Department Graduate Award Recipients

2 April 2014 - Thunder Bay

The Department of History is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's graduate awards. We would like to express our gratitude to all of the donors who have made these awards possible and extend our congratulations to our award winning students. Support for our students helps them to achieve their educational goals and contributes to the stability and success of our programs.

The C.J. Saunders Graduate Award in History - Stephen Margarit
Awarded to three (3) high-ranking students who are entering into English, History, or Mathematics programs at the graduate level. Students must have attained a minimum average of 78% in their major.

Dr. Min-Sun Chen Research Award in History - Amanda Oliveira
Established by Dr. Min-sun Chen, a Lakehead University faculty member since 1966 and former Department of History Chair, this award assists a student with the expenses related to his or her master’s research and corresponding thesis.

Dr. Ernest Zimmermann Graduate Award in History - Stephen Margarit
Friends and family of the late Dr. Zimmermann funded this award to provide financial assistance to the highest-ranking History student at the graduate level.

Marilyn Zaitseff Commemorative Award - Kimberly Shirley
Family and friends created this award for history graduate students in 2000 in loving memory of Marilyn (nee Kaiwan) Zaitzeff.

Royal Bank of Canada Graduate Bursary - John Zuback
This bursary is awarded to two full-time graduate students entering into any graduate program.

Special Entrance Awards - Wenxin (Vincent) Li and Joseph Machalik
These awards provides students with the opportunity to receive one of Lakehead University’s many general graduate level scholarships. These general scholarships are available to any full-time student entering a graduate program.