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TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY
PHI ALPHA THETA
Eta Nu Chapter
General Information
PURPOSE:
To recognize and encourage excellence in the study of history.
ELIGIBILITY:
Undergraduate students must have junior standing or better, must rank in the upper thirty-five percent of their class, must have at least 12 semester hours in history with an average grade of better than B in all history courses and an average of B in two-thirds of the remainder of of the work.
MAJOR ACTIVITIES:
Publication of The Historian, a quarterly journal of history, a Newsletter issued three times yearly; establishment of nine annual scholarships covering student members entering graduate school and those taking advanced graduate work; sponsorship of an annual contest for papers on historical subjects by awarding six annual prizes covering both undergraduate and graduate student levels; annual grants of $500 each for the best book in history published by a member, one award for the first such book published and the second award for a subsequent book published by a member; six annual awards for the best chapter in each category of college enrollment; an annual publication of the best manuscript in the field of history submitted by a member during the current year; annual regional meetings; two annual grants, each of $1,000, one grant for advanced work by a faculty advisor and one grant for advanced work by a graduate student.
For more information, please contact:
Department of History and Government
PH: 940.898.2133
LOC: CFO #614
ADD: P.O. Box 425889, Denton, TX 76204
FAX: 940.898.2130
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