The UW - La Crosse Alpha Xi Eta Chapter
of the
national history honorary society
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Apply for membership
To apply for membership, fill out this form and return before deadline (usually mid-spring semester, for 2013, the deadline is April 11, 2013 -- paper copies available outside CWH 403F). |
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| Membership Requirements: | At least 12 credit hours in history completed BEFORE application. 3.1 or higher GPA in history 3.0 or higher overall GPA |
| Note: Membership is NOT limited to history majors or minors. | |
As a member of Phi Alpha Theta, you will receive
Questions? see http://www.phialphatheta.org -or- email jlonghurst@uwlax.edu |
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What is Phi Alpha Theta?
For the first time in the history of UW-L, we in the history department have been granted permission to found a chapter of the national history honorary fraternity, Phi Alpha Theta. This ninety-year-old organization promotes history research, teaching, scholarship and education across the nation. There are numerous chapters of PAT at colleges, universities and institutions of higher education across the United States. Undergraduate and graduate students, as members of Phi Alpha Theta, participate in activities to celebrate and promote the study of history. Many students travel to regional or national conferences to present or hear historical scholarship. This is the first taste of active historical research for many students, and a number of the current faculty members at UW-L were members of PAT in their own time as students.
At the end of each spring semester, we will induct new members at a ceremony usually scheduled in the first week of May. You can apply now to join!
2012-2013 Year
Officers:
Hannah Zander, President
2011-2012 Year
Officers:
Luke Johnson, President
Emily O'Neal, Secretary/Treasurer
Cassandra Kitto, Vice President
2010-2011 Year
Officers:
Luke Johnson, President
Emily O'Neal, Secretary/Treasurer
Hannah Zander, Vice President
Current Activities:
Deadlines: NCUR paper submissions open Oct 1, close Dec 1: http://www.cur.org/ncur_2013/ Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies proposals due November 1, 2012: http://wisconsin-institute.org Midwest World History Association paper submissions close March 15, 2013: http://mwwha.org/ Deadline for the PAT/World War One Undergrad essay prize: December 1, 2012 |
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Previous Activities:
Author Talk: Eric J. Morser, recent UW-Madison Ph.D. and author of Hinterland Dreams: The Political Economy of a Midwestern City, deilvered a public presentation March 23, 2010, in the UW-L Cartwright Center Ward Room.
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2012 initiation -- Our new member initiation ceremon, was Friday, April 27th in the Centennial Hall of Nations.
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Trip to St. Mary's in the spring of 2011 and 2012, students travelled to the St. Mary's University of Minnesota Student History Research Symposium to present their own historical research to peers. If all goes well, this event will continue into 2013.
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2011 initiation -- Thursday May 5, 2011 Guest Speaker: Patricia Stovey, recent UW-Madison Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies, spoke about her dissertation, High School on the Middle Border, dealing with the history of education in small towns in the La Crosse Region.
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Installation, Spring 2010
| At an installation ceremony on March 6, 2010, UW-L's Department of History was granted the right to form its own chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. The event was described in a College of Liberal Studies newsletter as well as the PAT national newsletter. The Charter Members of this new honorary, as well as visiting officials from PAT, are listed below. |  |
Charter Members From the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Administration
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From the Faculty of the Department of History |
From the Student Body
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A visiting member of the PAT national board, Professor Jason Hardgrave, from the University of Southern Indiana, formally installed the chapter.
The spring 2010 initiates.
History faculty and students in attendance.