Thomas F. Campbell Awards

Professor Tom Campbell was a returning adult student who started at CSU in the 1960s who went on to become a faculty member in the History Department and College of Urban Affairs, which he helped to found. He retired in 1993. In many ways, his name was synonymous with Cleveland, the city he loved and whose history he wrote with […]

CFP: Cleveland Teaching Toolkit

Cleveland Teaching Toolkit Call for Participants (this post is a cross-post from Social Studies @ CSU) Abstract Deadline: June 1, 2020 Essays Due June 30, 2020 Contact: Dr. Shelley Rose (shelley.rose@csuohio.edu) and Dr. Molly Buckley-Marudas (mbuckley67@csuohio.edu) Submit your 250-word (max) abstract here https://bit.ly/CLETeachingkitproposal As we faced the unprecedented global situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty and staff at NYU Shanghai took a […]

The Charles Z. Adamson Memorial and John A. Lonsak ’68 Scholarships

Charles Z. Adamson served as an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board in Cleveland for 35 years. A lifelong learner, after his retirement he earned a master’s degree in history from Cleveland State University. The Charles Z. Adamson Memorial Scholarship in Modern European History is awarded annually to the graduate student who wrote the best graduate student research paper […]

History Club: Year in Review

Editor’s Note: The CSU History Club is a vibrant part of our department community. These dedicated students’ enthusiasm for studying the past is contagious, and they are always ready to lend a helping hand. Senior Kelsey Sagraves, CSU History Club president, reflects here on their founding year. Cleveland State’s History Club is a newly recognized student organization. The Club started […]

Summer Advising Notes

Attention History & Social Studies Majors As we begin summer classes please note the following for summer advising questions: 1. Dr. Tom Humphrey (tom.humphrey@csuohio.edu), Chair of the History Department is the main contact for major advising over the summer. For advising beginning in Fall 2020, please contact Dr. Laura Wertheimer (l.wertheimer@csuohio.edu) or, for Social Studies, Dr Shelley Rose (shelley.rose@csuohio.edu). 2. […]