Assistants undertake research for the faculty, edit the newsletter, assist in tutorials for first-year students, aid in the preparation of grant applications and provide other support services. These students achieve a good understanding of what constitutes life in a college history department. Phi Alpha Theta. Carroll's chapter of this International Honorary Society in History is the second oldest in the state. Those students with a 3.5 grade point average receive invitations to join this prestigious society.
Members frequently present their research papers at regional and national conferences.
This organization, run by students and faculty, combines social and intellectual activities. History Club schedules three or four activities asemester. Members also edit the department' s undergraduate journal, The Pioneer, which annually publishes the best student work. The Pioneer is edited and published by history students and staff. The journal consists ofthe publication of the best undergraduate history papers at Carroll.