Phi Alpha Theta
ALPHA NU GAMMA Chapter
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo
Welcome
We are a professional society whose mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians. We seek to bring students, teachers and writers of history together for intellectual and social exchanges, which promote and assist historical research and publication by our members in a variety of ways.
For more information about Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society, please visit their website.
Our Chapter
The Alpha Nu Gamma chapter at Cal Poly is now beginning its second year and we are excited to be planning a number of events for students interested in history.
Officers (2011-12)
President - Alexandra Schindler
Vice president - Ondy Pagan
Secretary - Liz Goralka
Treasure - Renee Hamilton
Outreach - Mindy McKenzie and Wyatt Oroke
Fundraising - Ashlyn James
Membership
To become a member please fill out the application, which is available in the History Department office. Undergraduate members are required to have a 3.3 GPA in at least 16 units of history with a 3.1 GPA overall. Membership for graduate students requires a 3.5 GPA in at least 16 units of history. Non-majors who meet these requirements are welcome.
Events
To learn more about Phi Alpha Theta's local events, please see our Events page.
The Forum
The Forum is Phi Alpha Theta's national award winning history journal. It is written, designed and produced solely by students and epitomizes Cal Poly's "Learn by Doing" mantra.
Chapter News
Student-Produced Journal The Forum Wins Another National Award
We are very pleased to announce that Volume 3 of The Forum, our student-produced historical journal, has won another national award. It has been awarded 2nd prize (print category) in the 2011 Gerald D. Nash History Journal Award given by the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society national headquarters, which represents 860 chapters nationwide.
Phi Alpha Theta Executive Director, Dr. Graydon A. Tunstall, University of Southern Florida, in the letter of notification to Dr. Tom Trice, co-advisor (with Dr. Molly Loberg) of The Forum, praised the "time and effort your chapter devotes to produce such an outstanding historical journal. The continued high quality of your publication clearly exemplifies the dedication of you and your peers to the study of history."
The History Department is very proud of our students and their excellent work, which is just one example of how the Cal Poly philosophy of "Learn By Doing" works in the study of history.
The contents of The Forum, Volumes 1-3 are available at the Digital Commons @ Cal Poly website:
http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/forum/
This makes two award-winning volumes in a row for The Forum; in 2010, Volume 2 was awarded 1st prize in the electronic journal category and 3rd prize in the print journal category of the Nash History Journal Award.
Congratulations again to all the students who worked so hard on this volume of The Forum!
Learn more about The Forum: Journal of History