Feb 28, 2022 - Union’s Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society conducted its spring initiation/plenary meeting on February 28, 2022. The first agenda item after Chapter President Nicholas Terra opened the gathering was the induction of Makayla Baker and Breanna Edmiston into the society. Vice President Tad Binkley led them in the initiation oath, Terra presented them with their membership certificates, and Dr. Stephen Carls completed the ceremony by reading a letter of congratulations from the society’s national office.
President Terra presided over the business part of the meeting, which began with the election of officers for the 2022-2023 school year. The students elected were: Tad Binkley, president; Breanna Edmiston, vice president; Jack Jenkins, secretary; Makayla Baker, senator; and Anna Yadkowski, senator. Carls talked about Phi Alpha Theta scholarships and paper prizes at the national level and highlighted the Arkansas Phi Alpha Theta Regional Virtual Conference at Harding University on April 2; he reminded attendees that information about the regional conference had already been sent to them twice. Terra encouraged attendees to participate in the annual Phi Alpha Theta T-Shirt Spirit Day on Monday, April 11, and he provided detailed information about the History Department Awards Program on Thursday, April 28.
Refreshments consisted of homemade Scottish shortbread and bottled water. Nine people attended the event.
Delta-Psi Chapter Vice President Tad Binkley leads the induction ceremony for the two newest members of Phi Alpha Theta at Union University - Makayla Baker (left) and Breanna Edmiston - at the chapter's initiation/plenary meeting on February 28, 2022. Photo by Stephen Carls
Makayla Baker (left) and Breanna Edmiston take the Phi Alpha Theta membership oath at the Delta-Psi chapter's spring initiation/plenary meeting on February 28, 2022. Photo by Stephen Carls
Phi Alpha Theta member Anne Adams watches the Phi Alpha Theta membership induction ceremony at the Delta-Psi chapter's spring initiation/plenary meeting on February 28, 2022. Photo by Stephen Carls
Delta-Psi President Nick Terra presents Makayla Baker with her Phi Alpha Theta certificate of membership at the chapter's spring initiation/plenary meeting on February 28, 2022. Photo by Stephen Carls
New member Breanna Edmiston accepts her Phi Alpha Theta membership certificate from Delta-Psi President Nick Terra at the society's spring initiation/plenary meeting on February 28, 2022. Photo by Stephen Carls
The newly elected Delta-Psi chapter officers for 2022-2023 stand together during Union's Phi Alpha Theta spring initiation/plenary meeting on Febuary 28, 2022. They are (left to right): Breanna Edmiston, vice president; Jack Jenkins, secretary; Tad Binkley, president; Makayla, senator; and Anna Yadkowski, senator. Photo by Stephen Carls
Attendees at Union's Phi Alpha Theta spring meeting on February 28, 2022, join together for a photo. They are (left to right) Tad Binkley, Jack Jenkins, Anne Adams, Breanna Edmiston, Makayla Baker, Anna Yadkowski, Nick Terra, and Dr. Henry Allen. Photo by Stephen Carls