Honors and Activities
Not only did I successfully complete both of my academic degrees efficiently, but I also chose to take an active role in my campus and city community as well. My leadership roles within my activities and honors indicate my strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Received highest possible markings on semi-annual review at Best Buy
- Researched, wrote, and defended a master's thesis "A Tempest of Popular Passions": Winthrop Sargent, William Claiborne, and the Search for Authority in the Mississippi Territory, 1798 - 1803" which was accepted "without reservation" by the faculty of the UNK History Department
- Awarded UNK Graduate Assistantship and tuition waiver
- 2008 Nebraska High Schools "History Day" Judge
- Presented paper "The Peculiarities of Indian Purdah since Independence" at the 2008 University of Nebraska system "No Limits" Women's Study Conference
- Historian of Pi Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society
- Participant in the National Student Exchange
- Awarded TOPS Honors Scholarship - Full tuition and stipend scholarship for four years at LSU
- Chancellor's Aide Scholarship - Work Study program based on academic achievement
- Chancellor's List
- Dean's List
- Sigma Alpha President - Overall leadership and public face for the sorority at the University administration level
- Various other positions in Sigma Alpha - Second Vice President, Finance Committee, Standards Committee, 2005 Most Outstanding Active Award, 2005 Leadership Award
- Loper Programming and Activities Council - 2006 Kristen Nelson Outstanding Member Award
- LSU Community Outreach Program (COPs) - Group leader and participant