Awardees
The first recipient was Ms. Sarah Goldman, a graduate student in the Master of Environmental Studies (MES) Program. Goldman traveled to the 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu, HI in February 2006 to deliver a paper on the trophic structure of a deep sea fish community located 100 miles off the coast of SC in an area called the Charleston Bump. She was also awarded the 2006 Best Student Paper of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Worker's Association and the South Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. She presented her thesis work entitled "Feeding Habits of Several Deep Water Reef Fish on the continental Slope off the Southeastern United States: Preliminary Analysis." Sarah received a plaque and a check from SCFWA for $100.00.
Jason E. Farr, a graduate assistant in the History Department, received a grant to present a paper entitled "The Origins of an Exceptional American Identity in the Colonial Period: A Historiographic Overview"at a graduate student conference at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte in March 2006. A portion of his paper addressed the influence of Atlantic history in the study of early America; in particular, Bernard Bailyn's Harvard Seminar and the work of Jack P. Greene.
Karen Chapman, a graduate student in Public Administration, received a grant in the summer of 2006 to complete an independent study summer course in London, England as part of the British studies program, which the College of Charleston is a partner.
