Dec 10, 2016 - The Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta sponsored its 14th annual French Christmas dinner for history department faculty members, spouses, and students at Dr. Stephen Carls’s home on December 10, 2016. The department gave special recognition to graduating history majors Luke Adkins and Byron Elam. Phi Alpha Theta member Priscilla Porter, a theater major, provided a special program with acted-out excerpts from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Don Zolidis’s Mall Santa Saves the Day. Twenty-five people attended the dinner.
The dinner menu consisted of several courses. The meal began with celery root/apple soup. The main course was beef Burgundy (boeuf bourgignon) and mashed potatoes (pommes mousseline). A tossed salad and an assortment of cheeses came next. The final touch was four desserts: tiramisu (lady fingers soaked in coffee, covered with a layer of vanilla cream, and topped with chocolate powder), a raspberry trifle (Charlotte B la framboise), a lemon yule log cake (bûche de noël au citron), and crème brûlée (a dessert with a rich vanilla custard base capped by caramelized sugar).
Dr. Keith Bates talks with history major Emily Littleton at the start of the French Christmas dinner at Dr. Stephen Carls's home on December 10, 2016.
Jordan Sellers (left) and Katherine Cheshire get ready for the French Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016.
Thomas Gray and Allison Pulliam arrive for the French Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016.
Attendees at the history department's annual French Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016, take time for a photo. They are: (first row, left to right) Dr. Stephen Carls, Nancy Thomas, Priscilla Porter, Kathryn Mitchell, and Katherine Cheshire; (second row, left to right) Brenda Briley, Emily Littleton, Beth Adams, Jordan Sellers, Jessica Barton, Seth Reid, Kaylee Gibson, Lisa Bates, Allison Pulliam, and Thomas Gray; (third row, left to right) Dr. Terry Lindley, Luke Adkins, Byron Elam, Buddy Hackett, Robert Briley, Nicholas Hancock, Dr. Keith Bates, Dr. Henry Allen, and Dr. David Thomas.
Attendees at the Phi Alpha Theta Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016, wait for the first course to arrive. They are (left to right, going clockwise) Jordan Sellers, Buddy Hackett, Kathryn Mitchell, Katherine Cheshire, Jessica Barton, and Dr. Terry Lindley.
Guests at the history department's French Christmas dinner pause for a photo at the beginning of the meal. They are (left to right, going clockwise) Allison Pulliam, Thomas Gray, Robert Briley, Priscilla Porter, Brenda Briley, Lisa Bates, Dr. Keith Bates, Byron Elam, and Luke Adkins.
French dinner attendees enjoy the salad and cheese course of the meal on December 10, 2016. They are (left to right, going clockwise) Nicholas Hancock, Dr. Henry Allen, Seth Reid, Kaylee Gibson, Emily Littleton, Beth Adams, Dr. David Thomas, and Nancy Thomas.
Graduating history major Luke Adkins (left) receives the congratulations of Dr. Stephen Carls at the department's Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016, for his successful completion of a bachelor of science program at Union University.
Dr. Stephen Carls (right) congratulates history major Byron Elam on December 10, 2016, on his upcoming graduation from Union with a bachelor of arts degree.
Phi Alpha Theta member Beth Adams receives a Tennessee Great War Commission pin from Dr. Stephen Carls at the history department's Christmas dinner for her service at a Great War Symposium event at Jackson's First Presbyterian Church on November 4, 2016.
Dr. Stephen Carls presents Katherine Cheshire with a Tennessee Great War Commission pin on December 10, 2016, for her contributions to the Great War Symposium event held at Jackson's First Presbyterian Church on November 4, 2016.
Kathryn Mitchell shows off the Tennessee Great War Commission pin she has just received from Dr. Stephen Carls on December 10, 2016, for her work at a Great War Symposium event at Jackson's First Presbyterian Church in early November.
Byron Elam (left to right), Luke Adkins, and Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls watch theater major Priscilla Porter perform an excerpt from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the Phi Alpha Theta Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016.
Phi Alpha Theta member Priscilla Porter recites an excerpt from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night as a part of the history department's Christmas dinner program on December 10, 2016.
Attendees at the history department's Christmas dinner enjoy the introductory remarks of Priscilla Porter as she prepares to present an excerpt from Don Zolidis's Mall Santa Saves the Day. They are (front row, left to right) Emily Littleton, Beth Adams, Dr. David Thomas, and Nancy Thomas; (back row, left to right) Lisa Bates, Brenda Briley, and Robert Briley.
Phi Alpha Theta member Priscilla Porter performs an excerpt from Don Zolidis's Mall Santa Saves the Day as part of the program at the history department's French Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016.
History major Seth Reid accepts his Phi Alpha Theta T-shirt from Dr. Stephen Carls at the history department's Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016. Nicholas Hancock (wearing black, gray, and white plaid shirt) looks on.
Katherine Cheshire accepts a Phi Alpha Theta T-shirt from Dr. Stephen Carls at the history department's French Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016.
Nancy Thomas smiles after receiving a package of Christmas Peeps at the Phi Alpha Theta dinner on December 10, 2016.
Attendees at the Phi Alpha Theta Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016, choose their desserts. In the foreground are (left to right, going clockwise) Priscilla Porter (wearing a black outfit) Dr. Terry Lindley, Luke Adkins, Jordan Sellers (back to camera), and Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls (back to camera), who is serving tiramisu.
Graduating history major Byron Elam talks with Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls at the end of the Phi Alpha Theta Christmas dinner on December 10, 2016.