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Alicia Callahan Wins Crimson Award

History major Alicia Callahan won the Crimson Award (1st place) in the Arts and Humanities category at SURCA. Her poster presentation, which was based on her Honors thesis, was about the combat experience and traumatic personal memories of the soldiers of the 6th Armored Division, who fought continuously for nine months in the European Theater of WW2 and liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp. Her faculty advisor is Ray Sun. More information may be found here.

Jacob Wells Publishes Article

Jacob Wells (MA 2015; faculty advisor Jesse Spohnholz) has just published an article, “Why Not be Flexible in Assignments?” in Kappan, a journal for K-12 educators. Jacob is the chair of the History Department (and cross-country and track & field coach) for the Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, PA.

https://kappanonline.org/flexible-in-assessments-wells/?fbclid=IwAR29cbpPhijCif7sIFlNH-nlTfVZIYjhSkXtoEW8ESqk6LqxLTtCa2EQtno

Dr. Herzog Presents Virtual Lecture

Shawna Herzog presented a virtual lecture on “Negotiating Abolition: The Antislavery Project in the British Straits Settlements” on March 21. This lecture was open to all undergraduate and graduate students in History, as well as other members of the NIU community. Participants were invited to view the lecture and participate in the discussion session afterward.

Dr. Gaynair Awarded Grant

Marlene Gaynair has been awarded an External Mentor Grant through ADVANCE @ WSU. Marlene will work with Dr. Sarah-Jane (Saje) Mathieu, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, to prepare her book proposal.