Gillian Tiley Receives Philo Sherman Bennett Prize and Department Prize In Political Theory

Gillian Tiley won the Philo Sherman Bennett Prize and the Department Prize In Political Theory at UVM's College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony held May 17.

Philo Sherman Bennett's 1905 will bequeathed $10,000 to be distributed to 25 colleges for the establishment of a prize for "the best essay discussing the principles of free government." Bennett prizes are awarded at, among other institutions, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Brown, the University of Oregon, the University of California at Berkeley, and Bowdoin. The prize is awarded by the department's political theory faculty to the student who submits the best essay in the field of political theory to the competition.

The Department Prize In Political Theory, selected by the political theory faculty of the department, is given to the graduating senior political science major who excels in his or her coursework in, research about, and commitment to the study of political theory.