Professor Orville Jaebker Fellowship
The Jaebker Fellowship is an annual competitive award of $1000, presented to the author of the outstanding senior thesis proposal each year. The fellowship allows the recipient to spend that money both on research travel [and other expenses] and also on expenses related to attending conferences. In 2010 the recipient was Rachel Lawrence, who used the money to finance her research trips in Rumania, where she conducted research on Vlad Dracul – the original real-life inspiration of the Dracula story. She came back in one piece. The Fellowship is in memory and honor of Prof Orville Jaebker, who first came to the University of Evansville in 1952. Professor Jaebker was a distinguished scholar and teacher who filled many roles at the University and who served the History Department with great distinction as Chair for many years.
