SPRING 2010
307 Marting Hall
Phone: 440-826-2076
Fax: 440-826-3264
HIS 461 HISTORIOGRAPHY
All history majors, except Evening/Weekend students, must take HIS 461 (Historiography). We recommend the course be taken in your senior year. It can only be taken after completing a minimum of 17 hours in History unless the instructor gives his/her consent.
YOU MUST TAKE HIS 461 IN ORDER TO MEET YOUR HISTORY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO GRADUATE.
DEPARTMENT THESIS/PROJECT
If you are a junior or senior and are planning to enter a graduate program, you may want to do a department thesis/project (HIS 491, 492). Please contact the Chair to learn about the requirements.
IMPORTANT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION FOR ALL DAY HISTORY MAJORS
The History Department is currently running an assessment program to help us determine the progress that students are making within the major in history. As part of this program, students take the freshman assessment exam their first year and the comp when in their last year. The second part of this program is the collection of a portfolio of written material from each year the student is at B-W, so we can evaluate writing and research abilities. Ideally, the portfolio will include an example of the student’s best work from each year. All students are asked to participate. Please select from among your GRADED written history papers, reviews, or exam essays an example of your best work to be included in your portfolio, and give it to Dr. Gesink (she has a mailbox in the History Dept. Office) before the end of Spring Semester 2010.
GRADUATION APPLICATIONS
Seniors should apply for graduation as soon as possible. If you have not submitted an application, please get one at the Registrar’s Office in Bonds Hall and return it to them promptly. The forms are also available on the Registrar’s Web site under Documents.
When you receive your degree evaluation, make an appointment with your advisor to review it. If there are any problems, they need to be dealt with immediately!
HISTORY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for a History major are listed on the History Department website and on Blackboard.
Students majoring in history may prepare to teach in the secondary schools. Details of courses necessary to become licensed may be obtained from the Department of History or the Division of Education.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
You need to see your advisor in order to have your schedule for next semester approved. Advisors will post appointment charts on their office door/bulletin board just prior to registration.
PHI ALPHA THETA NEWS
An initiation ceremony of new members will take place on Sunday, April 11 at 2:00 in MART 114. Two awards will be presented at the ceremony: the Barone-Clary-Moore Award and the Phi Alpha Theta Award.
A meeting will be held after the initiation and officers for 2010/2011 will be elected. A reception will take place in the Marting-Treuhaft Lounge for initiates and their guests.
An application to join Phi Alpha Theta will be included with the Fall 2010 newsletter, and an induction will be held again in Spring 2011.
Requirements for induction for next year are:
12 hours of history completed by the end of Fall 2010
(Transfer credits as well as 3 CLEP OR AP credits count if the AP test score is a 4 or 5.)
3.1 average in history
3.0 average in all non-history courses
$55.00 induction fee,
payable to “Baldwin-Wallace College.” It is due when submitting the application. ($40.00 for the
International headquarters and $15.00 for the local chapter).
Dr. Connie Evans is chapter advisor.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SPRING 2010
The History Major Senior Comprehensive Exam will be given one more time during Spring Semester 2010:
March 22, 2010 (Mon.) 3:45-5:15 p.m. MART 104
The exam will consist of 100 multiple-choice questions geared slightly above the 101, 102, 121, 122, 151 and 152 level. In the event of a failing grade, there will be only one opportunity to take the exam a second time. Should a student fail the exam twice, alternatives to meeting the requirement will be at the discretion of the Department of History.
Please call (826-2076) or email (jhaag@bw.edu) to let her know which date you'll take the exam. When you call or email, please let her know if you'll be taking an exam which covers European History or World History. In other words, if you took HIS 121 and 122, you'll want to take the European exam. If you took HIS 101 and 102, you'll want to take the World exam. Study suggestions can be found on Blackboard under Documents – Comprehensive Exam.
WARNING!!! FINANCIAL AID ALERT!!!
Students who are planning to student teach and have completed all other requirements for a history major and graduation, and are receiving financial aid, should know that if the comp is taken and passed, you will have completed all the requirements for the major and will not be eligible for financial aid while student teaching.
Double majors should note that completion of the other major will also make you ineligible for financial aid while student-teaching.
The Senior Comprehensive Exam, which is required of all day history majors, will be given twice during Fall Semester 2010. The dates will be announced before the end of this semester.
The Senior Comprehensive Exam, which is required of all day history majors, will be given twice during Fall Semester 2010. The dates will be announced before the end of this semester.
STUDY SUGGESTIONS FOR THE COMP
Please feel free to look at the study suggestions sheet for the comprehensive, found in the Blackboard site for History majors and minors under Documents.
