{"id":9772,"date":"2012-01-23T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T22:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=9772"},"modified":"2012-01-23T09:23:05","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T15:23:05","slug":"history-honor-society-represents-austin-peay-state-university-well-at-national-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2012\/01\/23\/history-honor-society-represents-austin-peay-state-university-well-at-national-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"History honor society represents Austin Peay State University well at National Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Deanna Carter, an Austin Peay State University history graduate student, felt a little like a celebrity. Whenever she walked through the lobby of the Hilton at Orlando\u2019s Walt Disney World resort, people would stop their conversations and glance over at it.<\/p>\n

Their attention was likely focused on her gray blazer, which had the words \u201cAustin Peay State University Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society\u201d stitched across the front.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were people from as far as California there and from some very prestigious schools, such as Carnegie Melon University, and they all knew us,\u201d Carter said.<\/p>\n

\"APSU<\/a>

APSU alum Jennifer Montgomery, APSU graduate student Deanna Carter, APSU associate professor of history Dr. Minoa Uffelman, APSU student Robin Sloan and APSU student Sammy Weakley gather at the national Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Conference earlier this month.<\/p><\/div>\n

She went to Florida in early January to attend the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society\u2019s 2012 Biennial Convention, and the other attendees were curious to meet members of this \u201clittle\u201d club from Clarksville, Tenn., that had earned best chapter in the nation awards three years in a row.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA professor came up to us and said \u2018oh you just have a phenomenal chapter,\u2019\u201d Robin Sloan, APSU history student, said. \u201cIt was nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The attendees wishing to get a closer look at this chapter weren\u2019t let down. In true APSU PAT fashion, the local organization had three students and two alumnae present papers at the conference. And chapter adviser, associate professor of history Dr. Minoa Uffelman, gave a special presentation on how to have a successful chapter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI shared information on our successful chapter, the activities we do,\u201d Uffelman said. \u201cI talked about our (scholarly) journal, and I told them not to underestimate the fun activities too.\u201d<\/p>\n

At this year\u2019s conference, Carter, the APSU chapter\u2019s president, presented a paper titled \u201cThe Ladies Hermitage Association: Efforts to Keep the Memory of the War of 1812 Alive.\u201d Sloan\u2019s paper, \u201cThe Industrial Revolution and Shifting European Society,\u201d spurned discussions about old laws applying to current technological advances. And APSU undergraduate student Sammy Weakley discussed the personal life of the most famous Confederate Army general with her paper, \u201cRobert E. Lee, Family Man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t have much interaction with his family,\u201d she said. \u201cHe really wasn\u2019t that great of a husband.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sloan and Weakley admitted to being a little nervous because they\u2019d never presented at a scholarly conference before, but Uffelman was quick to reassure them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were prepared. They were all dynamite,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The group spent three days at the conference, and their ability to attend was another source of jealousy among the other participants. That\u2019s because the APSU students received full funding by the University to attend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had funding from student affairs,\u201d Carter said. \u201cTammy Bryant (director of student affairs) and Cindy McElroy (student affairs administrative assistant) helped us out a great deal. Dr. Dewey Browder (chair of the APSU history department) was extremely generous and Pam Allen (history department administrative assistant) was helping coordinate with student affairs. Without their help, could we have done it? No.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I said our university completely funded our trip,\u201d Sloan added, \u201cboth the girls on my panel looked at me like, \u2018Are you kidding?\u2019 They took care of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Academic conferences provide vital opportunities and experiences for college students wishing to continue on with either graduate study or professional academic careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhi Alpha Theta is the vehicle through which we are able to network with our future colleagues,\u201d Carter said. \u201cAnd if Dr. Uffelman didn\u2019t see to it that we get there, we wouldn\u2019t go to these conventions and present and have these forward-looking opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on the convention or the local PAT chapter, contact Uffelman at uffelmanm@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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