https://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/news/Murphy Library NewsPosts tagged with 'John Grider':2021-12-01T13:19:57.393Zhttps://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/news/gilkey-scholarship-keeps-awarding-through-covid-19/Gilkey Scholarship Keeps Awarding (through COVID-19)2021-12-01T13:19:57.393Z2021-12-01T13:19:57.393ZMarc Mankehttps://uwlax.edu/profile/mmanke/mmanke@uwlax.edu
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<p class="date"><span class="label">Posted </span><span data-part="time">1:19 p.m.</span><span data-part="weekday"><span> </span>Wednesday</span><span data-part="month"><span>, </span>Dec.</span><span data-part="day"><span> </span>1</span><span data-part="year"><span>, </span>2021</span></p>
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<h3 class="tagline">Congratulations to the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 Scholarship Winners</h3>
<p><span data-contrast="none">By <a data-mce-href="/profile/lgodden/" href="/profile/lgodden/">Laura Godden</a>&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">When&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="none">University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Professor Emeritus of History George Gilkey left a generous bequest to the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/collections/special-collections/" data-mce-href="/murphylibrary/collections/special-collections/"><span data-contrast="none">Murphy Library Special Collections/Area Research Center (SC/ARC)</span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;archives in 2010, the library decided the best way to honor his gift and legacy was by establishing a student scholarship in his name. Despite the multitude of challenges brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic, the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/about-the-library/events-and-publications/george-gilkey-award/" data-mce-href="/murphylibrary/about-the-library/events-and-publications/george-gilkey-award/"><span data-contrast="none">George Gilkey Special Collections Research Scholarship</span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;selection committee still managed to confer. Fortunately, the scholarship endowment’s strong yield made recognizing multiple recipients possible.</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">The award recipients for the 2019-2020 academic year were:&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></p><ul><li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Karlee&nbsp;Freihammer, a broad field social studies education&nbsp;and&nbsp;history major, for her HIS 200&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.friendlyfindingaid.com/" data-mce-href="https://www.friendlyfindingaid.com/"><span data-contrast="none">Friendly Finding Aid (FFA)</span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="none">proposal,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://wisconsin-uwlax.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_LC/qdrgg8/alma991016953526402125" data-mce-href="https://wisconsin-uwlax.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_LC/qdrgg8/alma991016953526402125"><span data-contrast="none">Pornography: A Battle Over Censorship.</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></li><li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Gabriel Eagon, a history major, for his&nbsp;HIS&nbsp;200 paper,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://wisconsin-uwlax.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_LC/qdrgg8/alma991016953526502125" data-mce-href="https://wisconsin-uwlax.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_LC/qdrgg8/alma991016953526502125"><span data-contrast="none">The Decline of the German Language in La Crosse’s Early 20th Century Catholic German American Community.</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></li><li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Brittney&nbsp;DeChambeau, a history education major, for her HIS 200&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.friendlyfindingaid.com/" data-mce-href="https://www.friendlyfindingaid.com/"><span data-contrast="none">Friendly Finding Aid (FFA)</span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;proposal,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://wisconsin-uwlax.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_LC/qdrgg8/alma991016953526302125" data-mce-href="https://wisconsin-uwlax.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_LC/qdrgg8/alma991016953526302125"><span data-contrast="none">Firsthand Experience with Native Americans in the La Crosse Area.</span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></li></ul><p><span data-contrast="none">The award recipients for the 2020-2021 academic year were:&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></p><ul><li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="17" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Gabriel Eagon, a history major, for his&nbsp;HIS&nbsp;308 paper,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://wisconsin-uwlax.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_LC/qdrgg8/alma991017011929002125" data-mce-href="https://wisconsin-uwlax.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_LC/qdrgg8/alma991017011929002125"><span data-contrast="none">Crime and Sources: What Court Documents and Newspapers from 1906 can tell us about Crime in La Crosse.</span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></li><li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="17" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Jasen Kracht, a cultural anthropology major, for his&nbsp;HIS&nbsp;200&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.friendlyfindingaid.com/" data-mce-href="https://www.friendlyfindingaid.com/"><span data-contrast="none">Friendly Finding Aid (FFA)</span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="none">proposal,</span><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://wisconsin-uwlax.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_LC/qdrgg8/alma991017011928902125" data-mce-href="https://wisconsin-uwlax.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_LC/qdrgg8/alma991017011928902125"><span data-contrast="none">Robert Cowie: Champion of the People.</span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></li></ul><p><span data-contrast="none">Scholarship applicants submit a single-authored intellectual product, such as a paper, artistic creation, slide presentation, video, news article or other project, that utilized materials from SC/ARC. The selection committee chooses the best submission(s) based on quality and use of archival sources.&nbsp;The committee is&nbsp;composed of faculty members from both the library and campus at large. Its members for the past two years were:</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></p><ul><li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="18" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><a href="/profile/tholford/" data-mce-href="/profile/tholford/"><span data-contrast="none">Teri Holford</span></a><span data-contrast="none">, Library&nbsp;Department</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></li><li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="18" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><a href="/profile/lgodden/" data-mce-href="/profile/lgodden/"><span data-contrast="none">Laura Godden</span></a><span data-contrast="none">, Library&nbsp;Department</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></li><li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="18" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Paul Beck, Library&nbsp;Department Faculty Emeritus</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></li><li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="18" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><a href="/profile/jgrider/" data-mce-href="/profile/jgrider/"><span data-contrast="none">John Grider</span></a><span data-contrast="none">, History Department</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></li><li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="18" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><a href="/profile/pstovey/" data-mce-href="/profile/pstovey/"><span data-contrast="none">Patricia&nbsp;Stovey</span></a><span data-contrast="none">, History Department</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></li></ul><p><span data-contrast="none">The Gilkey Scholarship is open to all full-time UW-La Crosse students in good standing and is intended to encourage original student research. The library also hopes it will further recognize Gilkey’s essential role in building SC/ARC and help spread his passion for archives. Fun fact, Gilkey spent so many hours researching in SC/ARC that he was granted his own key, as well as a place to store comfortable slippers!&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">While recipients are typically honored near the end of each spring semester at the&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="none">university-wide Eagle Excellence Scholarship and Award Recognition ceremony, this event was canceled for the past two years due to COVID-19.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="none">SC/ARC retains and preserves a copy of each year’s winning submission(s) as part of its collection. A complete listing can be found </span><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/about-the-library/events-and-publications/george-gilkey-award/" data-mce-href="/murphylibrary/about-the-library/events-and-publications/george-gilkey-award/"><span data-contrast="none">here</span></a><span data-contrast="none">. Murphy Library hopes this accolade provides scholarship recipients with some much-deserved recognition for their work and congratulates them on their accomplishments!</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Students can apply for this year’s George Gilkey Special Collections Research Scholarship via the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://uwlax.academicworks.com/opportunities/22262" data-mce-href="https://uwlax.academicworks.com/opportunities/22262"><span data-contrast="none">UWL Foundation webpage</span></a><span data-contrast="none">. The application deadline is February 1, 2022.</span><span data-ccp-props="{">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-ccp-props="{"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></p>
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<span class="title">Gilkey Scholarship Keeps Awarding (through COVID-19)</span>
<span class="date"><span class="label">Posted </span><span data-part="time">1:19 p.m.</span><span data-part="weekday"><span> </span>Wednesday</span><span data-part="month"><span>, </span>Dec.</span><span data-part="day"><span> </span>1</span><span data-part="year"><span>, </span>2021</span></span>
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Congratulations to the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 Scholarship Winners
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