In addition to the general eligibility requirements above, the student must be a Texas resident, studying or planning to study the lives, work, etc., of German Texas immigrants and their descendents, with preference for Central and Gulf Coast Texas German immigrants. Scholarship merit is a major consideration in making the award. See general eligibility requirements above. The recipient is chosen each spring by the Director of the History Honors Program. The Segre Prize is awarded annually to the History major with the best research paper in a History seminar.
Professors nominate candidates and winner is chosen by a faculty committee.
The Department of History often receives generous donations from individuals who wish to reward outstanding effort by a History major. These awards or prizes are typically for a specific area of historical study and may be available for several years. Two current awards were donated by Mr. Billie Ellis of Fort Worth. They are the Louis Tuffly Ellis Award for Excellence in the Study of Texas History and the Lewis L. Gould Award for Excellence in the Study of American History . The procedures for such awards are determined by the Chair and the Faculty Undergraduate Scholarship Committee.