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Phi Alpha Theta (Alpha Epsilon Nu chapter)

 

~ History of the Society ~

The National Honor Society in History, Phi Alpha Theta, was established at the University of Arkansas in March, 1921 by Nels Andrew Nelson ClevenPhi Alpha Theta was admitted to the "Association of College Honor Societies" in 1945, the first year departmental honor societies were admitted to the association (and one of only three societies admitted that year).  It has grown to over 850 chapters in 50 states and is the largest (in number of chapters) of the accredited honor societies holding membership in the Association of College Honor Societies.  Initiates total more than 270,000.

Phi Alpha Theta is also a professional society, the objective of which is the promotion of the study of history through research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of thoughts and ideas.   Its mission is to bring students, teachers and writers of history together intellectually and socially.

On February 15, 1991, Saint Michael's College chapter, Alpha Epsilon Nu, was founded; charter members are indicated with an asterisk.  Initiation into a chapter confers life membership on the individual.

~ Alpha Epsilon Nu ~

Current Officers:

President: Michael Stefanowicz ‘09
Vice-President: Julie Bentzen ‘09

Secretary-Treasurer: Jessica Mongeon '09

Public Relations:

Student Administrator:

 


New Members Inducted on April 4, 2009:
 

Thomas E. Bradley '11

Mary Beth Casey '10

Joseph M. Chapin '11

Christina M. Dennis '11

Erin M. Doyle '09

Alice T. Faucher-Kuhlman '11

Daniel A. Ferris '10

Benjamin J. Gates '11

Emily J. Laflamme '09

Ryan M. LaRochelle '10

Ashley E. Laurent '11

Lauren Jeanne. Martin '10

Matthew J. Mascelli '09

Ian Francis Mazerski '09

John P. McCormick '11

Randall Sho Northrop '11

Karyn W. Norwood '10

Hannah R. Pfeiffer '10

Brighid L. Pierce '10

Amanda L. Prugar '09

Dr. Jennifer J. Purcell

Catherine T. Robertson '10

Matthew M. Seklecki '11

Joel Andrew Smus '11

Ryan M. Socha '11

Shelby Marie Superneau '11

Alexandra Ward '10

 


Current undergraduate members:
 

Julie C. Bentzen ‘09
Shannon Lee Burns '09
Kelley Lynn Callahan ‘09
Michael Cyr ‘09
John Douglass ‘09

Jaclyn Ann Gronau ‘09
Thomas Gerald Hicks ‘10

Anne Catherine Klotzbier ‘10
Brandon Charles Mach ‘10
Caroline Maider ‘09

Andrew N. Martin ‘09

Jessica L. Mongeon '09
Kate E. Mooney ‘09
Bridget Morse ‘09
Yeshua B. Pastina ‘09
Jessica Riemenschneider ‘09
Patrick Small ‘10
Nicholas Blanchard Smith ‘09

Michael Patrick Stefanowicz '09
Timothy Warren ‘09


Graduated members:
 

Dori Marie Baker '08

John M. Bushnell ‘08

Angela L. Cardinal '08
Charles Scott Carroll ‘08

Melissa Cronin ‘08

Liana C. DeMarco ‘08
Colleen Ann Donlan ‘08

Madeline Grandgeorge ‘08

Zachary Sunil Greenwood '08

Aaron R. Kaigle ‘08

Taylor Newton '08
Brittany Taylor O’Brien '08
Kerri O’Connell '08

Peter Ranges ‘08

Michael Bradford Shreeve '08

Jennifer Katherine Strashnick '08

Amy E. Sweetser ‘08

 

Paul Blomerth ‘07

Jared Coolum ‘07
Colleen Marie Dunn ‘07

Colleen Foley '07
Andrew Richard Gill '07

Ryan Patrick Hall ‘07

Keeley Elizabeth Haughian ‘07

Jacqueline Jones ‘07
Kyle Stephen Johnston ‘07
Matthew James O’Reilly ‘07
Katelyn Parhiala ‘07
Allyson Rose Scanlon ‘07
Nicole Vendituoli ‘07

 

William Leonard Andrews ‘06
Ethan S. Bodin ‘06
Lauren Brackett ‘06
Grant Coscia ‘06
Catherine Fair ‘06
Meghan Fitzgerald ‘06
Ryan Galluzzo ‘06
John T. Hart, Jr. ‘06
Jonathan Holdsworth ‘06
Rebecca L. Jewett ‘06
Lauren Kimball ‘06
Joshua M. Kyller ‘06
Amanda Lanne ‘06
Kathryn Perry ‘06
Meghan Rea ‘06
Christina Rizzo ‘06

Elisabeth C. Aniolowski ‘05
Elizabeth Anne Barry ‘05
Ashley Benoit ‘05
Heidi Thompson Carlin ‘05
Kelly Charboneau ‘05
Maggie A. Cleary ‘05
Joshua Doyon ‘05
James Daniel Everhart ‘05
Hal Friday ‘05
Katie Erica Hatch ‘05
Julie Littlefield ‘05
Kaitlin McDonnell ‘05
Tara Marie Molloy ‘05
Abigail Newell ‘05
Katherine Sarah Pallotti ‘05
Sara Lynn Pike ‘05

Timothy J. Rodes ‘05
Mara Staffield ‘05
Kaitlyn White ‘05
Michaela White ‘05

Sarah Backe ‘04
Joseph Randall Bigelow ‘04
Brian Connor ‘04
Mark Hollis Corbin ‘04
Holly Gile Delbeck ‘04
Edward Domigan DiFiglia ‘04
Barrett Wadsworth Hyde ‘04
Alaina Kathryn Anne Kreiger 04
Christal Marsh ‘04
Anne Semenoff 04
Joe Sullivan ‘04
Erin Kathleen Thomas 04

Shaun C. Bryer ‘03
Matthew David Hammond ‘03

Fotios Konstantinidis ‘03
Matthew MacBruce 03
Rebecca Ellery McCray
03
Amy Mincher ‘03
Ashley B. Newton ‘03
Timothy Nordstrom
03
Christopher Hansen Seaver
03
Melissa R. Theriault
03

Richard G. Collins 02
Andrew Liam Coughlan ‘02
Charles M. Dabritz
02
Mary Katherine Epright ‘02
Margaret E. Gruner ‘02
Brittany Guerin ‘02
Matthew Eric Hannon
02
Gary Hoffman
02
Jacob Lahey
02
Julie J. Lamson ‘02
Timothy McMahon
02
Elizabeth King Miller
02
Phillip Kennedy Moore
02
Laura Gould Noyes
02
Sean Michael Quinn
02
Christopher Riggott
02
Mark Joseph Sturgeon
02
Elizabeth Katen Tardugno
02
Monique Elizabeth Willey ‘02

 

 

Suzanne M. Bette 01
Jennifer M. Cirelli ‘01
Danielle L. Conklin
01
Frank S. DeBellis 01
Matthew P. DeSorgher ‘01
Jennifer Lee Kocsmiersky 01
Tara Pellegrino
01
Elizabeth Ada Ploof
01
Jacob P. Sartz IV  01
Sharikate Watters 01

 

Sara E. Baldino 00
Sean B. Benson ‘00
Andrew M. Booth ‘00
Sheila M. Carey 
00
Kimberly A. Carvalho ‘00
Lael M. Croteau ‘00
Steven Dansereau ‘00
Chantana Lorrachamanee
00
Kimberly H. McCray ‘00
Daniel J. Scott
00

Whitney A. Ashe 99
Sergio P. Cavalli ‘99
Anthony R. Carbrello 99
Krista Griffes ‘99
Susan Hebert ‘99
Wesley M. Kaiser ‘99
Rebecca R. Martin ‘99
Stephen McEvoy ‘99
Kathleen J. Melanson ‘99
Amanda Mitchell ‘99
Christopher M. Moore ‘99

Julie M. Concannon ‘98
Andrea J. Connors ‘98
Jeffrey M. Doucette ‘98

Kerry L. Briggs ‘97
Tara J. Clarke ‘97
Miranda Galbraith ‘97
Michael V. Madden ‘97
Jill R. Novak ‘97
Matthew P. Pascual, Jr. ‘97
Megan E. Saver ‘97

Lisa E. Anderson ‘96
Shannon Dubuc ‘96
Samuel R. Godin ‘96
Carol E. Hanscom ‘96
Jennifer L. Marchand ‘96
Amy Rock ‘96

Thomas Andersen, Jr. ‘95
Michael Buono ‘95
Amy Elaine Chapman ‘95
Anne C. Connolly ‘95
Trista M. Gaiotti ‘95
Jennifer E. Gleason ‘95
Kristin Lacey ‘95
Stephen Quilliam ‘95
Brian Rainville ‘95
Michelle Marie Richard ‘95
Christian Ross ‘95

