| Year | Scholar | Country/Region | Synopsis | 2015 | Mitch Mackowiak | Chile | Look up and try not to trip: stars and hills in Houston’s opposite | 2014 | Melissa Kang | France | Age Like Fine Wine | 2013 | David Wimmer | Ushuaia, Argentina | Hanging with the Penguins at the End of the World: A Proposed Trip to Ushuaia, Argentina | 2012 Centennial Give-away | Elizabeth Tacy | Argentina | Send Me to Argentina | 2012 | Tiffany Ho | Europe | Three Pastries a Day: A Pastry Eating and Baking Tour of Europe | Catherine Yuh | Europe | View from the Top: Ballooning around the World | 2011 | Marina Masciale | Western Europe | Uke Jamming with the Street | 2010 | Nazima Zakhidova | Uzbekistan | Dancing Along the Silk Road- Pit Stop: Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 2009 | Kristen Hallberg | South Africa | AIR JAWS: A Master Class in How to Be Fierce, Yet Graceful |
| 2008 | Jim Ross | Central Europe | The Cultural Influence of Beer in Central Europe |
| 2007 | Ivey Ashe | Japan | Land of the Rising Sun and Sinking Fastball:Discovering the Japanese Baseball Experience |
| 2006 | Breck Garrett | Iceland | Culture and Folklore of Iceland |
| 2005 | Deana Shenaq | Peru | Journey to the Navel of the Earth |
| 2004 | Kathryn Goldfarb | Japan | Yama asobi: mountain play |
| 2003 | Tommy Belanger | Andalucia, Spain | Rafting on the Rio Guadalquivir |
| 2002 | Megan Lynn McGehee | Germany and Ireland | Tap Dance: Origins and Future |
| 2001 | Caroline Shaw | Scandinavia | Spelmanstamma Street Musician |
| 2000 | Blair Christian | France & Far East | Cultural Roles of Cooking and Food |
| 1999 | Ryan Steger | China | Three Gorges Dam |
| 1998 | Katherine E. Kuster | Turkey | Culinary Tour |
| 1998 | Leah Hill | Netherlands | Tulipomania by Bicycle |
| 1998 | Dan Santavicca | Italy | Exploring the Roma culture of urban Europe |
| 1997 | Alejandro Hernandez | Honduras | Human rights in Honduras during the 1980's |
| 1996 | Krista Noack | Spain | El Camino de las Estrellas |
| 1995 | Tina Lorenson | Australia | Flying Doctors |
| 1994 | Kara Kane | Ireland | Folk tales of the Wee People and Irish Jigs |
| 1993 | Richard Francis | Amazon | Amazon Boat trip |
| 1992 | Tim League | Spain | Sword-making in Toledo,Spain |
| 1991 | Julie Ansell | Australia | Goliard Scholar |
| 1990 | Adrian Treves | Borneo | Singing Gibbons |
| 1990 | Debbie Schmidt | United Kingdom | fact finding mission |
| 1989 | Steve Donlan | USA |
"I'm an Englishman in New York" (and Grand Canyon, way to go Greyhound) |
| 1989 | Dan
Cheyette, Jay Isaacson, J. Webber |
Nepal | Downing a Shaefer Lite on top of Mt. Everest |
| 1988 | John Abikaled | Europe | Pub tour ( guidance by Governor Iammarino) |
| 1987 | Scott C. Jones | Belize | Belize |
| 1986 | Susan Mead | China | Dancing on tables in Shanghai (Slow Page Load) |