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History major Nicholas Hancock proudly holds his diploma following the Union University commencement services on May 21, 2016. President Samuel W. Dub Oliver congratulates the graduates following the presentation of all diplomas at Union University's commencement services on May 21, 2016. Phi Alpha Theta member Hollie Wilson waits in line to receive her bachelor's degree at Union University's commencement serices on May 21, 2016.
Hannah Conway shows delight after receiving her diploma at Union University's commencement services on May 21, 2016. Allen Bradley returns to his seat after receiving his diploma at Union University's commencement services on May 21, 2016. Phi Alpha Theta member Allen Bradley waits in line to receive his bachelor's degree at Union University's commencement services on May 21, 2016. Olivia Winters stands in line to receive her bachelor's degree at Union University's commencement services on May 21, 2016. History major Nicholas receives congratulations from President Samuel W. Dub Oliver after receiving his diploma at Union University's commencement exercises on May 21, 2016. Lauren Geary gets ready to sit down after receiving her bachelor's degree on May 21, 2016. Graduating history major Nicholas Hancock returns to his seat following his participation in the singing of an anthem with the group Proclamation at Union University's commencement services on May 21, 2016. Dr. Stephen Carls (right) stands with graduating members of Phi Alpha Theta prior to Union University's commencement services on May 21, 2016. The students are (left to right) Nicholas Hancock, Lauren Geary, Hannah Conway, Olivia Winters, and Allen Bradley.
Dr. Stephen Carls congratulates Savannah German on the completion of her master's degree in library science from Texas Woman's University during a program at the history department cookout on May 13, 2016. Dr. Stephen Carls presents a graduation bag to Olivia Winters at the Phi Alpha Theta cookout on May 13, 2016. Dr. Stephen Carls prepares to give a You're Awesome graduation bag to Nicholas Hancock at the Phi Alpha Theta cookout on May 13, 2016. Graduating senior Lauren Geary receives a gift bag from Dr. Stephen Carls at the Annual Phi Alpha Theta/History Department Cookout on May 13, 2016. Dr. Stephen Carls talks about Hannah Conway's years at Union University during a program at the Phi Alpha Theta cookout on May 13, 2016. Dr. Stephen Carls (left) talks about Allen Bradley (right) as a Phi Alpha Theta member at the history department cookout on May 13, 2016. Savannah German (left) and Hannah Conway enjoy the beautiful weather at the Phi Alpha Theta cookout on May 13, 2016. Attendees enjoy a lighthearted conversation at the Phi Alpha Theta/History Department cookout on May 13, 2016. They are (starting on the left, going clockwise) Elizabeth Adams, Olivia Winters, Kathryn Mitchell, Jessica Barton, Lauren Geary, Jordan Sellers, and Dr. David Thomas.
Attendees enjoy beautiful weather, great conversation, and good food at the 24th Annual Phi Alpha Theta/History Department Cookout at Dr. Stephen Carls's home on May 13, 2016. Dr. Stephen Carls grills hamburgers and hot dogs while Dr. Terry Lindley observes at the annual Phi Alpha Theta cookout on May 13, 2016. Jessica Barton (left to right), Lauren Geary, and Olivia Winters make their way around the food table at the 24th Annual Phi Alpha Theta/History Department Cookout on May 13, 2016. Dr. Stephen Carls (left) presents the first place award in the Dr. James Alex Baggett History Research Paper Competition to Seth Reid at Union University's Annual Awards Convocation on May 6, 2016. Photo by Kristi Woody J. Jason Williams (left), the 2016 recipient of the History Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award, stands with Dr. Stephen Carls following the history awards banquet on May 5, 2016. Photo by MiKalla Cotton J. Jason Williams receives congratulations from Dr. Stephen Carls at the history awards banquet on May 5, 2016, as the recipient of the 2016 History Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Dr. Stephen Carls (left) presents a certificate of appreciation to Nicholas Hancock at the history awards banquet on May 5, 2016, for his work as president of Phi Alpha Theta in 2015-2016. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Dr. Stephen Carls (left) presents a certificate of appreciation to Allen Bradley at the history awards banquet on May 5, 2016, for his work as vice president of Phi Alpha Theta in 2015-2016. Photo by MiKalla Cotton
