Preston Eagleson Award
This award is given each year to an IUPUI student who writes
the best undergraduate paper in African American Studies. Each
year a cash prize of $300.00 is given to the first place recipient.
Second place recipients receive a cash prize of 150.00.
The Eagleson Award is named in honor of Preston Eagleson, the
first African American to earn a post-baccalaureate degree from
Indiana University.
Papers--which may be the product of research from a variety
of African American Studies or related courses--must be at least
15 pages in length (less cover page and/or endnotes page). Footnotes
or endnotes must conform to that of the MLA Manual for Writers
of Research Papers, the University of Chicago Press A Manual
of Style or the Chicago Guide to Preparing Electronic Manuscripts.
Outstanding Student Award
Given each year to an undergraduate student at IUPUI with at
least nine credit hours in African American Studies courses
who have exhibited exemplary academic performance as well as
leadership qualities in the discipline. Recipients of the award
are nominated by members of the African American Studies Program
faculty.
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