Department News

Spring 2008

• Phi Alpha Theta Presents Best Chapter Award Prize Check to Library
• Seven Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Fall 2007

• Phi Alpha Theta, History Department End Fall Semester With Formal French Christmas Dinner
• Rutledge Honorary History Club Sponsors Reformation Day Event
• Phi Alpha Theta and History Department Sponsor "Day of Remembrance" Service Project at Fort Pillow
• Department Members Present Program on Ken Burns’ Historical Documentary The War
• Phi Alpha Theta Celebrates Best Chapter Award With Pizza Party
• Union’s Phi Alpha Theta Chapter Wins Fifth Straight Best Chapter Award
• 2007 Tennessee Conference of Historians Held at Union University
• Civil War Specialist to Speak as Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer on October 9

Spring 2007

• Seventeen Department Majors Participate in Union’s Spring Graduation
• Department Celebrates Academic Achievement at Annual Awards Banquet
• Department Students Participate in Union’s Fourth Scholarship Symposium
• Department to Host Tennessee Conference of Historians in September
• History to Offer Holocaust Travel/Study Experience in 2008
• Phi Alpha Theta Students Present Papers At Tennessee Regional Conference
• Phi Alpha Theta Holds Annual Franco-American Bake and Confection Sale

Fall 2006

• Department Honors Former Congressman Ed Bryant and Graduating Seniors at French Christmas Dinner
• Phi Alpha Theta Chapter Gives Best Chapter Award Check to Union's Library
• Department Faculty Member Publishes Book
• History Group Does Service Project at Ames Plantation
• Phi Alpha Theta Holds Time Capsule Dedication Ceremony
• Phi Alpha Theta Celebrates Fourth-Straight Best Chapter Award with Pizza Party
• Brown University Professor to Serve as Tenth Annual Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer
• History Honor Society Chapter Wins Fourth-Straight Phi Alpha Theta Best Chapter Award

Spring 2006

• Political Science Major Wins Elizabeth Tigrett Medal
• Department Celebrates Student Achievements at Annual Awards Banquet
• Students Present Papers at Third Annual Scholarship Symposium
• Phi Alpha Theta Sponsors Franco-American Bake and Confection Sale
• History Group Does Service Project at Shiloh National Military Park
• Department Celebrates Dr. Bates' Ph.D.
• Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference

• Bates Completes Ph.D.
• Department Honors December Graduates
• History Group Works at Fort Donelson
• History Honor Society Wins Third-Straight Phi Alpha Theta Award
• History Lecturer to Speak on Vietnam War

Spring 2005

• Department Holds Annual Awards Banquet
• Dr. LeForge Has Busy Year Professionally
• Dr. Evans Presents Paper, Elected TPSA Vice President
• Students Present Papers at Tennessee Political Science Association Meeting
• History Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Conference
• Tanner Holds Town Hall Meeting at Union
• Cooney Presents Paper, Receives promotion

Fall 2004

• Department Honors Its December Graduates
• Congressman Tanner Speaks in Political Science Class
• Phi Alpha Theta Does Service Project at Shiloh National Military Park
• Phi Alpha Theta Chapter Wins Second-Straight Best Chapter Award
• Dr. Cooney Publishes
• Dr. Terry Lindley Writes Book Reviews and Article
• UPenn Professor to Speak at Annual History Lecture

Spring 2004

• Rutledge Honorary History Club Celebrates 75th Anniversary
• Students Present Papers in Mississippi; Patterson Wins First Place
• Phi Alpha Theta Presents Check to Union University Library
• Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention in New Orleans

Fall 2003

• Harvard History Professor to Speak at Union
• Professor Smothers Retires
• Department Chair Attends Conferences
• Dr. Sean Evans Works on American Politics
• Dr. Judy LeForge Studies Tennessee History
• Dr. Terry Lindley Works with Baptist History
• Political Science Professor Takes Leave to Work in Canada
• Department Adds Two Part-Time Faculty

Spring 2003

• Phi Alpha Theta Mid-South Regional Conference Held at Union University

• LSU Press publishes book of former History professor
• Yale Professor to be Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer
• Department to Host Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
• Department Chair Does Research in Europe
• Political Science Professor Travels to Syria
• History Professor Spends Summer Doing Research
• Dr. Sean Evans is Teagle Grant Recipient
• Another Ph.D. in the Department
• Two New Part-Time Faculty Join Department

Fall 2001

• Soviet Yale Professor is Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer for 2001

Fall 2000

• Expert on Soviet Russia serves as Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer
• Expert on Soviet Russia to be Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer in October, 2000

Summer 2000

• Lindley does Pew
• Lindley presents scholarly papers
• Department adds full-time political scientist

Spring 2000

• Carls Publishes Book in France