Dr. Keith Bates presents a certificate of commendation and a book to Olivia Winters at the history awards banquet on May 5, 2016, for the excellent paper that she presented at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference on April 2. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Dr. Keith Bates presents a certificate of commendation and a book to Jordan Sellers at the History Department Awards Banquet on May 5, 2016, for the excellent paper she presented at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference on April 2. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Kathryn Mitchell receives a certificate of commendation and a book from Dr. Keith Bates at the history awards banquet for her excellent paper presentation at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference on April 2. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Dr. Keith Bates (left) presents a certificate of commendation and a book to Jeremy Ebert at the history awards banquet on May 5, 2016, for Jeremy's outstanding paper presentation at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference on April 2. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Lauren Geary accepts the second place award in the Dr. James Alex Baggett History Research Paper Competition from Dr. Henry Allen at the history awards banquet on May 5, 2016. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Dr. Henry Allen (left) congratulates Nicholas Hancock for his third place award in the Dr. James Alex Baggett History Research Paper Competition at the history awards banquet on May 5, 2016. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Dr. David Thomas congratulates Olivia Winters at the history awards banquet on May 5, 2016, as he presents her with a History Minor Award. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Dr. David Thomas (left) congratulates Allen Bradley at the history awards banquet on May 5, 2016, as he presents him with a History Minor Award. Photo by MiKalla Cotton
Angie Baker Nichols answers a question about public history at the History Department Awards Banquet on May 5, 2016. Photo by Mikalla Cotton Attendees at the History Department Awards Banquet on May 5, 2016, go through the buffet line. Student Ali Renckens is at the front on the right. Luke Adkins (standing) prepares to make a purchase at the Phi Alpha Theta Franco-American bake sale on April 20. Kathryn Mitchell (left, sitting) and Olivia Winters work as salespersons. Hannah Conway serves as a salesperson at the Phi Alpha Theta bake sale on April 20, 2016. Students pick items to purchase at the Phi Alpha Theta bake sale on April 20, 2016. Hannah Conway (wearing red T-shirt) and Beth Adams (second from left) work as salespersons. Hannah Conway works as a salesperson at the Franco-American bake sale on April 20, 2016 Phi Alpha Theta members join together for a photo during the Delta-Psi chapter's Annual Red T-shirt Spirit Day on April 11, 2015. They are: (front row, left to right) Dr. Stephen Carls, Alexandra Martin, Elizabeth Adams, and Seth Reid; (second row, left to right) Lauren Geary, Kathryn Mitchell, Emily Littleton, Jordan Sellers, and Priscilla Porter; (back row, left to right) Olivia Winters, Dr. Terry Lindley, Stephen Lewoczko, Dr. Henry Allen, Dr. Keith Bates, and Jeremy Ebert. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Dr. Stephen Carls (fourth from left) stands with members of Austin Peay State University's Theta-Delta chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at the end of the society's regional conference on April 2, 2016. The Theta-Delta chapter members are (left to right) Dr. George Pesely, Dr. Kelly Jones, Dr. Minoa Uffelman, Cierra Pegram, Deanna Carter, Alexandria Poppendorf, Robert Boone, Priscilla Gutierrez, and Larissa Dougherty.
