History Professor Selected for Honors Program Portz Award

Dr. Jeffrey Burds, Professor in the History Department, was recognized at the Honors Evening on April 12th for his contribution to the honors classroom and upper class students. Maureen Kelleher, Director of the University Honors Program, had the following to say about Dr. Burds’s contribution: “[he has] been a terrific addition to the honors classroom, a superior mentor of students doing upper class research and an ‘on-point’ reference for students applying for competitive scholarships and fellowships and graduate school.”