COD Celebrates 2017 Carter D. Carroll Excellence in History Award Winners

News at College of DuPage




By Mike McKissackAuguste Baltrimaviciute (pictured above left with COD Associate Professor of History John Paris) of Naperville
was recognized at a recent reception as this year’s first-place recipient of the Carter
D. Carroll Excellence in History Award for outstanding work in the field of history
writing at College of DuPage. The award, which includes a $250 stipend to the first
place winner, was created to encourage and reward high-quality academic writing in
the field of history.Baltrimaviciute’s winning entry was a paper inspired by the Buck v. Bell Supreme Court
case which ruled that people can be forcefully sterilized if they are seen as unfit
to reproduce. She earned her GED in the summer of 2013 and continued to attend COD
until the spring of 2016. Baltrimaviciute graduated with an associate degree as a
member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and with highest honors. She is currently
studying at the University of Illinois at Chicago pursuing a major in History and
a minor in Sociology and plans to apply to UIC's M.A./Ph.D. program in history. Her
winning paper was submitted by COD Associate Professor of History Sam Mitrani.Maggie Curran took second place for her essay about Che Guevara's autobiography "The Motorcycle
Diaries," initially written for a History and Culture of Latin America class. The
Downers Grove resident attended COD as a Presidential Scholar, earning an A.A. degree
before transferring to Chicago’s Columbia College, where she is currently pursuing
a major in advertising with a minor in writing for television. She hopes to work at
an ad agency or on a writing staff for a comedy series. Curran’s paper was submitted
by COD Associate Professor of History John Paris.Lombard resident Ashleigh Brill received the third place award for her essay about the book, “Things Fall Apart”
by Chinua Achebe. After attending COD in 2016, ...

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