Scholarships + Awards | Grenfell Campus | Memorial University of Newfoundland

Equiano Prize in Historical Studies

This prize was established by Dr. Edwin Bezzina, a Historical Studies Professor at Grenfell Campus, in honour of Olaudah Equiano, who won his freedom from slavery in the eighteenth century, wrote a narrative of his experience, and contributed to the slavery abolition movement. Valued at $150 annually, the prize will be awarded to a student who is enrolled in the first or second year of studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Grenfell Campus and has achieved the best overall performance in that academic year in HIST1100 Introduction to History, Part One (or its subsequent replacement). The recipient must meet the minimum academic requirements for a prize as defined by the University. The prize will be awarded by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards on the recommendation of the Dean, School of Arts and Social Science, Grenfell Campus.

The Joanne Swan Greenlee Prize in Historical Studies

This prize, valued at $500.00 will be awarded in memory of Joanne (Swan) Greenlee, who, for two decades, delighted in the hearty appetites and lively conversation of Grenfell Campus students who gathered to discuss history at her home. It will normally be awarded to a full-time senior student, at Grenfell Campus, majoring in Historical Studies who displays outstanding cumulative merit in four History courses during the academic year. This prize will be awarded by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards on the recommendation of the Chair of Historical Studies.

The Palliser Prize in History

This prize is in honour of Captain Hugh Palliser, RN, Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland from 1764 until 1768; in 1964 he became the first governor to visit western Newfoundland. Valued at $250 annually the Prize will be granted to a student entering their third year who has earned the highest cumulative average in at least five History courses within their first and second years of study. The recipient can be working towards a major or minor in the Historical Studies program in the School of Arts and Social Science at Grenfell Campus. Only students who have not previously been awarded the Palliser Prize in History will be eligible to receive the Prize. Within the same awarding year, recipients of the Joanne Swan Greenlee Prize in Historical Studies will not be eligible. The prize will be awarded by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards on the recommendation of the Scholarship Commitee at Grenfell campus and the members of the Historical Studies program.

The Pausanias Award in Classics for Study Abroad

Named for the second century traveller and geographer, this award is available to students at Grenfell Campus who enroll in field study courses in the culture, history and/or civilization of ancient Greece or Rome. The scholarship will be awarded by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards upon the recommendation of the Scholarship Committee at Grenfell Campus in consultation with the Dean, School of Arts and Social Science at the Campus.

Marguerite d’Angoulême Arts Bursary

This bursary was established by Dr. Edwin Bezzina in honour of Marguerite d’Angoulême, duchesse d’Alençon (1492-1549), sister to François I, the King of France. She was an important author and a patron of the arts during the French Renaissance and as a supporter and defender of French humanists and church reformers in the early phase of the French Reformation. She also played a political role at one point, saving her brother’s life while he was held in captivity in Spain. Her written work challenged some of the misogynistic attitudes of her time. Valued at $1,000 annually, the bursary will be awarded to a student entering their second year of study in the School of Arts and Social Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Grenfell Campus who has declared a major in English, Historical Studies, or Humanities. The recipient must demonstrate financial need and meet the minimum academic requirements for a bursary as defined by the University. If, in any given year, there are no eligible candidates, the bursary may be awarded to a student in any undergraduate program in the School of Arts and Social Science who meets the remaining criteria. The bursary will be awarded by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards on the recommendation of the Dean, School of Arts and Social Science.