Dr. Michael Birdwell of Tennessee Technological University gives the luncheon address on Mud, Blood, and Slumgullion: Tennesseans' Experiences in the Great War at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference on April 2, 2016. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Dr. Minoa Uffelman of Austin Peay State University presents an Austin Peeps basket to Dr. Stephen Carls at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference on April 2, 2016. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Attendees from Tusculum College at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Union University pause for a photo on their way to the conference luncheon on April 2, 2016. They are (left to right) Emily Bernin, Dr. Joel Van Amberg, Zachary Lane, and Billi McKenzie. Dr. Henry Allen comments on papers during a paper panel called The United States from the 1890s to 1920: Imperialism, Prostitution, and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Union University on April 2, 2016. Union's Dr. David Thomas provides commentary for papers presented during a panel entitled Art, Music, and Memory in Modern Times at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Union University on April 2, 2016. Delta-Psi chapter member Olivia Winters presents a paper on A Trio of Death: Yellow Fever Epidemics in Memphis at the 2016 Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Union University on April 2. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Delta-Psi chapter member Jeremy Ebert delivers a paper on Corruption on the Railroad at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Union University on April 2, 2016. Photo by MiKalla Cotton Dr. Terry Lindley serves as the chair/commentator for a panel called American Foreign Policy in the 20th Century: From the Washington Naval Conference to the Vietnam War at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Union University on April 2, 2016.
Delta-Psi chapter member Jordan Sellers presents a paper on The Irish in New York: 1820-1870 at the Phi Alpha Theta regional conference at Union University on April 2, 2016. Delta-Psi chapter member Kathryn Mitchell answers a question about her paper on Clarence Saunders and the Need for a New American Grocery at the Phi Alpha Theta regional conference at Union University on April 2, 2016. Phi Alpha Theta members prepare to have breakfast at the Jackson Old Hickory Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast on March 12, 2016. They are (starting on the left, going clockwise) Allen Bradley, Kathryn Mitchell, Beth Adams, Olivia Winters, Lauren Geary, and Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls. Jackson Old Hickory Rotary Club member James Orman helps in the kitchen at the club's annual pancake breakfast on March 12, 2016. Delta-Psi chapter members Kathryn Mitchell (left) and Beth Adams smile after going through the breakfast line at the Jackson Old Hickory Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast on March 14, 2016. Delta-Psi chapter members join for a photo at the Jackson Old Hickory Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast on March 12, 2016. They are (left to right) Olivia Winters, Lauren Geary, Beth Adams, Kathryn Mitchell, Allen Bradley, Dr. Stephen Carls, and Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls. Dr. Stephen Carls enjoys a light moment at the Phi Alpha Theta plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson Phi Alpha Theta President Nicholas Hancock proudly shows off the Delta-Psi chapter's presidential gavel during the society's plenary meeting on February 22, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson
Phi Alpha Theta Vice President Allen Bradley (left) and President Nicholas Hancock smile while conducting the Delta-Psi chapter's business meeting 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 New Phi Alpha Theta members relax after taking the society's membership oath at the Delta-Psi chapter's spring 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 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 Members of the Union University delegation at the 2016 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention pause for a photo at the T-Rex Café in Disney Springs on January 10, 2016. They are (left to right) Olivia Winters, Kathryn Mitchell, Jordan Sellers, Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls, and Dr. Stephen Carls, Phi Alpha Theta President Stephen Carls extends a thank you to Executive Director Graydon Tunstall at the Presidential Banquet on January 9 for all of Dr. Tunstall's work in coordinating the society's 2016 biennial convention in Orlando, Florida. The student members of Union's delegation at the 2016 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention smile at the beginning of the Presidential Banquet on the evening of January 9. They are (left to right) Olivia Winters, Kathryn Mitchell, and Jordan Sellers. Attendees at the Phi Alpha Theta convention in Orlando, Florida, enjoy food and fellowship at the Presidential Banquet on January 9, 2016.
