"Breaking News"

"The EKU History Department Congratulates the Following Annual Departmental Award-Winners:

The William Collins Writing Awards:

For Graduate Students, a tie:

• Glenn Cox, “‘Thus the Religion of Christ Worked to Disintegrate Heathenism’: Missionary Influence and the great Sioux Uprising of 1862.”
• Michael Padgett, “Dwight Morrow and the Cristero Rebellion.”

For Undergraduates:

• Harley Davidson, “Divine Kingship and Royal Daughters.”

The 2009 Kerney Adams Award for the Department's Top Rising Senior goes to:  Erin Cope
The 2009 Quentin Begley Keen Award for the Department's Top Rising Junior goes to:  Amanda Stubblefield

ALSO—Congratulations to our faculty member Dr. Todd Hartch, who not only has been chosen to deliver the 2009 EKU College of Arts and Sciences Roark Lecture, but has also recently received a prestigious Franklin Travel Grant from the American Philosophical Society"

AND—Congratulations also to Dr. Fiona Halloran, who has been accepted to an NEH Summer Institute, titled "American Immigration Revisited," to be held this July in Washington, DC

ALSO congratulations to our newest faculty member Dr. Jackie Jay, who has been accepted to attend the 2009 NEH summer seminar "Buddhist Traditions of Tibet and the Himalayas" in Worcester, Mass.

"FINALLY, congratulations also to our paper winners from the 2009 Kentucky Phi Alpha Theta conference, which we hosted here at EKU:
1st place paper, graduate division:  Glenn Cox
2nd place paper, undergraduate division:  Rob Miller
3rd place paper, undergraduate division:  Harley Davidson"

The Department of History at Eastern Kentucky University is an active community of scholar/teachers and learners engaged in a common pursuit of historical understanding. Our faculty specialize in fields stretching around the globe and across the vast chronological sweep of history. We take great pride in the achievements of our faculty and students alike. As highly active researchers in their fields, our faculty have published more than a dozen major books and scores of journal articles that have made our department an emerging nationally respected center for historical scholarship. Our professors bring the excitement of their cutting-edge research to the classroom, where our small class sizes ensure active faculty-student interaction. We offer three degree-programs: B.A. in History, B.A. in History/Teaching, and M.A. in History. Our graduates have gone on to careers in a broad variety of fields ranging from museum work and public history to law, business, and teaching. We have hundreds of successful alumni teaching in secondary schools across the commonwealth of Kentucky and all around the nation, as well as some who have gone on to earn Ph.Ds and become college and university faculty themselves. Though we are a large, public, comprehensive university, we at Eastern have long been proud of our tradition of delivering high-quality instruction in a personal manner that is responsive to the needs and aspirations of each of our students. Please explore our website, and feel free to e-mail, call, or drop by our offices on the top floor of the Keith Building if you have questions about our department or our programs.

Dr. David Coleman

Chair