Amybeth Catherine Brassard ‘94
Kristina Pauline Heath ‘94
Matthew Alan Hill ‘94
Edward Jonathan Murphy ‘94
Lisa Valentine ‘94

Paul Culpo ‘93
Andrea Curran ‘93
Josephine Finn ‘93
Jason Freed ‘93
J. Robert Kennedy ‘93
Daniel Murphy ‘93
William Richards IV ‘93
Brian Pear ‘93
Catherine Socia ‘93
Sarah Spesia ‘93
Jeremy Spohr ‘93


Michael Abraham ‘92
Karlea Brunelle ‘92*
Charles Richard Conroy ‘92*
Karen Sipas ‘92
Tara Webster ‘92*


Cynthia Doucette ‘91*
Jennifer Leigh Klauber ‘91*
Mary Jo Anne LeCours ‘91* 
Scott Maynard ‘91*
George Murphy ‘91*
Elizabeth Anne Nichols ‘91*
Michael K. M. Smith ‘92*

Additional Phi Alpha Theta Members
(inducted at SMC February 1991 unless indicated otherwise)

Thomas Andersen, Ph. D.
George Dameron, Ph. D.
Frank Nicosia, Ph.D. (Georgetown University)
Susan Ouellette, Ph.D.
Yovanna Pineda, Ph.D. (University of California Los Angeles)
Douglas Slaybaugh, Ph.D. (Iowa State University)
Ke-wen Wang, Ph. D.

 

~ Programs ~

·         Biennial Convention - Students (undergraduate and graduate) are invited to participate and present their own papers, meet faculty, historians and other students, and take part in special events and tours of sites of historical interest.  Phi Alpha Theta underwrites a portion of the cost of transportation for one delegate from each chapter.

·         Special Programs - at the annual meetings of the American Historical Association (AHA), Organization of American Historians, Southern Historical Association, Western History Association, Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA, Southwest Social Science Association, and many state historical associations.

·         Regional Meetings - chapters located within close proximity meet, usually for one day, bringing together members of various chapters to present papers.

·         Chapter Meetings - current undergraduate and alumni members are invited to participate in chapter meetings throughout the year.  Student members serve the chapter as President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer.  Various activities may also be planned by the chapter.  In the past, Saint Michael's College members have visited local nursing homes with presentations, provided fellow undergraduates with help writing terms papers, and travelled to Montreal.


~ Publications ~

·         The Historian - a quarterly journal whose pages are open to all members for the publication of their studies in all fields of history.  Saint Michael's College Durick Library subscribes to The Historian (current copies shelved with Periodicals; back issues in Bound Periodicals).  The journal also contains book reviews, news of the field, and other items of interest to the society's members.  A one-year subscription is included in the initiation fee.  Subscription renewals are through Phi Alpha Theta (address below).

·         The News Letter - (issued three times per year) carries news items of all current activities, awards and grants of the Society.  Subscription through Phi Alpha Theta.

·         Handbooks - Phi Alpha Theta publishes numerous handbooks of interest to historians.

for information on PAT publications: www.phialphatheta.org/publications.htm


~ Fellowships and Awards ~

·         Six Annual Paper Prize Awards - currently this includes the Lynn W. Turner Award ($250) for the best paper by an undergraduate member; as well as four awards ($200 each) for papers submitted by either a graduate or undergraduate member.  Papers must be recommended by the chapter Faculty Advisor or the Department Chair.  Awarded papers are reviewed by the editor for possible publication in The Historian.

·         Nine Graduate Scholarship Awards - including the A.F. Zimmerman Scholarship ($1,250), Thomas S. Morgan Memorial Scholarship ($850), William E. Parrish Scholarship ($805) presented to a student member entering graduate school for the first time for work leading to an M.A. in History; other awards granted to students entering or continuing advanced studies.

·         Best Chapter Awards - ($250 each for the purchase of books) presented for a specified schedule of activities and projects carried out by the chapter.

·         Other - Phi Alpha Theta also offers the possibility of students to intern at various offices; prizes for Faculty Advisors; book awards; underwriting grants as part of PAT's Manuscript Publication Award.

 

~ Careers in History ~

Check out PAT's "So You Want To Be A History Major" for private/public sector career lists and links to useful career resources.

 

Phi Alpha Theta National Headquarters
University of South Florida
SOC 107
4202 East Fowler Avenue

Tampa, Florida 33620-8100

Phone: 1-800-394-8195
Fax: (813) 974-8215
e-mail: phialpha@phialphatheta.org


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