Department News

2009

• November 9 - Student Teacher Talks about Teaching at Fall Semester History Education Reception
• November 4 - History Group Does Community Service Project At Green Frog Historic Village
• October 29 - Pulitzer Prize Winner Serves as Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer on October 29
• October 26 - History Club Holds Fall Initiation
• October 9 - Delta-Psi Chapter Celebrates Best Chapter Award with Pizza Party
• September 21 - Delta-Psi Chapter Inducts Twelve Students into Phi Alpha Theta
• September 15 - Delta-Psi Chapter Wins Seventh Straight Phi Alpha Theta Best Chapter Award
• September 14 - Forty People Attend Annual History Welcome Reception
• September 11 - Pulitzer Prize-winning Author to Serve as Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer on October 29
• September 10 - History Department Begins New Year with an Abundance of Activities
• May 23 - History Students Receive Diplomas at Spring Graduation
• May 15 - Department Honors Graduating Seniors at Year-End Cookout
• May 5 - Department Celebrates the History Club's 80th Anniversary & Academic Achievement at Awards Banquet
• May 1 - Graduating History Major Recognized at Union’s Awards Day Convocation
• April 28 - Large Group Attends History Teacher Education Reception
• April 17 - Phi Alpha Theta Sponsors Carl Harken Baseball Day
• April 15 - History Honor Society Holds Its Annual Bake Sale
• April 10 - Department Student Organizations Induct New Members
• March 16 - Delta-Psi Chapter Celebrates Phi Alpha Theta with Red Shirt Day
• March 6 - History Student Wins Civil Rights History Paper Award at the University of Tennessee, Martin
• February 28 - Three History Students Present Papers at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
• February 19 - Phi Alpha Theta Holds Its Spring Plenary Meeting and Initiation Ceremony
• January 7 - Phi Alpha Theta Presents Best Chapter Award Check to Union's Library Director

2008

• December 19 - Three History Students Are Among December Degree Recipients
• December 12 - Department Celebrates End of Fall Semester at Phi Alpha Theta Christmas Dinner
• December 1 - History Club Holds Annual Fall Semester Pizza Party
• November 11 - Department Promotes History Education Program at Fall Reception
• November 8 - Phi Alpha Theta Celebrates Its 55th Anniversary at Union with a Homecoming Reception
• November 7 - Dr. Carls Receives 2008 Alumni Distinguished Faculty/Staff Award
• November 5 - History Group Does Community Service Project at Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park
• October 30 - World-Renowned Military Historian Serves as 2008 Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer
• October 27 - History Club Holds Fall Initiation
• October 7 - Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lectureship Features Dr. Jeremy Black on October 30
• October 2 - Delta-Psi Chapter Initiates New Members at Phi Alpha Theta Best Chapter Award Pizza Party
• September 22 - Department Holds Annual Welcome Reception for History Students on September 22
• September 8 - Union’s Delta-Psi Chapter Wins Sixth Straight Phi Alpha Theta Best Chapter Award
• August 21 - Dr. Thomas Has Book Published
• June 1 - Union Students Participate in European Holocaust Travel Experience
• May 17 - Ten History Majors Graduate from Union On May 17, 2008
• May 9 - History Students Win Honors at Union University Awards Day Convocation
• May 9 - History Student Presents Paper at Union University Scholarship Symposium
• May 8 - Department Salutes Its Graduates at Sixteenth Annual Phi Alpha Theta/History Department Cookout
• May 1 - Department Holds Annual Awards Banquet on May 1
• April 7 - History Student Teacher Program Highlighted at Department Reception
• April 5 - Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference; Two Students Win Best Paper Prizes
• April 4 - Phi Alpha Theta Holds Fourth Annual Franco-American Confection and Bake Sale
• March 20 - Internationally Acclaimed British Historian Will Be 2008 Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer
• March 14 - Rutledge Honorary History Club Sets Spring Agenda at March 14 Meeting
• March 11 - Holocaust Travel/Study Experience Moves Ahead at Union, Three Other Institutions
• March 5 - History Major Wins Research Paper Award
• March 4 - Phi Alpha Theta Holds Spring Semester Initiation and Plenary Meeting
• February 11 - History Faculty Assist in Tornado Cleanup
• January 17 - Phi Alpha Theta Presents Best Chapter Award Prize Check to Library
• January 6 - Seven Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico

