The Edward H. "Ted" Mullin '06 Memorial Fellowship Prize in History
REMEMBERING TED
The Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Prize is to be awarded to
a Junior History Major for travel and/or research opportunities
to enhance the student's broader learning journey.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: 2010 Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Fellowship Prize
The Carleton College History Department invites junior history majors to submit proposals for the 2010 Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Memorial Fellowship Prize in History. Ted entered Carleton with the Class of 2006, and despite time lost while battling cancer, was on track to graduate in the spring of 2007. Sadly, Ted lost his battle, passing away September 3, 2006. He was deeply committed to his life at Carleton, both as a history major and three-year letter winner on the men’s swim team. While at Carleton, Ted also co-captained two American Cancer Society Relay for Life teams.
The Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Memorial Fellowship Prize in History, established in 2007, is an endowed fund. The interest from the fund is awarded each year to the junior history major who most exemplifies Ted’s love of history, academic excellence, selflessness, courage, and tenacity. This generous fellowship is to be used to support travel and/or research opportunities that enhance the student’s academic or broader learning journey.
The fellowship is awarded by a committee of history department faculty. The selection criteria includes academic excellence (a GPA of at least 3.5) and personal qualities of character similar to the ones that we cherished in Ted: integrity, academic and/or athletic drive and competitiveness, selflessness and generosity, an inquiring and flexible mind, religious and/or broader ethical inquiry, and tolerance and curiosity.
To make an application, please submit the following to Nikki Lamberty in the History Department Office, Leighton 210, to make copies for the Mullin Fellowship Prize Committee members, by noon, Friday, February 12, 2010 (paper copies only please; no electronic submissions):
i. Project Proposal and Budget
Provide a 2-3 page description of your project, including your research topic; the methodological approach you plan to use; and the specific research activities you hope to carry out with the support of the Ted Mullin Prize. For example, these activities might include: transportation to a research site; living expenses; purchase of microfilm or archival materials; videotape for carrying out oral interviews. Include a one-page project budget that details these proposed expenses.
ii. Personal Statement
Write a one-page personal statement in which you explain the way your proposed research project fits into your larger academic goals, including your intellectual journey as a history major.
iii. Unofficial Transcript
Include a copy of your unofficial transcript with your proposal.
iv. Faculty Letters of Recommendation
Provide two letters of recommendation from Carleton faculty who know you and your academic work well, including at least one from the History Department.
The 2010 Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Memorial Fellowship recipient will be announced by February 26, 2009, and will also be honored at Honors Convo, May 28, 2010, at 3:00 p.m., in Skinner Memorial Chapel.
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PREVIOUS EDWARD (TED) MULLIN FELLOWSHIP PRIZE WINNERS
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2006-07 winner: Jack Lindberg '08
Travel to National Archives in Dublin to study Study of the Relief Commission Papers of the "Great Famine" of the mid-19th Century and Its Enduring Impact on the Role of Women in Irish Society.
2007-08 co-winners: Ted Falk '09 and Alexander Persaud '09
Ted Falk: travel & accommodations to do archival work at the Library of Congress and National Archives in Washington, DC, on the histories of Syria & Lebanon during the period of the French Mandate.
Alexander Persaud: travel to the Atlanta, Georgia during winter break to carry out archival research on the life and intellectual history of Walter Rodney, Guyanese intellectual and activist, whose papers remain largely unpublished and kept in the archive collection at the Atlanta University Center.
Naomi, Jordan, Tea Reception w/Mary Henry & Rick Mullin (Ted's parents), Erika & Rick Mullin, Friday, May 29, 2009, just before the annual Honors Convocation at the Chapel.
2008-09 co-winners: Erika Huckestein '10, Jordan Smith '10, and Naomi Yoder '10
Erika Huckestein: travel to London and Dublin to research the visual representations of women, gender and nationalism in Ireland and Britain.
Jordan Smith: study of the role women played in facilitating piracy throughout the Atlantic World, and the wider economic and social relationships that transcend national identities at the British Museum, British Library, and the National Archives in London.
Naomi Yoder: examination of the Anabaptist convictions of Pilgrim Marpeck in Blufton, Ohio, in June.