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Phi Alpha Theta

EPSILON MU OF PHI ALPHA THETA

This international history honor society encourages history writing through its journal, awards, and history conferences.

About Phi Alpha Theta

  • Established March 17, 1921, at the University of Arkansas
  • Charter Member of Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS)
  • 839 active chapters and 275,000 members
  • 12,500 member and over 1,000 library subscribers to The Historian (quarterly journal)
  • 2,500 subscribers to The News Letter (published three times annually)
  • 9,300 initiates (average annually)
  • 35 regional meetings nationwide each spring
  • Over 25 scholarships and prizes awarded annually (paper prizes, book awards, manuscript award, best chapter awards, student history journal awards, world history award, etc.)
  • Membership qualifications (undergraduate)
    • At least 3.1 minimum GPA in 12 or more credit hours of history
    • At least 3.0 minimum overall GPA
    • When class rank is available, should be in upper 35% of class
    • Not necessary to be history major
    • (Graduate students and faculty members have separate requirements)

About Epsilon Mu (Eastern Illinois University's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta)

  • Formed in 1957
  • Has sponsored Lower Illinois regional history conferences in 1993, 2002, and 2006
  • Has been well-represented by both undergraduate and graduate students reading papers every year since 1990. And Eastern's students have invariably earned recognition and cash/book awards at each conference. A 10-page or longer course research paper can be fairly easily shortened to make a 20-minute conference paper. Plan to submit one.
  • Has won "best student journal" for our student journal, Historia, in a nation-wide competition sponsored by Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honors society several times. Historia so far has proudly shared Phi Alpha Theta's Gerald D. Nash History Journal Prize in Division I (large departments): 1999, 2001, and 2002
  • Has won "Best Chapter" commendation, 1996
  • To join Epsilon Mu, future conferences, or journal activity, contact advisor Dr. Mark Hubbard.

 

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Contact Information

History Department

2744 Coleman Hall
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-3310
history@eiu.edu

Grant Sterling, Chair

3531 Coleman Hall
217-581-8468
gcsterling@eiu.edu

Brian Mann, Undergraduate Advisor

2566 - Coleman Hall
217-581-3310
bmann@eiu.edu

Lee Patterson, Graduate Coordinator

2572 - Coleman Hall
217-581-6372
lepatterson2@eiu.edu

Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz
History with Teacher Licensure in Social Science Coordinator

2556 Coleman Hall
@eiuhistl
blaughlinschul@eiu.edu


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