Twenty-six students to be initiated into Phi Alpha Theta
UALR’s Iota Zeta chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the history honorary society, will initiate twenty-six new members at a banquet on Friday, April 11. In addition to the initiation ceremony, the evening will feature a talk by history professor C. Fred Williams on the topic, “The History Department at UALR: A Memoir.”
To be eligible for membership in Phi Alpha Theta, undergraduate students must complete at least 12 semester hours in History (4 courses) with a GPA of at least 3.1 in History, have a GPA of 3.0 or better overall.
The students being initiated into Phi Alpha Theta are
Jesse Bertram
Michael Joseph Bolzenius
Joshua Adam Bryan
Racheal L. Carter
Toni Renee Coleman
Johnna J. Davis
Nicholas DeSanctis
Sara Ann Manning Drew
David Kyle Ferguson
Grover Cleveland Garrison Jr.
Marc Gibson
Joseph G. Hennington
William Benjamin Hubbard
James Anthony Hutchison
Alexander William Kammerer
Michael Kermmoade
Mohammed H. Khaleel
Kandyce Long
James Anthony Metrailer, Jr.
A. Ivy Renfro
Michael C. Smith
Shenandoah Lei Strojek
Jesse Thill
Tammy Jane Watanabe
Kimberly L. Wessels
Jamie E. Vocque
Phi Alpha Theta has a proud history in this state. The National Honor Society in History was established on March 17, 1921, by Nels Andrew N. Cleven at the University of Arkansas. UALR’s chapter was founded in 1963 and has been in continuous operation since that time.