History and Political Science Honors Its Best of 2025-26

ATU History and Political Science Awards Spring 2026 Web
Arkansas Tech University students Luke King (left) and Ryan Collins (right), 2026 inductees into the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society, pose with Dr. Jeffrey Pearson (center), ATU associate professor of history.

The Arkansas Tech University Department of History and Political Science hosted its spring 2026 awards ceremony in the Witherspoon Hall Atrium at the close of the semester.

Below are the awards that were bestowed during the departmental ceremony and the names of the students who received those honors.

Fay Bullock Scholarship
Ryan Collins

T.A. Dulaney Memorial Scholarship
Madison Brown
Truman Copeland
Emma Farris
Mason Moore
Raylie Morgan
Wyatt Phillips
Drake Riggs
Kevin Turner

Lawrence M. Evans Memorial Scholarship
Zane Dailey
Jasmin Patricio-Ponce
Eli Vick

Nathan and Virginia Gordon Scholarship
Jacob Causey
Katlynn Moore
Mason Moore
Drake Riggs
Mickey Smith
Cav Szott
Tatiana Vigil

Thomas A. DeBlack Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
Bethany Bunting

Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society Inductees
Ryan Collins
Luke King

Learn more about the ATU Department of History and Political Science at www.atu.edu/humanities/history.