Â鶹´«Ã½History Department becomes newest member of Phi Alpha Theta national history honor society

On Tuesday, February 15, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Department of History became newest member of Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honor society. Dr. Debra Mulligan, associate professor of History from Roger Williams College, represented Phi Alpha Theta and delivered the official charter granting UNE's chapter, Alpha Nu Phi. Dr. Mulligan then initiated eight students into Phi Alpha Theta. Inductees included: Betsy DeBrakeleer, Alexandra Armstrong, Jennifer Christman, Aaron Mitchell, Joseph Niman, Jonathan Planer, Joshua Saucier, and Elisabeth Ziemba. Phi Alpha Theta is a national history honor society with 870 chapters across the United States. To be eligible, students must have earned at least a 3.0 gpa overall and a 3.1 gpa in History, have taken at least 12 credits in history, and be nominated by History faculty.

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