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Professor Brings History Lessons From The Midwest Back To Campus, Julie Mujic Jul 2014

Professor Brings History Lessons From The Midwest Back To Campus, Julie Mujic

Julie Mujic

Sacred Heart University Professor Julie Mujic recently went to Chicago—in the heart of the Midwest—to study American history. Hosted by The Council of Independent Colleges, the seminar was sponsored by of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and co-sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and was designed to assist scholars with both teaching and research. Only 28 full-time history professors were chosen from across the United States to attend, each nominated by his or her chief academic officer.


Prof Begins History Project With Irish American Immigrants, Gerald F. Reid May 2014

Prof Begins History Project With Irish American Immigrants, Gerald F. Reid

Gerald F. Reid

An oral history project has been started with students on the lives of Irish American immigrants. With the help of students from his “Ethnography of Ireland” class, Reid records student interviews with Irish-American immigrants using high-quality digital audio recorders. The recordings and transcripts will then be archived with the Connecticut Irish American Historical Society and, hopefully, at the University as well.


Dr. Rose’S Presidential Field Trip, Gary L. Rose Apr 2014

Dr. Rose’S Presidential Field Trip, Gary L. Rose

Gary L. Rose

Article by Emily Archacki, Assistant News Editor of The Spectrum, detailing a class field trip for Professor Gary Rose’s American Presidency course. The class traveled to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s home and Presidential Library and Museum located in Hyde Park, New York.