Members of Union's delegation at the Phi Alpha Theta biennial convention prepare to order lunch in the French bakery at the Walt Disney World Epcot Theme Park in Orlando, Florida, on January 9, 2016. They are (left to right) Jordan Sellers, Olivia Winters, Kathryn Mitchell, and Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls. Kathryn Mitchell answers a question on January 8, 2016, about her paper on Clarence Sanders and the Need for a New American Grocery during a panel session called U.S. Economic History at the Phi Alpha Theta biennial convention in Orlando, Florida. Union students (left to right) Jordan Sellers, Kathryn Mitchell, and Olivia Winters stand amidst numerous kinds of candy at Goofy's Candy Company in Disney Springs on January 7, 2016. Union University group members at the Phi Alpha Theta convention in Orlando, Florida, wait for their meals at Cookes of Dublin Restaurant on January 7, 2016. Jordan Sellers (right) smiles at the end of her paper presentation about The Irish in New York, 1820-1870 on January 7 at the 2016 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention in Orlando, Florida. Panel member Tabitha Moorehead is on the left. Union University's Olivia Winters delivers her paper on A Trio of Death: Yellow Fever Epidemics in Memphis on January 7 as a part of a panel titled Medicine/Public Health during the 2016 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention in Orlando, Florida, on January 6-9. Union University participants at the 2016 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention stand with Mickey Mouse at the opening reception of the conference on January 6. They are (left to right) Jordan Sellers, Kathryn Mitchell, Olivia Winters, and Dr. Stephen Carls. Graduating history major Ashton Hostetler (right) stands with Dr. Stephen Carls prior to Union University's fall commencement services at West Jackson Baptist Church on December 12, 2015.
Attendees at the Phi Alpha Theta Franco-American Christmas dinner listen to Allen Bradley play a song on his shuttle pipes. They are (left to right) Beth Adams, Gideon Ragland, Emily Littleton, and Dr. Keith Bates. Attendees at the Franco-American Christmas dinner on December 5, 2015, listen to Allen Bradley play Amazing Grace on his shuttle pipes. They are (left to right) Dr. Henry Allen, Dr. David Thomas, Karis Lancaster, Nicholas Hancock, and Ashton Hostetler. Allen Bradley plays a Christmas carol on his shuttle pipes at a Phi Alpha Theta Franco-American Christmas dinner on December 5, 2015. Dr. Stephen Carls (right) congratulates Ashton Hostetler at the Franco-American Christmas dinner on December 5, 2015, for Ashton's successful completion of a bachelor's degree in history at Union University. Dr. Stephen Carls begins the evening program at the Franco-American Christmas dinner on December 5, 2015. Attendees at the Franco-American Christmas dinner on December 5, 2015, join together for a group photo at the beginning of the evening. They are: (front, kneeling) Dr. Stephen Carls; (seated, left to right) Beth Adams, Kathryn Mitchell, Priscella Porter, and Karis Lancaster; (standing, third row) Allen Bradley, Nancy Thomas, Jordan Sellers, Emily Littleton, Gideon Ragland, Dr. Terry Lindley, and Becky Lindley; (back row, left to right) Ashton Hostetler, Dr. David Thomas, Nicholas Hancock, Dr. Keith Bates, Dr. Henry Allen, and Haelim Allen. Hostess Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls took the photo. Phi Alpha Theta Chapter President Nick Hancock (right) presents a Best Chapter Award check to Library Director Anna Beth Morgan at a special ceremony in Union's library on December 3, 2015. In the background are Delta-Psi Chapter Faculty Advisor Dr. Stephen Carls (left) and Vice President Allen Bradley. Gideon Ragland (left) and Devin Dean look at a scrapbook about the Battle of Britton's Lane at the end of a Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored community service project at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Jordan Sellers sweeps the floor of a cabin room at Britton Lane Battlefield during a Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored community service project on November 3, 2015. Katherine Cheshire (left) brushes cobwebs off a piece of furniture inside a cabin room at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015. Sweeping the floor behind her is Beth Adams. Britton Lane Battlefield Association President Jim Weaver (front left) talks about the battle of Britton's Lane during a Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored community service project at Britton's Lane on November 3, 2015. Nicholas Hancock pulls the lanyard (trigger cord) to fire a cannon at a Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored community service project at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015. Emily Littleton uses a priming wire to ready a cannon for firing at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015. Others in the foreground of the photo are Priscilla Porter (left), James Price (second from right), and Logan Smith (right, back to camera). Priscilla Porter swabs out the barrel of a just-fired cannon at a Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored community service project at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015. Emily Littleton (arm on the right), wearing an artillery thumbstall, covers the barrel vent to prevent hot ashes or other residue from blowing up the vent and causing a risk to everyone around the cannon. Participants in the history department's community service project at Britton Lane Battlefield join together with their hosts for a photo after being divided into four groups for hands-on cannon firings. Pictured in the photo are: (left to right) Logan Smith, Allen Bradley, Emily Littleton, Priscilla Porter, Dr. Keith Bates, Dr. David Thomas, Jessica Barton, Beth Adams, Gideon Ragland (front, dressed in blue), Stephen Lewoczko, Dr. Henry Allen, Ali Renckens, Nicholas Hancock (behind Renckens), host Jim Weaver, Dr. Terry Lindley, Devin Dean, Katherine Cheshire, Jordan Sellers, Hannah Conway, and host James Price. Dr. David Thomas (third from right), Priscilla Porter (second from right), and Jessica Barton (right) wait in the Jones Suite of Union's PAC building for the start of a Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored community service project at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015. In the background are Nicholas Hancock (left) and Logan Smith.
