The UW - La Crosse Alpha Xi Eta Chapter

of the

national history honorary society

PAT key

 

Apply for membership

To apply for membership, fill out this form and return before deadline (usually mid-spring semester, for 2011, the deadline is April 7, 2011 -- paper copies available outside CWH 403K).
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

  • The use of a PAT honor cord for your UW-L graduation, and opportunity to purchase other regalia.
  • The honor of being inducted into a local chapter of a national fraternity at a yearly ceremony.
  • Networking opportunities with local, regional and national history students at Phi Alpha Theta events.
  • The right to claim this membership on your resume or curriculum vita.
  • An official membership certificate.
  • A one-year subscription (4 issues) to our quarterly journal, The Historian.
  • New members’ names will be printed in a future issue of The Historian (allow approximately 6 months for names to be published)

Questions? see http://www.phialphatheta.org -or- email jlonghurst@uwlax.edu

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!

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

 

Events:

Author Talk: Eric J. Morser, recent UW-Madison Ph.D. and author of Hinterland Dreams: The Political Economy of a Midwestern City, March 23, 2010, 6:30 pm UW-L Cartwright Center Ward Room. Book signing, reception and discussion to follow.

Phi Alpha Theta and the UW-L history department, along with the La Crosse Public Library, are supporting this public event from historian Eric Morser. His new book, published in November of 2010, details the history of 19th-century La Crosse. Morser will speak to the public about his book on the UW-L campus.

 Morser Event Poster
Kerry Trask presentation at La Crosse Public Library -- Monday, March 28 at 9:30 AM, historian and author Kerry Trask will discuss Coming of Age: Lincoln, the Civil War, and the transformation of Wisconsin and the Midwest. This presentation will be at the La Crosse Public Library, 800 Main Street, in La Crosse. This event is free and open to the public. Trask Event flyer

Trip to St. Mary's University of Minnesota Student History Research Symposium, April 16, 2011 -- an opportunity for students to present their historical research in a professional setting, along with students from the history departments of surrounding institutions. With sufficient interest, a university van will be organized for the trip to Winona. For more information, see the St. Mary's website. Contact Prof. Longhurst for details about the van.

 

Spring initiation -- Thursday May 5, 2011 at 4:30 PM -- Applications due by April 7, 2011. Members, new initiates, friends, family and the general public invited. (Business casual dress or better requested for new initiates.) Guest Speaker: Patricia Stovey, recent UW-Madison Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies, will talk about her dissertation, High School on the Middle Border, dealing with the history of education in small towns in the La Crosse Region.

 
Stovey Poster

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. Link to CLS Newsletter article

 

Charter Members

From the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Administration
Chancellor Joe Gow
Provost Kathleen Enz-Finken
Dean Ruthann Benson
Department Chair Charles Lee

From the Faculty of the Department of History
Deborah Buffton
Mark W. Chavalas
John T. Grider
Jess Hollenback
Gerald S. Iguchi
Barbara Kooiman
Donald LaCoss
Charles Lee
James Longhurst
Marti M. Lybeck
Victor Macias-Gonzalez
Heidi Morrison
Shelley A. Sinclair
Kendall Staggs

From the Student Body of UW-L
Kelsey M. Ajango
Joshua John Arens
Kyle B. Carrabine
Patrick M. Eddy
John R. Emery
Luke J. Johnson
Bradley J. Masche
Emily A. Ness
Kelly A. Nussbaum
Allyson A. Obermeier
Emily A. O’Neal
Rebecca J. Putzer
Anna B. Schmidt
Edward C. Staats
Hannah M. Zander



Installation Ceremony
A visiting member of the PAT national board, Professor Jason Hardgrave, from the University of Southern Indiana, formally installed the chapter.


Student Initiates

The spring 2010 initiates.

History faculty and students in attendance.