Mercyhurst History Department

Senior Public History students have the opportunity to conduct interviews as part of their capstone projects. The interviews will add to the 40 or so recorded by Larie Pintea back in the 1990s, while also greatly enriching the overall institutional history of Mercyhurst as we head toward our Centennial. Indeed, this is an initiative of the Historical Subcommittee of the Mercyhurst Centennial Task Force established by President Getz in 2021. The Mercyhurst history and memories being offered by our interviewees have been substantive, colorful, and quite often deeply moving. Lily Smith and Isabella Lee, two of our finest Public History students and Mercyhurst Lakers down to their bones, are getting the senior capstone experience of a lifetime.

This First-Year Friday, meet Yekaterina (Kat)! She’s a freshman history major from Erie who is currently taking European History to the Renaissance and World History to the Atomic Age! She chose to major in history because she finds it very interesting and hopes to pursue a career in law in the future!

Welcome to the Hurstorian family, Kat!