Nicole Spangler, a rising senior studying classics and history in WashU Arts & Sciences, received a prestigious Beinecke Scholarship, becoming the first WashU student to win that honor since 2014.
A history degree opens doors to far more than a single career path. The skills developed through historical study prepare graduates to succeed across a wide range of professions.
Sam Hirst, author and alum of the undergraduate history program at WashU, has recently received two prizes for his book, Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919–1939.