{"id":3266,"date":"2025-07-24T10:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:56:56","slug":"allison-ransom-earns-2025-2026-byron-l-troyer-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/2025\/07\/24\/allison-ransom-earns-2025-2026-byron-l-troyer-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Allison Ransom earns 2025-2026 Byron L. Troyer Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Lydia Cain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For outstanding Anthropology majors at BSU, the scholarship directed towards their academic pursuits is the Byron L. Troyer Scholarship. Anthropology and History major Allison Ransom has earned that scholarship for the 2025 \u2013 2026 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dentition and the evolution of human skulls have sparked Allison\u2019s interest, especially in the context of ecological factors that can affect a species\u2019 evolutionary process and push genetic mutations. With a longstanding curiosity about the environment, she hopes that environmental matters will underlie her project for the Anthropology Senior Capstone. It helps that she has grown confident in her research techniques, citing that as a skill growth she is especially proud of over the last three years. Especially in her Biological Anthropology course under Dr. Mark Groover, she \u201clearned what to look for and how to find resources that are both informational and available\u201d while exploring the how and why of human evolution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"3268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/2025\/07\/24\/allison-ransom-earns-2025-2026-byron-l-troyer-scholarship\/img_1709-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104103\/IMG_1709-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1675,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Plus&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1753117948&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1709\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104103\/IMG_1709-1-670x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104103\/IMG_1709-1-670x1024.jpeg?resize=670%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3268\" style=\"width:230px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104103\/IMG_1709-1-scaled.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104103\/IMG_1709-1-scaled.jpeg 196w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104103\/IMG_1709-1-scaled.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104103\/IMG_1709-1-scaled.jpeg 1005w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104103\/IMG_1709-1-scaled.jpeg 1340w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104103\/IMG_1709-1-scaled.jpeg 1675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allison Ransom plans to utilize the scholarship for a wide range of studies. Concentrating in Public History for her History major and minoring in Classical Culture, her first three years have been packed. Heading into her senior year, Allison intends to keep up the pace with a summer internship in 2026. She has observed how archaeology and anthropology can be used in archaeology firms and national parks, so she has her eye on a couple of options with which she has connected personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" data-attachment-id=\"3269\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/2025\/07\/24\/allison-ransom-earns-2025-2026-byron-l-troyer-scholarship\/img_1689\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104240\/IMG_1689-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2132\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Plus&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1753116782&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0131578947368&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1689\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104240\/IMG_1689-1024x853.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104240\/IMG_1689-1024x853.jpeg?resize=1024%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104240\/IMG_1689-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104240\/IMG_1689-scaled.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104240\/IMG_1689-scaled.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104240\/IMG_1689-scaled.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/24104240\/IMG_1689-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Allison<\/em> <em>(right) waves to the camera in the middle of a dig with the Midwest Archeological Center. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthropological academic careers like Allison\u2019s have been supported for decades by the Byron L. Troyer scholarship. Byron Troyer permitted the Ball State Anthropology Department\u2019s field schools to conduct archaeological digs on his land in the 1970s. Former Anthropology Department chair Elizabeth Glenn assisted Troyer with his research on Native American life in Indiana for his newspaper and magazine articles, as well as books on Indiana history. Troyer edited the <em>Hoosierland Magazine<\/em> and <em>Outdoor Indiana<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em>For more information about the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, visit our <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/anthropology-and-sociology\"><em>website<\/em><\/a><em>, contact our<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/about\/contactus\"><em> office<\/em><\/a><em>, or follow us on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bsuanthsoc\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em> and<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bsuanthsoc\/\"><em> Instagram<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/em><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lydia Cain For outstanding Anthropology majors at BSU, the scholarship directed towards their academic pursuits is the Byron L. Troyer Scholarship. Anthropology and History major Allison Ransom has earned that scholarship for the 2025 \u2013 2026 academic year. 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