With a bachelor's degree in history, you will have the critical thinking skills and historical knowledge that can lead you to careers in teaching, government service, public history, pre-law training, broad business opportunities, journalism, and archival positions.
The IUP Story: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, from Normal School to University, by professor emeritus of history Charles Cashdollar '65, will be available in fall 2021. Learn more about the new book and place an advance order online.
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Join department faculty and fellow students at our virtual History Happy Hour. It happens every Wednesday from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.via Zoom. Bring your own snack!
Joseph Mannard’s article “’Our Prospects Are Mighty Dark … Still I Confide in God’: The Ordeal of the Sisters of the Visitation in Antebellum Wheeling” was recognized as the Best Feature Article in the Journal of American Catholic Studies for 2021. This is Dr. Mannard’s second such recognition.
Matthew Gresick ’02 was recently awarded the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History 2020 History Teacher of the Year for Maryland.
The History Department will celebrate its 2020 graduates on Saturday, May 9, at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom. Department and scholarship awards will also be announced during the event.
Samuel J. Richards ’04 recently had his research on Trinity Hall in Washington County published by the Pennsylvania Historical Association. Trinity Hall was an Episcopalian boys’ school that operated in the late 1800s and eventually became what is now Trinity High School.
History students in the Cook Honors College are submitting videos about their lives in isolation, class work online, and how they are managing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
