{"id":7524,"date":"2025-04-28T16:06:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/?p=7524"},"modified":"2025-04-28T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:09:36","slug":"celebrating-2025-senior-prize-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/2025\/04\/28\/celebrating-2025-senior-prize-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 2025 Senior Prize Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On April 30 the History Department will gather for the annual Senior Celebration to honor history major, joint major, and minor graduates. Five graduating students will receive senior prizes for their exceptional contributions to undergraduate historical inquiry at Emory. The senior prize recipients are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Z. Rabun Prize for the Best Record in American History – <\/strong>Matthea Boon<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Named for former professor James Z. Rabun, this prize is awarded annually to the graduating senior history major or joint major in Emory College who has achieved the best overall record in American history courses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The African, Asian, and Latin American History Prize for Best Record in African, Asian, and Latin American History<\/strong> – Rebecca Casel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 2015, this award is given annually to the graduating senior history major or joint major in Emory College who has achieved the best overall record in African, Asian, and Latin American history courses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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George P. Cuttino Prize for the best record in European History<\/strong> – Ezekiel Jones<\/em><\/strong> (Co-recipient)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 1984 to honor Professor George P. Cuttino, this prize is awarded annually to the graduating senior history major or joint major in Emory College who has achieved the most outstanding record in European history courses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Matthew A. Carter Citizen-Scholar Award<\/strong> – Alex Minovici<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in memory of Matt Carter, who graduated from Emory in May 2000 with High Honors in History, this award is given each year to the graduating history major or joint major in Emory College who exemplifies the qualities that made Matt Carter such an outstanding individual: high academic achievement and good works in the community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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George P. Cuttino Prize for the best record in European History<\/strong> – <\/strong>Samantha Stevens<\/em><\/strong> (Co-recipient) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 1984 to honor Professor George P. Cuttino, this prize is awarded annually to the graduating senior history major or joint major in Emory College who has achieved the most outstanding record in European history courses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On April 30 the History Department will gather for the annual Senior Celebration to honor history major, joint major, and minor graduates. Five graduating students will receive senior prizes for their exceptional contributions to undergraduate historical inquiry at Emory. The senior prize recipients are: James Z. Rabun Prize for the Best Record in American History […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-awards","category-undergraduate-students","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7536,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7524\/revisions\/7536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}