2007

• December 8 - Phi Alpha Theta, History Department End Fall Semester With Formal French Christmas Dinner
• November 8 - Phi Alpha Theta and History Department Sponsor 'Day of Remembrance' Service Project at Fort Pillow
• November 1 - Rutledge Honorary History Club Sponsors Reformation Day Event
• October 23 - Department Members Present Program on Ken Burns’ Historical Documentary The War
• October 13 - Phi Alpha Theta Celebrates Best Chapter Award With Pizza Party
• October 9 - Civil War Expert Lectures at Union on October 9
• September 22 - Union’s Phi Alpha Theta Chapter Wins Fifth Straight Best Chapter Award
• September 14 - 2007 Tennessee Conference of Historians Held at Union University
• September 1 - Civil War Specialist to Speak as Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer on October 9
• May 20 - Seventeen Department Majors Participate in Union’s Spring Graduation
• May 3 - Department Celebrates Academic Achievement at Annual Awards Banquet
• April 30 - Department Students Participate in Union’s Fourth Scholarship Symposium
• April 15 - Department To Host Tennessee Conference of Historians in September
• March 26 - History to Offer Holocaust Travel/Study Experience in 2008
• March 25 - Phi Alpha Theta Students Present Papers At Tennessee Regional Conference
• March 17 - Phi Alpha Theta Holds Annual Franco-American Bake and Confection Sale

2006

• December 12 - Phi Alpha Theta Chapter Gives Best Chapter Award Check to Union's Library
• December 8 - Department Honors Former Congressman Ed Bryant and Graduating Seniors at French Christmas Dinner
• November 11 - Department Faculty Member Publishes Book
• November 9 - History Group Does Service Project at Ames Plantation
• November 5 - Phi Alpha Theta Holds Time Capsule Dedication Ceremony
• October 13 - Phi Alpha Theta Celebrates Fourth-Straight Best Chapter Award with Pizza Party
• September 1 - Brown University Professor to Serve as Tenth Annual Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer
• August 20 - History Honor Society Chapter Wins Fourth-Straight Phi Alpha Theta Best Chapter Award
• May 20 - Political Science Major Wins Elizabeth Tigrett Medal
• May 5 - Department Celebrates Student Achievements at Annual Awards Banquet
• May 2 - Students Present Papers at Third Annual Scholarship Symposium
• April 22 - Phi Alpha Theta Sponsors Franco-American Bake and Confection Sale
• April 11 - History Group Does Service Project at Shiloh National Military Park
• March 3 - Department Celebrates Dr. Bates' Ph.D.
• February 27 - Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference

2005

• December 16 - Bates Completes Ph.D.
• December 10 - Department Honors December Graduates
• November 11 - History Group Works at Fort Donelson
• October 14 - History Honor Society Wins Third-Straight Phi Alpha Theta Award
• August 30 - History Lecturer to Speak on Vietnam War
• May 6 - Department Holds Annual Awards Banquet
• April 25 - Students Present Papers at Tennessee Political Science Association Meeting
• April 5 - History Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Conference
• March 30 - Tanner Holds Town Hall Meeting at Union

2004

• December 19 - Department Honors Its December Graduates
• November 22 - Congressman Tanner Speaks in Political Science Class
• November 11 - Phi Alpha Theta Does Service Project at Shiloh National Military Park
• October 15 - Phi Alpha Theta Chapter Wins Second-Straight Best Chapter Award
• October 1 - UPenn Professor to Speak at Annual History Lecture
• May 7 - Rutledge Honorary History Club Celebrates 75th Anniversary
• March 28 - Students Present Papers in Mississippi; Patterson Wins First Place
• February 25 - Phi Alpha Theta Presents Check to Union University Library
• February 1 - Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention in New Orleans

2003

• October 1 - Harvard History Professor to Speak at Union

2002

• November 1 - LSU Press publishes book of former History professor
• October 1 - Yale Professor to be Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer
• September 1 - Department to Host Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference

2001

• October 27 - Yale Professor is Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer for 2001

2000

• October 6 - Expert on Soviet Russia serves as Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer
• September 1 - Expert on Soviet Russia to be Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer in October, 2000
• September 1 - Lindley does Pew
• August 1 - Lindley presents scholarly papers
• June 1 - Department adds full-time political scientist
• May 2 - Carls publishes book in France