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On November 17, 2009, PhD candidate Stephanie Jacobe, who holds a Senior Research Fellowship with The Center for the History of Collection in America of The Frick Collection and Art Reference Library, will deliver her fellows talk: "Thomas Fortune Ryan: Collecting and Patronage in New York and Virginia at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century."
Congratulations to Louie Milojevic, who has just been awarded Samuel Flagg Bemis Dissertation Research Grant by the Graduate Student Grants and Fellowship committee of the Society for the History of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).
AU Alum Corky Mayo has retired from the National Park Service after an influential 41-year career in public history.
Stephen Nemeth (BA, '05) is pursuing a master's degree in Environmental Sustainability at the University of Leeds. He reports: "I had a very pleasant surprise when I got into my research methods class on the first day and they informed us of the requirements for our masters thesis. They're nearly identical to what we had to do for the senior thesis, albeit with a few additional pages. It's been a great comfort to know that at least I've done it before (hopefully I can do it again!)." You can follow Stephen's blog at: http://merryoldleeds.blogspot.
Look at the October 2009 issue of CAS Connections to read more about Peter Muller (BA, '05) and his photography.
Senior history major Jonathan Terrell has been selected a George C. Marshall Undergraduate Scholar by the George C. Marshall Foundation. Jonathan, whose senior thesis is a study of allied deception during World War II and who has already begun his research at the National Archives, will visit the Marshall Library and utilize its large holdings to further develop his thesis.
Public History graduate student Olivia Meyer has helped plan and organize Beware of the Wawel Dragon as part of her internship at the Children's Museum. Olivia will perform the "Wawel Dragon" (which is based on a traditional Polish folk tale) and lead the art activities connected with it on Oct. 31 and Nov. 7 at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. at the National Children’s Museum. See the Washington Post article for more details.
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