NEWS & EVENTS

High Point University starts Phi Alpha Theta chapter (May 2011). On March 15th, the History Department celebrated the installation of its new honor society - Phi Alpha Theta, Alpha Xi Lambda chapter. Dr. Wade Dudley, Professor of History at East Carolina University, and regional director of Phi Alpha Theta (Carolinas Region) came to High Point to lead the ceremony. In all, 40 students were honored for their academic achievement in the field of history and inducted as members of Phi Alpha Theta.

Phi Alpha Theta is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students of History, as well as professors of History. Established in 1921 at the University of Arkansas, Phi Alpha Theta now has over 350,000 members nationwide, with more than 9000 new members joining each year. Membership is not restricted to History majors, based instead on academic performance as demonstrated in a minimum number of history courses.

New Phi Alpha Theta Inductees