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KU history department announces 11 new Phi Alpha Theta honor society members

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas chapter of Phi Alpha Theta national history honor society recognized 11 student initiates at a spring-semester reception at the Kansas Union.

Students were invited to join Phi Alpha Theta if they had completed a minimum of 12 credit hours in history courses with a grade-point average of at least 3.1 and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. They do not have to be history majors to be eligible for membership.

Phi Alpha Theta promotes the study of history by encouraging research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians. The chapters offer members opportunities to present historical research at conventions and professional conferences.

Carolyn Nelson, assistant professor of history, is faculty adviser to KU’s Alpha Omicron chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Initiates are listed below by hometown, major, parents’ names (when available) and high school attended.

DOUGLAS COUNTY
From Lawrence 66044 and 66046
Phillip Charles William Ryan Wrigley, senior in anthropology and history, son of Alan Wrigley (66046) and Barbara Wrigley (66044); Lawrence High School.

From Lawrence 66049
Sally Irene Burger, senior in history; Chaffey High School, Ontario, Calif.

Kallie Anne Campbell, junior in history, daughter of Douglas and Rose Campbell; Lawrence Free State High School.

JOHNSON COUNTY
From Gardner 66030 and Liberty, Mo.
Kristen Renee Holdman-Ross, senior in history and history of art, daughter of Sharen Holdman of Liberty, Mo.; Rolla Senior High School, Rolla, Mo.

From Leawood 66209
Jeffrey M. Stocker, senior in history, son of Lawrence and Laura Stocker; Blue Valley North High School.

From Olathe 66061
Lauren Blair Massey, senior in political science, daughter of Tim and Lori Massey; Olathe Northwest High School.

From Overland Park 66224
Charles Howard Koslowsky IV, senior in history with a minor in religious studies, son of Charles and Leslie Koslowsky; Blue Valley High School.

Kari Anne Wolverton, senior in classical languages, daughter of Jeffrey and Christin Wolverton; Blue Valley West High School.

From Roeland Park 66205
Patrick Sullivan De Oliveira, senior in journalism and mass communications (news and information), environmental studies and history with a minor in peace and conflict studies, son of Luiz Carlos and Pat Sullivan De Oliveira.

MINNESOTA
From St. Louis Park 55416
Carolyn E. Selden, junior in communication studies and history, daughter of Susan Selden; Saint Louis Park High School.

MISSOURI
From Liberty 64068 and Gardner, Kan.
Kristen Renee Holdman-Ross. See JOHNSON COUNTY

From Raymore 64083
Caryn Lea Dyer, master’s degree student in urban planning, daughter of William C. Dyer; Notre Dame de Sion High School, Kansas City, Mo.

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