History Club and Honor Society

Colorado State University, Theta Chi Chapter 

Meetings are held on alternating Thursdays and Fridays in the Clark Building room B374 unless otherwise indicated. All are welcome!

ABOUT THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION

At CSU the honor society and the history club meet and participate in events jointly. While membership in the honor society requires certain academic criteria, membership in the history club requires only a love of history.

MEETINGS OF THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION

Newcomers and Old Timers are welcome to drop in any time. Occasionally meetings are moved to other venues for special events. Notice of such moves will be posted on our calendar page and on flyers in the History Department hallway, 3rd floor of the B-wing of the Clark Building.

ACTIVITIES OF THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION

See our events section for upcoming events. Also, look for posters in the History Department hallway (B-Wing of the Clark Building).

MEMBERSHIP IN THE THETA CHI CHAPTER OF PHI ALPHA THETA

The Theta Chi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at Colorado State University is open to both undergraduate and graduate students in all majors who meet the following criteria:

• completion of 12 semester credits of history (these may be upper or lower division and may include up to 6 semester credits approved for transfer from another university)
• grade point average of at least 3.1 in history classes (3.5 for graduate students)
• overall grade point average of at least 3.0
• be in the top 35% of the class
• payment of a lifetime membership fee ($40, assessed once)
• participation in planned Theta Chi, Phi Alpha Theta events

Those who are already members of Phi Alpha Theta are warmly welcome to participate in Chapter activities.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL SOCIETY

Phi Alpha Theta is composed of chapters in properly accredited colleges and universities. All students in these institutions who have completed the required number of history courses and are maintaining high standards in their college or university studies are eligible for membership. Phi Alpha Theta is a professional society, the purpose of which is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication, and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians. It seeks to bring students, teachers, and writers of history together both intellectually and socially; and it encourages and assists historical research and publication by its members in a variety of ways.

ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY

Phi Alpha Theta, The National Honor Society in History, was organized March 17, 1921. It is composed of chapters in properly accredited colleges and universities. Since its inception at the University of Arkansas, more than eight hundred chapters and more than 200,000 members have pledged allegiance. The Society's chapters exist in all fifty states. No member of the Association of College Honor Societies can claim more chapters than Phi Alpha Theta.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY

As part of its encouragement of historical study, the Society publishes The Historian, a distinguished historical quarterly whose pages are open to its members for the publication of their studies in all fields of history. It also contains numerous reviews of scholarly books, news of historical activities, and other items of interest. The Historian has the second largest circulation among all historical journals published in the United States. Each initiate receives a one-year subscription as part of the initiation fee.

FOR MORE INFORMATION  

For more information about the Theta Chi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, contact Todd Henry or Judy Gaughan - Faculty Advisors, or see one of the officers (listed above). For more information on the National Honor Society see their webpage.