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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Professor Jeanette Eckman Tuve taught in the History Department from 1965 until 1984. She began her career as an educator teaching high school, and then moved to the university level, earning her doctorate at age 55. Her final book (of four) was published when she was 81. Her work focused on women across a range of experiences. […]
Prof. Leon Soulé taught in the History Department for many years, starting in the 1960s and retiring in the late eighties. He was known as an outstanding teacher and scholar. Indeed, as a teacher he was inspiring, and a number of his students were motivated by his teaching to get their Ph.D. and become professors themselves. These […]
The History Department is pleased to offer a scholarship provided by the Center for the Study of Religion and Spirituality in African and the African Diaspora, or RASHAD, which was founded by Dr. Regennia Williams in 2006 and funded generously in part by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Before becoming an assistant professor in […]
The William I. Shorrock Award and the Marjorie S. Shorrock Graduate Student Award are testaments to the Shorrock family’s long, deep connection with the Department of History. Professor William Shorrock came to CSU in 1969 and retired in 2005 after a distinguished career as a professor and administrator. As an administrator, Bill Shorrock never abandoned his love for students […]
Every spring, our department community gathers to celebrate our students, alums, faculty, and staff during our History Banquet. This year, the situation is understandably quite different due to the pandemic. Nevertheless, we don’t want to let the semester end without this important tradition. So… Welcome to our virtual History Banquet! Department faculty created essays to […]
Day: May 6, 2020 Time: 10 am -noon and 1 pm-3 pm Place: History Department Online Advising Center (Microsoft Teams) How to Attend Go to http://bit.ly/CSU_HISadvising or access MS Teams through your campus webmail. Clicking on the nine squares (the “waffle”) in the upper left corner. Choose Teams from the dropdown. Click on “History Department […]