Dr. Robert Citino talks on The Big Collapse: The German Army in 1945 in the G. M. Savage Memorial Chapel on the evening of October 29, 2015. Dr. Robert Citino answers a history question at a dinner in his honor at Union University on October 29, 2015. Members of the history department stand with Dr. Robert Citino (second from left) during an afternoon coffee break on October 29, 2015. The Union faculty members are (left to right) Dr. Terry Lindley, Dr. Henry Allen, Dr. David Thomas, and Dr. Stephen Carls. Dr. Stephen Carls thanks Dr. Robert Citino for his afternoon lecture on October 29, 2015. Dr. Robert Citino lectures on Culture for Defeat: The German Way of War in the Twentieth Century on the afternoon of October 29, 2015. Dr. Robert Citino, the 2015 Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer, stands by Sauls Mound, a prehistoric Native American ceremonial site, at Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park on the morning of October 29, 2015. A mirror captures Nicholas Hancock (left) and Jonmark Hetrick engaged in conversation during the Phi Alpha Theta Best Chapter Award pizza party on October 16, 2015. Allen Bradley (left to right), Jonmark Hetrick, and Niicholas Hancock enjoy their dinners together at the Best Chapter Award pizza party on October 16, 2015.
Attendees at the Phi Alpha Theta Best Chapter Award pizza party take time for a photo at the beginning of the event on October 16, 2015. They are: (left to right) Jordan Sellers, Dr. David Thomas, Priscilla Porter, Jonmark Hetrick, Kathryn Mitchell, Emily Littleton, Robert Briley, Nicholas Hancock, Ashton Hostetler, Allen Bradley, and Trae Hall. Phi Alpha Theta members Priscilla Porter (left) and Jordan Sellers await the start of the Best Chapter Award pizza supper on October 16, 2015. The Delta-Psi chapter's 2015 Phi Alpha Theta Best Chapter Award certificate rests on a display table at the chapter's homemade pizza party on October 16, 2015. Delta-Psi President Nicholas Hancock (right) puts the chapter's 2015 Phi Alpha Theta Best Chapter Award in a history department display case on September 23, 2015, while Vice President Allen Bradley shows his enthusiasm for the chapter's success with a smile. The chapter received news of their 13th straight Best Chapter Award on September 18. Phi Alpha Theta participants at the Racing So They Can Ride event on September 19, 2015, enjoy food and fellowship together at Panera Bread Company after the races. They are (left to right) Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls, Gideon Ragland, Nicholas Hancock, Robert Briley, and Dr. Stephen Carls. Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls, a competitor in the 5k race at the Racing So They Can Ride event on September 19, 2015, gets a high five from Phi Alpha Theta race volunteer Robert Briley. Phi Alpha Theta members Nicholas Hancock (left) and Gideon Ragland get ready to guide people along the race course at the Racing So They Can Ride 5k and 10k runs on September 19, 2015. Phi Alpha Theta volunteers at the Racing So They Can Ride event on September 19, gather for a photo prior to the start of the 5k and 10k races. They are (left to right) Dr. Henry Allen, Gideon Ragland, Nicholas Hancock, Robert Briley, and Dr. Stephen Carls.
