Despite the continuing tough economic climate, ASOR has once again maintained our commitment to providing scholarships, grants, and fellowships for students and scholars. Our numbers for summer field scholarships and excavation grants reached an all-time record this year with 55 awards for the summer of 2013. ASOR’s donors (see the Fiscal Year 2013 Development Report) played a crucial role in making sure that these important scholarships could be given. The feedback that we received from students indicated that these funds made the difference in their participation. We were amazed at how many students told us they would not have been able to particpate in a field season without this scholarship.
Once again, the 2013-2014 academic year appears to be a challenging one in terms of grant funding, so the gifts and contributions of donors will be greatly appreciated. We have set a goal of increasing our support by 10 awards and providing 65 field scholarships and excavation grants for 2014. We will need your help to make this happen, and we hope that you will join ASOR donors from last year (see the Fiscal Year 2013 Honor Roll of Donors.) Please contact ASOR executive director, Andy Vaughn, if you would like more information on how you can help with scholarships or excavation grants.
Harris Grant Recipients (for Excavation Projects) in 2013
- Russell Adams, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Darren Ashby, Boston University
- Leigh-Ann Bedal, Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College
- Erin Darby and Robert Darby, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Jennie Ebeling, University of Evansville, and Norma Franklin, University of Haifa
- Alan Farahani, University of California, Berkeley
- Michael Given, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Natalia Handziuk, University of Toronto
- Morag Kersel, DePaul University
- Robert Mullins, Azusa Pacific University
- Barbara Reeves, Queen’s University
- Yorke Rowan and Austin Hill, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
- John Rucker, University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Andrew Smith, The George Washington University
Heritage Fellowship Recipients in 2013
- Rimon Armaly, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Kaitlyn Asher, Vanderbilt Divinity School
- Scott Booth, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Reed Carlson, George-August Universitaet Goettingen
- Aaron Carr, Emory University
- Sydney Chilson, Andrews University
- Daniel Cochran, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Lucia Flores, University of California, Berkeley
- Olga Goussev-Sushinsky, University of Toronto
- Natalia Handziuk, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Andrew Hatesohl, Concordia University Nebraska
- Thomas Hill, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- Christofer Howell, Mississippi State University
- Daniel King, Brigham Young University
- Rebecca Leavell, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Evan Maier, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Ashley Motes, University of Evansville
- Cassandra Parsons, Gannon University
- Jeffrey Porter, Mississippi State University
- A.D. Riddle, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Sarah Wenner, North Carolina State University
- Noah Wiener, Biblical Archaeology Society
- Katherine Williamson, The George Washington University
- David Wuchenich, La Sierra University
Meyers / Wright Scholarship Recipients in 2013
- Allison Ripley, Boston University
- Marielle Velander, The George Washington University
Platt Fellowship Recipients in 2013
- Jessica Burk, University of Arkansas
- Erin Daughers, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Lydia Dwyer, Lycoming College
- Gregory Grossholz, Gannon University
- Megan Hynek, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Kyra Kaercher, Boston University
- Levi Keach, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Christopher Kim, Brown University
- Kaitlynn Mickus, University of Evansville
- Alexander Ramos, University of Pennsylvania
- Martha Schulz, University of Bonn
- Juan Manuel Tebes, Argentine National Research Council
- Matthew Winter, University of Arizona
- Amanda Wissler, University of California, Berkeley
- Jesse Wolfhagen, Stony Brook University
Fiscal Year 2013 Development Update
Fiscal Year 2013 Honor Roll of Donors