Mackenzie Brown Earns Membership in History Honor Society

2017 Apr 26

Mackenzie Brown of Summit, NY, was inducted into the SUNY Oneonta Alpha-Kappa-Iota chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, during a ceremony on April 7.

Brown is majoring in Adolescence Ed: Social Studies at SUNY Oneonta.

Phi Alpha Theta is an American honor society for undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors of history, and is the second oldest such society in the United States. The society has more than 350,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters. Phi Alpha Theta was established on March 17, 1921 at the University of Arkansas by Professor Nels Cleven.

Membership is not limited to history majors. To be eligible, undergraduate students must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours in history, achieve a minimum grade-point average of 3.1 in history and a GPA of 3.0 or better overall. A maximum of three credit hours of online, transfer or AP credits may be applied to the membership eligibility requirement.