMD,
  3. Have an overall GPA of 3.00, and
  4. Not have received a Washburn Award previously.

The number and amount of the Washburn awards are decided by the History Department faculty. Faculty take into account the student’s overall GPA, history GPA, and number of history credits. Of these factors, history GPA is the most important. All majors who meet the requirements are automatically considered.

The Washburn Award is named in honor of J. L. Washburn, a prominent Duluth attorney who was the resident director of the Duluth Teachers College (now UMD), and as such, served on the board governing Minnesota’s state teachers colleges.

2006-07 Winners - $400 each

Justin Arnold

John Cirilli

Eric Jorgenson

Thomas Lauria

Christopher Olwell

Andrew Thompson

2005-06 Winners - $500 each

Julie Agurkis

Elizabeth Harris

Gary Kay

Jeanna Sather

Joseph Smetak

2004-05 Winners - $500 each
Ben Carver
Debra DeSmet
Timothy French
Kyle Miller
Melissa Peterson

2003-04 Winners - $500 each
Michelle Como
Rachel Dusek
Eric Hjelden
Daniel McDonald
Scott Nelson
Nicole Seibert

2002-03 Winners - $700 each
Donald Gramke
Jordan Holmes
Erin McDaniel
Sarah Opseth
David Tilden

2001-02 Winners - $500 each
Katherine Anderson
Chad Cisewski
Peter Gerdes
Jennifer Perushek
Ramona Treuer

2000-01 Winners - $500 each
Holly Coleman
Steven Pelofske
Amanda McCallum
Chantal Norrgard
Adam Smith
Theodore Wallace

1999-00 Winners - $300 each
Erin Anderson
Joshua Christie
David Jenkins
Amy Softich
Shane Simonds






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