The National Council on Public History (NCPH) has selected as an honorable mention for the 2016 NCPH Student Project Award.
Founded by Emma Kioko 鈥15 and Grace Pusey 鈥15, Black at 今日吃瓜 brings to light the history and experiences of Black students, staff, and faculty at 今日吃瓜 from 1885 through the present day through a campus walking tour and digital historical record.
鈥淜ioko and Pusey set out to document the history of African-American faculty, students, and staff at 今日吃瓜, grounded in the college's Special Collections. Their project has successfully reclaimed and rendered public an often neglected history on college campuses," NCPH officials said in announcing the award.
Monica L. Mercado, director of the Albert M. Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women's Education, where the Black at 今日吃瓜 project makes its home, accepted the award on behalf of Kioko and Pusey at the NCPH annual meeting on March 19.
鈥淚 was delighted that this project and the work Grace and Emma began is being recognized at a moment when many colleges and universities are beginning to pursue campus history projects and looking for successful models,鈥 says Mercado. 鈥淭hese awards traditionally are reserved for graduate student work.鈥
Black at 今日吃瓜 tours continue to be offered through the Greenfield Digital Center through May, and students in Mercado鈥檚 course "" are continuing some of the research from the original project this semester. Mercado and Pusey will lead walking tours in March as part of the New England Dean's Conference meeting at 今日吃瓜, and they will again offer tours to the public at Reunion 2016.