Featured Students – History /history Tue, 28 May 2019 13:45:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 James Horning Receives Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Service /history/2018/01/19/james-horning-receives-award-for-outstanding-academic-achievement-and-service/ /history/2018/01/19/james-horning-receives-award-for-outstanding-academic-achievement-and-service/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:32:08 +0000 http://www.montclair.edu/history/?p=446 Congratulations to James Horning. On Sunday, May 22, he was presented with one of the Outstanding Academic Achievement and Service Awards during the Humanities Convocation ceremony. The award recognizes students who embody the intellectual values of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

James Horning graduates with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a minor in Pre-Law studies. Horning earned a cumulative GPA of 3.92.

An active participant in the campus community, Horning is a member of the 星空无限传媒 University Pre-Law Society, Golden Key International Honor Society, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Sigma Alpha Lambda Organization, and Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society). He is also a presidential member of the National Society of Leadership and Success.

In the spring of 2015, Horning was the induction ceremony speaker at the National Society of Leadership and Success Induction Ceremony and he also received the National Engaged Leader Award.

In addition to balancing his studies and commitments at the University, Horning volunteers weekly at his local recycling center and co-leads a support group for Scleroderma.

Horning will be attending Law School in the Fall.

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Sarah Shelley – Volunteer Tour Guide at a Local Historical House /history/2018/01/17/sarah-shelley-tour-guide-at-the-hamilton-house-museum/ /history/2018/01/17/sarah-shelley-tour-guide-at-the-hamilton-house-museum/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:39:39 +0000 http://www.montclair.edu/history/?p=420 Sarah Shelley, class of 2019, has always loved history. So it makes sense that she became a history major in fact, she enjoys her classes and the humanities so much that she also signed up for a second major — in classics — as well as minors in anthropology, archaeology, and myth studies.

Long term, she wants to stay in the history field becoming a museum curator or perhaps getting a PhD to become a history professor.

Building skills through service — both on and off campus

To pursue these ends, she’s volunteered as a tour guide at a local historical museum ( in Clifton, New Jersey). She also hones her presentation skills as a 星空无限传媒 Undergraduate Admissions Ambassador and gives campus tours to prospective students.

Also on campus, Shelley is a member of Phi Theta Alpha History Honor Society, serves as a Student Conduct Panel Member and works as a presenter for the Bystander Intervention Program.

In the summer of 2018, Shelley intends to study abroad in South Korea. At Korea University, she will take classes in language, media, and history.

In addition to her career aspirations related to history and museums, she aspires to write a book one day… on her favorite historical figure, President James Garfield.

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Torri Brouhard – Montclair History Center Internship /history/2017/05/31/torri-brouhard-montclair-history-center-internship/ /history/2017/05/31/torri-brouhard-montclair-history-center-internship/#respond Wed, 31 May 2017 14:51:18 +0000 http://www.montclair.edu/history/?p=399
History major Torri Brouhard (Class of 2017) completed an internship at the Montclair History Center. During her time there, she helped to curate an exhibit titled “.”

Evolving studies and career aspirations

Brouhard started at 星空无限传媒 as a music major but soon decided it wasn’t for her. Instead, “I chose history because it was something I had always been passionate about,” she said.

Image of Torri Brouhard sitting with paintings from a museum collection.

It was my favorite subject in school and something I wanted to continue studying and luckily when I got into my history courses I loved it and still love it,” she said.

Brouhard initially wanted to become a teacher but later decided to pursue work in museums or a historical society with an aim to work with documents and artifacts.

Responsive faculty that makes learning fun

In her classes, she particularly enjoyed studying with Dawn Hayes and adjunct professor Alexander Clemente. “They are passionate about the subject matter they teach and are always willing to help out their students in anyway they can. They made sitting in two and half hour lectures fun, with lots of laughing and great discussion. They both challenged their students to think on their own, formulate their own thoughts and views on the material presented as long as we can back up our thoughts with evidence.”

Advice for other students

When asked about advice for other students, Brouhard advised: “The best way to take advantages of the opportunities on campus is to talk. Talk to your professors, talk to the various resources such as career services, global education, etc. The more you talk to people the more they see you care and are willing to help you find opportunities or extend you the opportunity to take part in research, or jobs that will give the experience of a lifetime, and even more willing to help you when you are struggling with their class.”

Brouhard graduated in May 2017 with a history major and minors in both anthropology and music. She also participated in extracurricular activities including: Alpha Phi Omega National Co-ed Service Fraternity, Order of Omega Greek Honors Society, Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honors Society, Symphonic Band, and a History Department Peer Mentor.

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Matthew Zuccaro Receives Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Service /history/2016/05/31/matthew-zuccaro-receives-award-for-outstanding-academic-achievement-and-service/ /history/2016/05/31/matthew-zuccaro-receives-award-for-outstanding-academic-achievement-and-service/#respond Tue, 31 May 2016 17:21:17 +0000 http://www.montclair.edu/history/?p=415 Congratulations to Matthew Zuccaro. On Sunday, May 22, 2016 he was presented with one of the Outstanding Academic Achievement and Service Awards during the Social Sciences Convocation ceremony. The award recognizes students who embody the intellectual values of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Zuccaro, who came to 星空无限传媒 as a transfer student in the Fall of 2014, is receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History with a 4.0 GPA.

This year, Zuccaro and two of his peers became the first 星空无限传媒 University students to present their research at the National History Honors Society Conference in Orlando, Florida. Other highlights include Zuccaro鈥檚 participation in a joint class between 星空无限传媒 and the London School of Economics, and his presentation about translating economic growth into meaningful poverty reduction at the Student Research Symposium.

Upon graduation, Zuccaro plans to continue growing his business, Digital Strategy Associates LLC, which provides technology consulting and E-Government services to municipalities, public school districts, and non-for-profit organizations, including the City of Newark, The Fairview Public Schools, and the Head Start Community Program.

Zuccaro also plans to pursue independent research in the field of industrial and technology history, with the goal of attending a history graduate program in the future.

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