Sep 24, 2019 - Union’s Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society inducted four new members into the organization at its fall plenary meeting on September 24, 2019. Chapter Vice President Megan Ledbetter conducted the initiation ceremony, President Luke Sower presented the initiates with their certificates of membership, and faculty advisor Dr. Stephen Carls read a letter of congratulations to them from the society’s national office. The inductees were Sandra Allen, Rebekah Lisle, Nicholas Terra, and Johnna Wade.
Sower presided over the business session that ensued. He started by recounting what the chapter had already done since the beginning of the school year, including the provision of volunteers for the Racing So They Can Ride fundraiser to support the Rein-bow Riding Academy’s hippotherapy program in West Tennessee. As for upcoming events, he first mentioned the Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lectureship that will feature Dr. Joan Waugh of UCLA on October 21. Four Delta-Psi chapter members volunteered to serve as ushers at the evening lecture – Sandra Allen, Matthew Latham, Nicholas Terra, and Savannah Wright. Sower then indicated that the chapter would participate in Union’s Day of Remembrance on October 29 by doing a community service project at Liberty Garden Park and Arboretum in Jackson. He also announced that the Phi Alpha Theta/History Department French Christmas dinner would take place on December 7 and Union’s fall graduation on December 14. For his part, Carls highlighted the Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention in San Antonio on January 2-5 and added that the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference would take place at Tennessee Tech University, most likely on April 4. Carls also talked about the opportunities that Phi Alpha Theta members have to win national scholarships and research paper prizes and encouraged attendees to go to www.phialphatheta.org for more information.
Homemade chocolate chip cookies and banana bread, along with Coca-Cola, Sprite and bottled water, were served as refreshments.
Reagan Smith (wearing red T-shirt) talks to Macon Bullock prior to the Phi Alpha Theta initiation/plenary meeting on September 24, 2019. Sandra Allen is on the left. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Attendees at the fall-semester plenary meeting of Phi Alpha Theta on September 24, 2019, wait for the gathering to begin. They are (left to right) Mac Hazlerig, Rebekah Lisle, Leah Atkins, and Dr. Henry Allen. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Phi Alpha Theta President Luke Sower opens the Delta-Psi chapter's fall plenary meeting on September 24, 2019. Chapter Vice President Megan Ledbetter is at his side. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Delta-Psi chapter members of Phi Alpha Theta take time for a photo during their fall plenary meeting on September 24, 2019. They are: (front row, left to right) Leah Atkins, Rebekah Lisle, Addison Osborne, Johnna Wade, Sandra Allen, Savannah Wright, Megan Ledbetter, and Dr. Stephen Carls; (back row, left to right) Reagan Smith, Matthew Latham, Nicholas Terra, Mac Hazlerig, Dr. Henry Allen, Robert Briley, Macon Bullock, and Luke Sower. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Phi Alpha Theta Vice President Megan Ledbetter (right) presides over the induction ceremony at the Delta-Psi chapter's fall plenary meeting on September 24, 2019. The initiates are (left to right) Johnna Wade, Nicholas Terra, Rebekah Lisle, and Sandra Allen. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Sandra Allen accepts her Phi Alpha Theta membership certificate from Luke Sower on September 24, 2019. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Delta-Psi Chapter President Luke Sower presents Rebekah Lisle with her Phi Alpha Theta membership certificate at the chapter's fall initiation/plenary meeting on September 24, 2019. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Nicholas Terra (right) accepts his Phi Alpha Theta membership certificate from Delta-Psi Chapter President Luke Sower at the chapter's fall plenary meeting on September 24, 2019. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Delta-Psi President Luke Sower presents Johnna Wade with her Phi Alpha Theta certificate of membership on September 24, 2019. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Dr. Stephen Carls reads a letter of congratulations from the national office of Phi Alpha Theta to the newly initiated members of the Delta-Psi chapter on September 24, 2019. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Phi Alpha Theta members Mac Hazlerig and Rebekah Lisle follow the proceedings of the Delta-Psi chapter's plenary meeting on September 24, 2019. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Phi Alpha Theta President Luke Sower leads the business segment of the Delta-Psi chapter's fall plenary meeting on September 24, 2019. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Phi Alpha Theta Vice President Megan Lebetter distributes flyers for the 2019 Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lectureship at the plenary meeting of the Delta-Psi chapter on September 24, 2019. Photo by Joey Echeverria
Phi Alpha Theta Matthew Latham relaxes following the end of the Delta-Psi chapter's fall plenary meeting on September 24, 2019. Photo by Joey Echeverria