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Date range: 10/7/2025 to 10/7/2026 (Past Year to Today)
Three Alumni Present 'Local History in the National Context' October 8
Published: October 1, 2026.
Join 51ÁÔÆæ for a panel presentation: “ Local History in the National Context." The free event begins at 12:30 p.m. October 8 in the University Dining Room on the Romeoville campus. Three history alumni are presenting: Richard Joyce, Lindsey
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Dr. Mark Schultz Argues for a Diverse Curriculum
Published: July 6, 2026.
Dr. Mark Schultz of the History Department published a pedagogy article in The Journal of American History , March, 2026. The article is entitled “ Conservative History? Liberal History? Radical History? To Get Students to Think, Teach it All! ” Schultz
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51ÁÔÆæ History Students Get Published in Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History
Published: May 5, 2026.
Two 51ÁÔÆæ history majors have recently achieved significant scholarly milestones, by publishing original research in the peer-reviewed Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History . Henry Gilson, a history major at 51ÁÔÆæ, published
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Hartmann Presents on 'Culture Wars' at 51ÁÔÆæ
Published: March 30, 2026.
Andrew Hartman, professor of history at Illinois State University, presented “Culture Wars, Then and Now” for the Spring Sczepaniak Endowed Lecture on March 26. Over 70 students, faculty, community members, and administrators attended the event at the
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Andrew Hartman Presents Spring 2026 Sczepaniak Lecture
Published: December 22, 2025.
Andrew Hartman, Professor of History at Illinois State University and author of the recently published "Karl Marx in America", will present the Spring 2026 Sczepaniak Endowed Lecture titled “Culture Wars, Then and Now.” The event will take place on
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51ÁÔÆæ Students Fly to Rome After the Holidays
Published: December 17, 2025.
51ÁÔÆæ students are preparing to depart for their January term in Italy at the start of the new year. From January 1 through 11, 2026, students from programs in aviation, business, nursing, and other majors will take part in the travel study.
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51ÁÔÆæ History Students Volunteer at Joliet Food Pantry
Published: November 24, 2025.
Members of 51ÁÔÆæ’s Phi Alpha Theta Mu Eta Chapter offered their support to the community on November 13 by volunteering at the St. John’s Lutheran Church Food Pantry in Joliet, Ill. For several hours, students Carolin Siedlarczyk, Jake Heidler,
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Veteran Leads in Honoring Canine Warriors of the Vietnam War 50 Years Later
Published: October 27, 2025.
Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War while honoring the service and sacrifice of the military working dogs and the soldiers who served beside them. Attend “Fifty Years Later: Remembering the Canine Warriors of the Vietnam War”
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51ÁÔÆæ Students, Alumna, and Professor Present at the Midwest World History Association Conference
Published: October 14, 2025.
James Moriarty and Henry Gilson, undergraduate students in the 51ÁÔÆæ History program , along with Lindsey Minas, a 51ÁÔÆæ History alumna and current Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences student at the University of Chicago, and Dr.
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Illinois Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte Presents Fall 2025 Szcepaniak Lecture
Published: October 13, 2025.
Known for his powerful explorations of Indigenous identity, Illinois Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band Anishinaabe, will be presenting a poetry reading during the Fall 2025 Szcepaniak Lecture . The event is free and open
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