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 Union Students Participate in European Holocaust Travel Experience
Jun 1, 2008 - Seven Union University students were among thirty persons from four colleges and universities who participated in a European Holocaust trip that began on May 18 and ended on June 1, 2008. The tour included major stops in Berlin (Germany), Prague (Czech Republic), Cracow (Poland), and Warsaw (Poland). Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls, the Tom Elam Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Tennessee at Martin, coordinated the trip in close consultation with Union University’s Institute f...
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 Ten History Majors Graduate from Union On May 17, 2008
May 17, 2008 - Ten history majors graduated from Union University at the school’s commencement exercises on May 17, 2008. The history graduates included: Cameron Armstrong, John Arnold, Abby Carpenter, Daniel Freeman, William Gibbs, Nikki Henry, Mary Beth Johnson, Brendon Kuhlman, Racheal Pressnell, and Mary Thompson. Union University President Dr. David Dockery gave the commencement address on “Tell the Generations Following.” History faculty and department graduates exchanged goodbyes following the evenin...
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 History Student Presents Paper at Union University Scholarship Symposium
May 9, 2008 - History major Cameron Armstrong presented a paper at the Fifth Annual Union University Scholarship Symposium on May 9, 2008. Cameron’s paper was entitled “Prayer, Partnership, and Persecution: Southern Baptist Missions Behind the Iron Curtain, 1950-60.” The communist countries of Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Romania in the 1950s were the focus of his attention. Much of his paper was based on documents he found at the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee. Both ...
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 History Students Win Honors at Union University Awards Day Convocation
May 9, 2008 - Two history majors earned special recognition at Union University’s Awards Day Convocation on May 9, 2008. Mary Beth Johnson was the recipient of the Academic Excellence Medal in History for her outstanding performance in history courses and her many contributions to the department’s program of extracurricular student activities. Mary Thompson received the first place award in the Dr. James Alex Baggett History Research Competition for her paper on “The Effect of Anti-German Propaganda During...
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 Department Salutes Its Graduates at Sixteenth Annual Phi Alpha Theta/History Department Cookout
May 8, 2008 - The Department of History saluted a number of graduating students, including history majors and Phi Alpha Theta members, at the sixteenth annual Phi Alpha Theta/History Department cookout on May 8, 2008, at Dr. Stephen Carls’ home. Thirty-seven people attended this event, which included barbeque, French potato salad, baked beans, a fresh fruit salad, a home-made guacamole dip and chips, and four home-made desserts. The department presented gifts to history majors who will graduate either on Ma...
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 Department Holds Annual Awards Banquet on May 1
May 1, 2008 - The Department of History held its annual awards banquet on May 1, 2008. Twenty-nine people attended the dinner, which is sponsored by the Rutledge Honorary History Club. Dr. Terry Lindley, the club sponsor, presided at the banquet, and History Club President Mary Beth Johnson initiated Tim Call and Kate Cline into the organization. The featured speaker was Dr. David Thomas, who reflected on what he did professionally during his fall 2007 study leave.
Department Chair Dr. Stephen Carl...
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 History Student Teacher Program Highlighted at Department Reception
Apr 7, 2008 - The history department highlighted its history student teacher program at a reception on Monday, April 7, 2008. Interested students and department faculty attended this event, at which Cameron Armstrong, Abby Carpenter, and Nikki Henry – all spending the spring semester student teaching at local middle schools and high schools – talked about their experiences in the classroom. Guest speaker Mr. Wesley Smith, a middle-school teacher in Toone, Tennessee, shared ideas about learning and teaching ...
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 Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference; Two Students Win Best Paper Prizes
Apr 5, 2008 - Seven students from Union’s Delta-Psi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society presented papers at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference held at the University of Tennessee at Martin on Saturday, April 5, 2008. History department faculty members Drs. Keith Bates, Stephen Carls, Judy LeForge, and Terry Lindley traveled with them to this event.
Cameron Armstrong and Mary Thompson won best paper prizes for their work. Cameron won in the category of “European History” f...
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 Phi Alpha Theta Holds Fourth Annual Franco-American Confection and Bake Sale
Apr 4, 2008 - Union’s Delta-Psi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society held its Fourth Annual Franco-American Confection and Bake Sale on Friday, April 4. Among the items on sale were homemade French croissants, Madeleine cookies, chocolate truffles, French dark chocolate brownie cakes, cinnamon rolls, banana pudding cupcakes, chocolate chip cookies, American-style brownies, and Reese’s Pieces Big Cup cupcakes. Volunteers who manned the sales table during the event included the Humanities Area Sec...
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 Internationally Acclaimed British Historian Will Be 2008 Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer
Mar 20, 2008 - Dr. Jeremy Black, Professor of History at Exeter University in Britain, will serve as the 2008 Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer at Union University on October 30, 2008. An internationally renowned scholar specializing in modern military history, Professor Black has lectured around the world and written more than 70 books. His evening lecture, scheduled for the G. M. Savage Memorial Chapel at 7:15 p.m., will focus on “Why the Allies Won World War II.” The evening presentation is free and op...
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