Union University history graduate and Phi Alpha Theta member Savannah German talks about her experiences at the 2012 Phi Alpha Beta Biennial Convention in Orlando, Florida, during the Delta-Psi chapter's fall plenary meeting on September 14, 2015. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson Priscilla Porter accepts her Phi Alpha Theta membership certificate from Delta-Psi President Nicholas Hancock at the society's fall initiation/plenary meeting on September 14, 2015. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson New Phi Alpha Theta members show off their certificates of membership following their induction ceremony into the national history honor society at the Delta-Psi chapter's fall meeting on September 14, 2015. They are (left to right) Gideon Ragland, Jordan Sellers, Kathryn Mitchell (seated) Priscilla Porter, Beth Adams, and Thomas Gray. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson New Phi Alpha Theta members get ready for their initiation into the national history honor society at the Delta-Psi chapter's meeting on September 14, 2015. They are (left to right) Thomas Gray, Beth Adams, Jordan Sellers, Priscilla Porter, Gideon Ragland, and Kathryn Mitchell. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson Members of Union's Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta join together for a photo at the society's fall plenary meeting. They are: (seated, left to right) Savannah German, Kathryn Mitchell, Hannah Conway, Gideon Ragland, Thomas Gray, and Beth Adams; (standing, left to right) Nicholas Hancock, Dr. Stephen Carls, Olivia Winters, Jordan Sellers, Hollie Wilson, Robert Briley, Dr. Henry Allen, Priscilla Porter, Ashton Hostetler, and Allen Bradley. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson Delta-Psi Chapter President Nicholas Hancock (right) welcomes Phi Alpha Theta members to the chapter's fall initiation/plenary meeting on September 14, 2015. On the left is Vice President Allen Bradley. Photo by Elizabeth Wilson History students (left to right) Hannah Conway, Kathryn Mitchell, Lauren Geary, and Livvy Winters pause for a photo at the History Welcome Reception on August 31, 2015. Phi Alpha Theta member Emily Littleton (center) talks to Dr. Keith Bates at the History Welcome Reception on August 31, 2015, while history major Laura Beth Russell (right) checks out information on her i-phone.
Dr. David Thomas (left) talks to Thomas Gray at the History Welcome Reception on August 31, 2015. Photo by Kristi Woody Nicholas Hancock (second from right), the president of Union's Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, smiles for the camera at the History Welcome Reception on August 31, 2015. Others in the photo are (left to right) Seth Reid, Abbey Peecher, and Brianna Hammond. Attendees relax at the History Welcome Reception on August 31, 2015. They are (left to right) Dr. Terry Lindley, Dr. Henry Allen, Dr. David Thomas, and history major Jordan Sellers. Dr. Keith Bates (left) converses with Dr. David Thomas at the History Welcome Reception on August 31, 2015. History students Jordan Sellers and Laura Beth Russell make their way through the serving line at the History Welcome Reception on August 31, 2015. Union students enjoy a light moment together at the history department display booth during the Student Organizations Fair on August 17, 2015. They are (left to right) Phi Alpha Theta President Nicholas Hancock, Nathan Van Neste, and Noah Miller. History student representatives talk to classmates at the history display table during the Student Organizations Fair on August 17, 2015. They are: Rutledge Honorary History Club President Kathryn Mitchell (left); Phi Alpha Theta President Nicholas Hancock (third from left); and Phi Alpha Theta Vice President Allen Bradley (second from right). History student organization officers represent the history department at Union's Student Organizations Fair on August 17. They are (left to right) Rutledge Honorary History Club President Kathryn Mitchell, Phi Alpha Theta President Nicholas Hancock, and Phi Alpha Theta Vice President Allen Bradley.