{"id":91,"date":"2008-04-28T10:31:47","date_gmt":"2008-04-28T17:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=91"},"modified":"2013-07-31T11:24:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T15:24:17","slug":"historys-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"History&#8217;s best"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>TCNJ\u2019s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the History Student Honors Society, was named \u201cBest Chapter\u201d by its national headquarters. The award, which was earned through outstanding accomplishments in community service, consists of a $250 grant toward the purchase of history books for the College library.<\/p>\n<p>The College\u2019s chapter sponsored a \u201cBooks for Africa\u201d drive last year, collecting over 500 college textbooks to benefit institutions of higher learning in Africa. It also partnered with local historical institutions, including the Ewing Township Historical Preservation Society, the Trenton Historical Society, and the William Green Farmhouse. These partnerships were accompanied by contributions to several historical sites in the area, such as the establishment of a history internship program at Ewing \u2019s Benjamin Temple House and the writing of a self-guided cemetery tour for the historic First Presbyterian Church in Trenton.<\/p>\n<p>TCNJ\u2019s Phi Alpha Theta chapter was active in the campus community as well, sponsoring history faculty lectures, organizing an international dessert night, and establishing a freshman-mentoring program. Members also volunteered at local community events including the Colonial Sampler and the Stop the Wrecking Ball, a gala to support the Trenton Historical Society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe chapter at TCNJ had been dormant for some time,\u201d Executive President <strong>Otto Katt \u201908<\/strong> said. \u201cLast year was a revival year for us, and we accomplished a great deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The College\u2019s chapter is advised by faculty members <strong>Cynthia Paces<\/strong> and <strong>Alejandra Irigoin<\/strong> and consists of nearly 50 student members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.history.pdx.edu\/phialpha\/snake1.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Portland State University\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"30px;\">TCNJ\u2019s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the History Student Honors Society, was named \u201cBest Chapter\u201d by its national headquarters. The award, which was earned through outstanding accomplishments in community service, consists of a $250 grant toward the purchase of history books for the College library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autumn-2007","category-on-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}