Fall 2021 Junior IS Poster Session

Thank you to all those who dropped by the Scot Center Governance Room on Thursday to support the juniors as they presented their work on Junior IS! Presenters included: Adam Ryan, Emma Swindell, Glenna Van Dyke, Megan Conklin, Milo Hoff, Minh Nguyen, Nicholas Rabaut, Patrick Colwell, Peter Barker, Sam Powers, and Tess Von Wallmenich. Great… Read More

History Announcements for the Fall – and Open House on Tuesday 8/4 at 10am and 8pm

Dear History Students, Excuse the email blast – I’m sending this out to  majors and minors and students enrolled in history courses – and sharing a copy with history faculty. The calendar still says summer, but I know many of you have been thinking about the fall. I wanted to take a moment to give… Read More

2017 Copeland Research Grants

In 1995, the Board of Trustees established the Henry J. Copeland Fund for Independent Study.  This generous fund is a competitive grant to enhance Senior I.S. research projects.  In the past, History majors have won grants to perform archival research, attend public history workshops, conduct oral history interviews in Chile, and photograph war memorials to… Read More

Senior I.S. Students: Copeland Fund Information

In 1995, the Board of Trustees established the Henry J. Copeland Fund for Independent Study.  This generous fund is a competitive grant to enhance Senior I.S. research projects.  In the past, History majors have won grants to perform archival research, attend public history workshops, conduct oral history interviews in Chile, and photograph war memorials to… Read More

Kendall-Rives Latin American Research Grant

The Kendall-Rives Latin American Research Grant makes approximately $10,000 available each year to Wooster sophomores or juniors to support a research project on some aspect of United States-Latin American Relations. Funds are to be used during the current academic year, including the summer months. Research projects must be conducted in a Latin American country in… Read More

Spring 2016 I-Seminar Presentations

The I-Seminar Lunch series brings together seniors from across campus exploring Independent Study research around themes of diversity and inclusion.  The talks are short and informal – with plenty of time for questions from the audience – and include a delicious (free) lunch. This spring the series features the work of several History majors. Thursday,… Read More

Guest Post: Izzy Perman ’16 on Copeland Research

In the 2015 spring semester, I received Copeland Grant money to take a summer trip to the Shenandoah River Valley in Virginia in order to conduct research for my Senior Independent Study. I wrote my Junior I.S. in the spring as a prospectus that would lay the foundation for my senior thesis. This was a… Read More