SENIOR LEARNING STATEMENT
The Learning Statement is required of all senior day history majors and minors. It must be completed and delivered to Jean Haag, Marting 307 or jhaag@bw.edu. If you do not complete this Statement, you will not graduate...so we recommend you do it as soon as you have time. You will find the form under Documents on Blackboard.
Although this is not required of our Evening/Weekend majors and minors, we ask that you submit one to us.
FRESHMAN FORGIVENESS POLICY
A course that a student takes during the first 32 credit hours of his or her enrollment at Baldwin-Wallace College can be repeated. The grade obtained in the first attempt is removed from the calculation of the GPA and is designated with a symbol (*) signifying that the course was repeated and that the original grade is not included in the GPA calculation. The grade obtained on the second attempt is used to calculate the GPA, even if it is lower than the first attempt.
A course can only be repeated once under this policy. The credits of the repeated course count only once toward graduation requirements.
This policy does not apply to students transferring 32 or more credit hours; it applies, however, to students who are transferring fewer than 32 credit hours, as long as the course that is repeated was taken at Baldwin-Wallace College before the student earned 32 credits.
A course must be repeated at Baldwin-Wallace College the following semester, or the semester during which it is next offered, for the student to be able to benefit from this policy. Any course can be repeated under this policy, as long as the first attempt was taken at B-W within the first 32 credit hours of college work of the student.
Please see your advisor if you have questions.
ALUMNI NEWS
Please stay in touch with us after graduation and let us know what you are doing: teaching, grad school, marriage, children, etc. We hope to hear from you!
1992
Donna Brinker Potter and her husband Drew celebrated the birth of their son, Charles Alexander (Alec) on November 4, 2009.
1993
Nancy Fogel West authored the book “To Dwell with Fellow Clay: The Story of the East Cleveland Township Cemetery. The book was published by AuthorHouse in 2007.
1998
Kris Boey, Delaware, was named the 2008 Great Lakes Region men’s coach of the year for indoor track and field. His Ohio Wesleyan teams won women’s indoor and men’s outdoor titles in 2007-2008.
2005
Bill Wurl received his Masters of Arts in History from Kent State University in December, 2009.
2006
Mary Assad, Seven Hills, received a Master of Arts degree in English from Case Western Reserve University in May, 2009
2009
Brandon Mathias has a graduate assistantship at the University of Akron in the Economics Program.
We enjoy hearing from our alums…please drop us a line if you see this newsletter online and let us know how and what you are doing. We’ll be more than happy to put you on our newsletter mailing list if you’d like to receive a copy in the U.S. mail or by email.
FACULTY NEWS
Dr. Indira Gesink had a book published: Islamic Reform and Conservatism: Al-Azhar and the Evolution of Modern Sunni Islam, London: I. B. Tauris, 2009). She received an Ohio Magazine Excellence in Education Award for 2009.
Dr. Gesink will be on maternity leave this coming fall semester 2010. She will be available for advising questions by email, but her advisees should make appointments with another history professor to approve their schedules.
Dr. Robert Montgomery presented a paper titled “Buryats in the 1905 Revolution and its Aftermath” at the 41st National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in Boston in November 2009.
Dr. Steve Siry served on the Board of Judges for the District 3 History Day contest at Case Western Reserve University on March 13, 2010. This was a part of the National History Day program.
SUMMER JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS
Please take a look at the Blackboard Majors/Minors site if you are interested in history-related summer jobs or internships.
GRADUATING SENIORS
Congratulations on completing your degree at B-W! We give you our very best wishes.
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Take a look at the bulletin board in classroom 103 for graduate school application information and brochures. We will post brochures as they become available. Many include postcards that you can send to the college for information.
GOING TO GRADUATE SCHOOL?
EMAIL - GRADUATING SENIORS
Your B-W email account will remain active for one full semester (about six months) after graduation; you will also have access to Blackboard during that time. You will receive an email warning about two weeks before your account is to be deleted. If you would like an extension because you need a professional email address for job applications, or for other academic reasons, reply to the email with a request and rationale for keeping the account open.
A NOTE FROM JEAN
I will be working Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays during June and July if you need to contact me for anything.
Have a wonderful, relaxing and safe summer!
LET US KNOW IF WE CAN HELP YOU
Mrs. Jean Haag, Office Manager: Marting 307, 440-826-2076, jhaag@bw.edu
Or contact any member of the History Department:
| Dr. Connie Evans 826-2282 csevans@bw.edu |
Dr. Robert Montgomery 826-2299 rmontgom@bw.edu |
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Dr. Indira Gesink, Chair |
Dr. Steven Siry 826-2141 ssiry@bw.edu |
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Dr. Rachel Boaz |
Prof. Tim Mieyal |
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Prof. Jennifer Tobin |
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Dr. Louis Barone |
Dr. Edgar Moore |
275 Eastland Rd.