Madore of Utica wins award at Phi Alpha Theta Conference.

2017 Mar 6

The Nazareth history department is pleased to announce that a student and faculty member participated in the annual Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society Conference held at SUNY Brockport, on March 4, 2017.

Julia Madore of New Hartford presented a paper on early Etruscan art titled, "Billy or Billygoat: The Metropolitan Museum's Pendant, Woman Carrying a Child." She earned a "Best of the Conference" award for her paper and was honored with all of the award recipients in the closing ceremony.

In all, there were 39 papers from 9 colleges and universities in western New York state.

Dr. Timothy Thibodeau, faculty adviser for the Nazareth chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, was the keynote speaker and delivered a speech titled, "The Historian's Craft: Taking the Long View."