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FB page of the EIU History Department EIU’s Department of History provides students with both variety in curriculum and individualized attention.

Whether your hope after graduation is to teach, move into the world of business, or continue on to graduate or professional school in history, information sciences, law or historical administration, your history degree from EIU will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to be successful. Explore our website (www.eiu.edu/history) for information about student scholarships and awards, c

urriculum and advising, extracurricular activities, faculty achievements and more. Should you wish to visit campus to meet with an advisor or sit in on a class, please contact me directly for an appointment. Come to EIU's History department expecting the best ... you will find it!

05/28/2026

The History Department is happy to announce that Alex Jones is this year's winner of the department's William B. Reid Jr. History Education Scholarship. This award is given each year to an excellent junior or senior History with Teacher Licensure major. Congratulations, Al!

05/13/2026

The department wishes to congraulate all of our Spring 2026 graduates!!! Keep in touch everyone!

05/12/2026

The History Department is happy to announce that Kaitlyn Evans is a winner of the department's Rex Syndergaard Scholarship. These scholarships are awarded each year to outstanding history majors who have an interest in teaching. Congratulations, Katilyn!

05/11/2026

The History Department congratulates the new alumni of its master's program: Connor Boray, McKenna Payton, Charley Lackey, Christopher Sweet, Brent Reardon, Therese Rapp, Olivia Roehri, Wendy Harris, and Alex Pearson.

05/06/2026

The History Department is happy to announce that Skyler McMullen is a winner of a Grieme Family Scholarship. The department awards these scholarships to outstanding sophomore, junior, or senior history majors each year. Congratulations on this achievement, Skyler!

05/05/2026

The History Department is happy to announce that Reese York is a winner of the department's David and Joyce Maurer Scholarship. These awards are given each year to outstanding history majors. Congratulations, Reese!

05/04/2026

The History Department is happy to announce that Ephraim Annis is a winner of the department's prestigious Errett and Mazie Warner Award. These awards are given each year to outstanding junior and senior history majors. Congratulations, Ephraim!

04/30/2026

The History Department is happy to announce that Haley Strempel is a winner of one of a Grieme Family Scholarship. These awards are given by the department to outstanding sophomore, junior, or senior history majors each year. Congratulations on this achievement, Haley!

04/29/2026

The History Department is happy to announce that Jacob Younkin is the winner of our Elisha and Estella Ziegler Baumgartner Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded each year to an outstanding sophomore history major. Congratulations, Jacob!

04/27/2026

The History Department is happy to announce that Mia Robbins is this year's winner of the department's Wolfgang and Barbara Schlauch Scholarship. This award is given each year to an outstanding senior history major who has an excellent academic record and has taken coursework in European and/or world history. Congratulations, Mia!

04/24/2026

On Wednesday, a number of History majors presented their research at EIU's Student Research & Creative Activity Day. Congratulations to all of you!

Taylor Dawkins: "Waco, Government Law Enforcement, and Religious Freedom Disaster." Faculty Mentor: Trevor Burrows

Mycha Donaldson: "Dissenting Voices." Faculty Mentor: Trevor Burrows

Kaitlyn Evans, et al.: "Interpretaciones de la Cultura Española Contemporánea." Faculty Mentor: Kristin Routt

Kendall Holtzhouser: "Victoria Woodhull, In Spite of All: The Conflict Between Spiritualists, Suffragists, and Free Lovers in the Early 1870s." Faculty Mentor: Trevor Burrows

Wyatt Stanley: "Biblically Sanctioning Slavery: An Analysis of Southern Baptist Convention Rhetoric Aimed Towards Continuing Slavery in the Antebellum." Faculty Mentor: Trevor Burrows

Haley Strempel: "Stitches of Faith: Women’s Education and Religion in 18th and 19th Century Needlework Pieces." Faculty Mentor: Trevor Burrows

Alex Ward: "Women to Fear: German Women as Perpetrators in the N**i Concentration Camps." Faculty Mentor: Sace Elder

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600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL
61920

Telephone

+12175813310

Website

http://www.eiu.edu/history/

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