Feb 22, 2016 - The Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta inducted five new members into the society at its spring plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. Vice President Allen Bradley led the initiates in their membership oath and President Nicholas Hancock awarded them their membership certificates. The new members included Kelsea DuVall, Jeremy Ebert, Lauren Geary, Alexandra Martin, and Seth Reid. Dr. Stephen Carls, the chapter’s faculty advisor, read a message of congratulations to the inductees from Dr. Graydon Tunstall, the organization’s executive director.
President Hancock conducted the evening’s business meeting. First, the chapter elected its officers for the 2016-2017 academic year: Jordan Sellers, president; Kathryn Mitchell, vice president; Seth Reid, secretary; Emily Littleton, senator; and Gideon Ragland, senator. Kathryn Mitchell, Jordan Sellers, and Livvy Winters followed with a PowerPoint presentation on their experiences at the Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention in Orlando, Florida, in early January, 2016. Carls spoke about the upcoming Old Hickory Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast (March 12), the 2016 Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference (April 2), and the Franco-American Bake sale (April 20), while Hancock passed around sign-up sheets for them. Carls also talked about scholarship opportunities and paper prize competitions at the national level, and he announced that the 2018 biennial convention would take place in New Orleans.
Refreshments consisting of home-made chocolate chip cookies, Coca Cola, Sprite, and water were served after the meeting was adjourned.
Phi Alpha Theta members in attendance at the Delta-Psi chapter's spring plenary meeting on February 22, 2016, pause for a photo. They are: (front row, left to right) Nicholas Hancock, Seth Reid, Alexandra Martin, Kelsea DuVall, Kathryn Mitchell, Lauren Geary, Livvy Winters, and Allen Bradley; (back row, left to right) Stephen Lewoczko, Jeremy Ebert, Emily Littleton, Jordan Sellers, Dr. Henry Allen, Robert Briley, Dr. Keith Bates, and Dr. Stephen Carls. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Phi Alpha Theta President Nicholas Hancock (right) opens the Delta-Psi chapter's spring plenary meeting on February 22, 2016, with Vice President Allen Bradley at his side. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Delta-Psi Vice President Allen Bradley leads Phi Alpha Theta inductees in the society's membership oath at the chapter's plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Phi Alpha Theta inductees take the membership oath at the Delta-Psi chapter's spring initiation/plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. They are: (left to right) Seth Reid, Jeremy Ebert, Alexandra Martin, Kelsea DuVall, and Lauren Geary. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Delta-Psi President Nicholas Hancock and new Phi Alpha Theta member Kelsea DuVall have a fun moment together as he presents a certificate of membership to her at the society's plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Phi Alpha Theta President Nicholas Hancock congratulates Jeremy Ebert on becoming a member of the society as he presents him with his membership certificate on February 22, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Lauren Geary receives her Phi Alpha Theta membership certificate from Delta-Psi President Nicholas Hancock during the chapter's spring plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Phi Alpha Theta President Nicholas Hancock presents a certificate of membership to Alexandra Martin at the Delta-Psi chapter's plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Seth Reid (right) receives his Phi Alpha Theta membership certificate from Delta-Psi President Nicholas Hancock at the chapter's plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Dr. Stephen Carls reads a congratulatory message to the Phi Alpha Theta spring initiates from Dr. Graydon Tunstall, the society's executive director, on February 22, 2016.
New Delta-Psi chapter members show off their Phi Alpha Theta membership certificates at the chapter's spring plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. They are: (left to right) Seth Reid, Alexandra Martin, Kelsea DuVall, Jeremy Ebert, and Lauren Geary. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Newly elected officers stand together during the Delta-Psi chapter's spring plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. They are: (left to right) Seth Reid (2016-2017 secretary), Kathryn Mitchell (2016-2017 Kathryn Mitchell), Lauren Geary (2016 spring semester senator), Jordan Sellers (2016-2017 president), and Emily Littleton (2016-2017 senator). Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
History department faculty members attending the Delta-Psi chapter's spring plenary meeting enjoy a lighthearted moment together. They are (left to right) Dr. Henry Allen, Robert Briley, and Dr. Keith Bates. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Kathryn Mitchell talks about the trip that a group of Delta-Psi chapter members took to the 2016 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention in Orlando, Florida, on January 6-10 during the chapter's spring plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson