The Manson A. Stewart Travel Award is named after Prof. Manson A. Stewart (pictured at left), who taught Classics at Yankton College in South Dakota from 1909 until 1948. This award was established as part of a bequest by his wife, Ruth Reed Stewart. Manson A. Stewart Travel Awards are designed primarily to assist K-12 teachers with cash awards to offset the costs of attending CAMWS meetings, including the cost of a substitute teacher. Graduate students and contingent faculty are also eligible for these awards, which are not intended to cover all costs of the travel. The size of the award varies according to the actual cost the travel will entail, the size of the committee's budget, and the number of applications. Preference will be given to individuals who have not previously received this award. Awards for travel to meetings have ranged from $150 to $700; for travel to a Southern Section meeting, somewhat less. Applicants must be current CAMWS members.
James Ruebel Undergraduate Travel Awards 
James Ruebel Undergraduate Travel Awards are also available for undergraduate students to attend the annual CAMWS meeting (not CAMWS-SS). These awards honor James Ruebel of Ball State University (and CAMWS President in 2001-2002) who was especially dedicated to undergraduate education. The size of the award varies according to the actual cost the travel will entail, the size of the committee's budget, and the number of applications.Priority will be given to students with experience in the ancient languages who are specifically planning to teach languages at the secondary school level over students who are non-language track students (e.g., Classical Civilization majors or other majors with minimum language requirements). Priority will also be given to students currently enrolled in a B.A. granting program over a recent graduate of a B.A. program. Preference will also be given to individuals who have not previously received this award. Applicants must be current CAMWS members. To donate to the fund for this prize, please go to https://camws.org/donate/ruebelfund.
To apply for either Travel Award, please fill out this on-line application.
Deadline for grant applications for Manson A. Stewart Travel Awards or James Ruebel Undergraduate Travel Awards to attend the 2026 CAMWS meeting in Mobile, AL is January 30.
Recipients are expected to accept these awards in person at the business meeting held at the conference.
For questions about these awards, please contact the chair of the Subcommittee for the Manson A. Stewart Teacher Training and Travel Awards, at stewartteacher@camws.org
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024-25 Manson Stewart Travel Awards.
- Maria Eugenia Bonaparte Gimenez (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Giulia Brugnoli (University of Trento)
- Kaine Byrne (University of California, Santa Barbara)
- Patrick Callahan (University of California, Los Angeles)
- Matthew Chaldekas (University of Tübingen)
- Rachel E. Dubit (Colorado College)
- John Fraser (Millard West High School)
- Stephen Froedge (Jackson College/Monroe County Community College, Lourdes University)
- Johanna Kaiser (University of Pennsylvania)
- Bayla Kamens (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Katrina Kuxhausen-DeRose (University of California Los Angeles)
- Sarah Mason (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Tiffany Nguyen (University of Pennsylvania)
- Max Pagano (University of New Mexico)
- John A. Prado (Columbia University)
- Jia Self (University of Kansas)
- Debra Trusty (University of Iowa)
- Zhiyuan Wang (Washington University in St. Louis)
Previous Recipients of Stewart Travel Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of 2024-25 James Ruebel Undergraduate Travel Awards:
- Sarah Baker (Western Washington University)
- Alec Breneman (University of Illinois at Chicago)
- Zachary Chen (Hillsdale College)
- Ava Dadvand (Yale University)
- Vidyalakshimi Devarajulu (University of Illinois at Chicago)
- Aidan Gregg (Butler University)
- Marie Gruver (College of William & Mary)
- Phoebe Henricks (The Ohio State University)
- Trenton Holmquist (University of Illinois at Chicago)
- Maxwell Mitchell (Vassar College)
- Kira Oberman (University of Illinois Chicago)
- Vedul Palavajjhala (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Jonathan Rolfe (Hillsdale College)
- Jennifer Ruscitti (Monmouth College)
- Susie Summerlot (University of Illinois Chicago)
- Maya Toman (Hillsdale College)
- Taylor Trower (University of Illinois Chicago)