A chronological listing of awards and honors secured by PCS faculty and students starting from 2008.

- 2014 -

Clift, B. C. (2014). Conference Student Support Award, academic year 2013-2014. Awarded by:: The Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Maryland

Clift, B. C.  (2014). Whitlark Fellowship, academic year 2013-2014. An endowed fellowship awarded for Kinesiology to support international research and scholarly efforts for graduate students. Bryan was awarded $3,000 to explore the urban, spatial redevelopment ongoing in Rio de Janeiro in preparation for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games.

- 2013 -

Clift, B. C.  (2013). Graduate Lilly Teaching Fellow, academic year 2013-2014. Awarded by: The Center for Teaching Excellence, The Office of Undergraduate Studies and The Graduate School at the University of Maryland.

Clift, B. C.  (2013). International Conference Student Support Award, academic year 2012-2013. Awarded by: the Office of the Graduate School at the University of Maryland.

Clift, B. C.  (2013). Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, academic year 2012-2013. Awarded by: the Office of the Graduate School at the University of Maryland.

Clift, B. C.  (2013). Delta Omega Gamma Zeta, Honor Society in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland.

Rick O. J. C. (2012, September). Graduate Research Initiative Project (GRIP) award in the amount of $2,490 for the project entitled: "Spaces and Cultures of velocipedal movement: An analysis of the spaces, discourses and cultures surrounding bicycles in and across major American cities” The Department of Kinesiology’s graduate student grant program – Graduate Research Initiative Project (GRIP) – is intended to assist graduate students in Kinesiology with funding for their research. Funding for research proposals will be funded up to a maximum $2500 and must be spent within one year of the award.

Rick, O. J. C. (2013, May). Teaching Assistant of the year award - Dept. of Kines

- 2012 -

McBean, J. (2012, April). Graduate Research Initiative Project (GRIP) award in the amount of $2,500 for the project entitled: ‘Usain Bolt Bringing Dancehall to the Sporting Arena: Examining the societal effects that marginalizing indigenous physical culture has on larger Jamaican society.” The Department of Kinesiology’s graduate student grant program – Graduate Research Initiative Project (GRIP) – is intended to assist graduate students in Kinesiology with funding for their research. Funding for research proposals will be funded up to a maximum $2500 and must be spent within one year of the award.

Bustad, J. (2012, May). Distinguished Teaching Assistant award, academic year 2011-2012. Awarded by: The Center for Teaching Excellence, The Office of Undergraduate Studies and The Graduate School at the University of Maryland.

Clift, B. C. (2012, May). Distinguished Teaching Assistant award, academic year 2011-2012. Awarded by: The Center for Teaching Excellence, The Office of Undergraduate Studies and The Graduate School at the University of Maryland.

Rick, O. J. C.  (2012). Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, academic year 2012-2013. Awarded by: the Office of the Graduate School at the University of Maryland.

Wiest, A. (2012, May). Distinguished Teaching Assistant award, academic year 2011-2012. Awarded by: The Center for Teaching Excellence, The Office of Undergraduate Studies and The Graduate School at the University of Maryland.

- 2011 -

McBean, J. (2011). Goldhaber Travel Grant: Awarded for ISSA conference in Havana, Cuba. The Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grants are intended to help defray the expenses incurred by graduate students who are traveling to scholarly, scientific, or professional conferences to present papers, posters, or other scholarly material.

McBean, J. (2011). International Conference Student Support Award (ICSSA) Grant (2011) Awarded for ISSA conference in Havana, Cuba. The International Conference Student Support Award will cover a graduate student’s conference registration fee up to $500. To be eligible, a graduate student must be presenting a paper, poster, or other research or creative material at a major, international scholarly, scientific, or professional conference that is held outside of the US. The graduate student must be enrolled at the University of Maryland at the time of travel to the international conference.

Rick, O. (2011, May). Distinguished Teaching Assistant award, academic year 2010-2011. Awarded by: The Center for Teaching Excellence, The Office of Undergraduate Studies and The Graduate School at the University of Maryland.

Mower, R. L. (2011, May). The Sally J. Phillips Dissertation Fellowship 2011-2012 is awarded by the Department of Kinesiology particularly for those outstanding graduate students who have been teaching assistants for most of their graduate studies and who are making satisfactory progress toward completion of the Ph.D. degree. The award, given annually when funds permit, carries a stipend of $10,000 plus candidacy tuition remission and $800 toward the cost of health insurance. Preference will be given to applicants who are most likely to use the award to further their progress toward Milestone 6: the Dissertation Defense. 

