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The Joan B. Gruen Prize
2009 Recipient is Carolyn Roncaglia for her essay "Aquileia in the Empire"
The year 2006 marked the award of the first annual Joan B. Gruen Prize. It is designated for the best essay composed by an AHMA student in the course of the previous year. The essay could be a paper submitted for a seminar, for a conference, for publication in a journal, or as a chapter of a dissertation. The prize carries a cash award of $2000 and a framed certificate signed by the Chancellor. The announcement of the winner comes at Commencement each year.
The prize is dedicated to the memory of Joan B. Gruen who passed away in October, 2004. It commemorates her many years in University Relations (the campus development office) and recognizes her devoted efforts in shifting the fund-raising activities of that office toward the support of graduate students.
In previous years the Joan B. Gruen prize has been awarded to the following students:
2008 - Laura Pfuntner for her essay "Religion and Empire in Western Sicily"
2007 - Ryan Boehm for his essay "The Greek Communities in the Parthian Empire."
2006 - Elisabeth R. O'Connell for her essay "Transforming Monumental Landscapes in Late Antique Egypt."