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Lycoming’s history department offers an intensive and enriching curriculum that helps students cultivate valuable insights about current events through a deep knowledge of the past. A small student-professor ratio helps stimulate thought-provoking class discussion and mentorship. The multitude of exciting study abroad and research opportunities, such as fellowships, summer research grants, and a two-semester research project during senior year, puts Lycoming’s history program on par with some of the most rigorous history programs in the nation. A broad-based education in the humanities helps students flourish as critical thinkers, concise writers, and eloquent speakers who are well equipped for careers in historical societies, education, law, journalism, and civil service, or for further educational pursuits. Student Opportunities: Apply for a summer research grant or a Haberberger Fellowship to fund summer research alongside faculty. Complete a paid residential fellowship at the David Library of the American Revolution. Attend lectures given by guest speakers on behalf of the Ewing Lecture Series. Submit papers for publication in an academic journal or present them at local and national conferences. Intern at local and national institutes such as the Thomas T. Taber Museum in Williamsport, the Gettysburg Museum, Mt. Vernon, or the Smithsonian Institute. Collaborate with fellow Lycoming students as a writer or editor for the Pennsylvania’s Revolutionary Soldiers website. Join the history club or work toward induction into Lycoming’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honor society. Spend a semester abroad or participate in one of Lycoming’s many May Term travel courses, such as The Norman Conquest of England. Gain teaching experience as a tutor for the Academic Resource Center. Graduate Outcomes: A history major, combined with the liberal arts and sciences education, prepares students for a variety of careers. Some of the alumni can be found enrolled in graduate school, pursuing advanced degrees in History, American Studies, Medieval Studies, Education, Information and Library Science, and Law, while others begin their careers immediately upon graduation. Below are some of the places they have found employment and the universities the graduates have been admitted to for master’s and doctoral programs. A&E Network Bushy Run Battlefield Museum The Charleston Museum Fairfax County Public School District The Frick Pittsburgh George Washington’s Mount Vernon George Washington University Lepley, Engleman & Yaw LLC Marvel Entertainment Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Morris Hills Regional School District National Library of Medicine National Park Service NYC Department of Education PA Historical and Museum Commission PA House of Representatives Peace Corps RMC Research Corporation US Armed Forces USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service US Department of Justice US General Services Administration University of Bath University of Chicago University of Pittsburgh William and Mary