Mower, R. L. (2011, May). The Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship 2011 is a companion program to the University of Maryland Flagship Fellowships and the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships. Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships provide support to outstanding doctoral students at “mid-career,” that is, in the period approximately before, during, or after achievement of candidacy, and are intended to enable students to prepare for or complete a key benchmark in their program’s requirements. Summer Research Fellowships carry stipends of $5,000. Fellowship awards were made to 48 students in Summer 2010, and we hope to continue that in 2011. The Summer Research Fellowships will provide doctoral students the opportunity to concentrate fully on their own scholarly activities and research, for the duration of a summer, at a critical moment in their graduate studies. The specific goal of the program is to help students to take a significant step forward in their studies in a timely manner; the overall goals are to reduce time- to-degree, to increase degree completion, and to enhance the quality of the graduate student experience.

Mower, R. L. (2011, May). The Dr. James W. Longest Memorial Award for Social Science Research 2011-2012 established by Mary Jack Wintle (Mrs. James W. Longest), honors the memory and outstanding personal and professional achievements of Dr. James W. Longest. It provides $2,000 to support doctoral dissertation research in the social sciences with potential benefits for small and/or disadvantaged communities. Candidacy tuition remission also will be granted for each of two semesters (if not covered by other tuition remission).

Clift, B. C. (2011, April). Graduate Research Initiative Project (GRIP) awarded in the amount of $1,035 for the project entitled “You run with who?: An ethnographic inquiry with Back On My Feet.” The Department of Kinesiology’s graduate student grant program – Graduate Research Initiative Project (GRIP) – is intended to assist graduate students in Kinesiology with funding for their research. Funding for research proposals will be funded up to a maximum $2500 and must be spent within one year of the award.

- 2010 -

Batts, C. (2010). James H. Humphrey Graduate Student Published Research Award, for her paper, Batts, C. (2010). 'In good conscience': Andy Flower, Henry Olonga, and the death of democracy in Zimbabwe. Sport in Society, 13(1), 43 - 58. The James H. Humphrey Graduate Student Published Research Award is named in honor of Professor Emeritus James H. Humphrey who is a prolific scholar in our field, publishing over a hundred books. The award is decided each spring semester by a committee of graduate faculty from the Department of Kinesiology. This committee will determine the best journal article, published in a peer-reviewed publication, during the previous calendar year. The winner of the award receives a plaque and $500.

Mower, R. L. (2010, August). Graduate Research Initiative Project (GRIP) award in the amount of $1,527 for the project entitled “‘BMore Fit’: Examining a Community-Based Response to Patterns and Experiences of Health Inequity in Baltimore City’s Physical Activity Infrastructure.” The Department of Kinesiology’s graduate student grant program – Graduate Research Initiative Project (GRIP) – is intended to assist graduate students in Kinesiology with funding for their research. Funding for research proposals will be funded up to a maximum $2500 and must be spent within one year of the award.

Mower, R. M. (2010, April). University of Maryland Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award (2009-2010 Academic year).

- 2009 -

Schultz, J. (2009). Center for Teaching Excellence Lilly Fellowship, 2008-2009.

Batts, C. (2009). Graduate Research Initiative Project (GRIP) award in the amount of $2,000 for the project entitled “From War to Sport: The US Paralympic Military Program and the Mobilization of the Disabled Soldier/Athlete.” The Department of Kinesiology’s graduate student grant program – Graduate Research Initiative Project (GRIP) – is intended to assist graduate students in Kinesiology with funding for their research. Funding for research proposals will be funded up to a maximum $2500 and must be spent within one year of the award.

Bustad, J. J. (2009, August). David H. Clarke Fellowship, 2009-2013. The David H. Clarke Fellowship is for 1-year and is supplemented with a guaranteed assistantship for an additional three years, providing at least 4 years of financial support. In addition to a stipend and tuition remission for the academic year, Clarke Fellowships can provide some financial support in the summer.

Clift, B. C. (2009, August). David H. Clarke Fellowship, 2009-2013. The David H. Clarke Fellowship is for 1-year and is supplemented with a guaranteed assistantship for an additional three years, providing at least 4 years of financial support. In addition to a stipend and tuition remission for the academic year, Clarke Fellowships can provide some financial support in the summer.

- 2008 -

Chin, J.W. (2008, November).  Emerging Professional Award given by the Western Society for Physical Education for College Women. This honor was awarded in recognition of Jessica’s excellence in teaching, creativity, and professional contribution, and included a waiver of conference fees as well as a monetary award.

Friedman, M.T. (2008, November).  Barbara Brown Outstanding Student Paper Award presented by the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, at its annual conference held in Denver, CO, November 5-8. This prestigious award is given annually to the best student-authored, non-published paper, submitted for consideration.  It comes with up to $1000 toward NASSS conference expenses, plus a waiver of the conference registration fee.  The title of Mike's winning submission was: "The Transparency of Democracy": Spectacle and symbolism in the design of Washington's Nationals Park.