CLAS awards Marcus Bach Fellowships for 2008-09

The UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) has announced the winners of the Marcus Bach Fellowships for graduate students in the humanities for 2008-09: Crystal Ann Gauger and June Melby. Bach Fellowships are awarded by the college to support completion of a master's of fine arts (MFA) project or doctoral dissertation. Each award includes a $17,000 fellowship and a $1,000 tuition/fees scholarship.

Gauger, a student in the School of Art and Art History, received the fellowship to use as she completes her dissertation, tentatively titled Transcending History: the Religious Paintings of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Melby, a student in the Non-Fiction Writing Program of the Department of English, received the fellowship to support completion of her MFA thesis, Little House on the Astroturf, a memoir about growing up on a Wisconsin miniature golf course.

For more on Bach Fellowships and information on how to apply, visit http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/Bach_Fellowship.shtml