History Honors Society
The Â鶹ͷÌõ chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honor Society, is one of the most active honor societies on campus. And each year, the student members set their own agenda.
We take full advantage of our proximity to the Chicago area through field trips to historical conversation starters, special exhibits, various historical museums and ethnic and architectural tours.
Award for Departmental Excellence
Alonzo Cardenas, who won the Award for Departmental Excellence and member of Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society. He is seen here with Dr. Dennis Cremin.
Gretchen Jelinek (Patrick) is pictured with Alonzo and Dr. Dennis Cremin. She graduated with a Master's Degree in Education. She worked as the History Center Intern.
Past Â鶹ͷÌõ Speakers at Conferences
Richard Maksa
- Missouri Conference on History & PAT Conference for the Midwest, Springfield, MO
- Panel: The Rise of Nationalism before World War I
- “Canadian Soldiers and the Nascent Nationalism of the 1885 North-West Rebellion”
- 3-23-17
Melissa Churchill
- Missouri Conference on History & PAT Conference for the Midwest, Springfield, MO
- Panel: Western Occupation and Eastern Autonomy
- “Concepts of Power in Iran during the Cold War”
- 3-23-17
Past Speakers at Â鶹ͷÌõ
Â鶹ͷÌõ’s Phi Alpha Theta Chapter has sponsored numerous talks on campus. They have brought several speaker to campus:
Kenton Clymer
- Northern Illinois University
- “A Delicate Relationship: The United States and Burma/Myanmar since 1945”
- 9-15-15
Trude Jacobsen
- Northern Illinois University
- “Historical Approaches to Imperialism in Southeast Asia”
- 9-8-15
Elaine Carey
- St. John’s University
- “Selling is More than a Habit: Women and Drug trafficking in North America, 1900-1970”
- 11-11-15
Andrae Marak
- Governors State University
- “From Borderlands to Bordered Lands: the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1910-1920”
- 10-25-16
Richard Joyce
- Grundy County Board Member
- “A Community in Turmoil, Spring Valley, Illinois, 1889-1905 Another Look at Workers in the late Nineteenth Century” Â
- 9-20-16
Mark Soderstrom
- Aurora University
- Russia, Ukraine, and the Politics of the Past in Eurasia"
- 2-2015
Kagan Arik
- University of Chicago
- “History of Central Asian Music”
- 11-6-13
Russell Zanca
- Northeastern Illinois University
- “History and development of Uzbekistan”
- 9-25-13
Catherine Raymond, Tharapi Than,
Thomas Rhoden and Nicole Loring
- Northern Illinois University
- “Burma Today: The Challenges of Democracy, A Panel Discussion”
- 2-8-13
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