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CCU history students steal the show at conference

Several Coastal Carolina University students presented papers from their history classes at the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society conference on April 14 in Charlotte, N.C.

Camren Schildt, Lucas Riggs and Carlie Todd won awards for the best papers in their sessions. Other student presenters included Justin LeSuer, Jeffrey Bean, Steve Butler and Kelsey Kerzman.

Todd’s paper, “A Republic in Crisis: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 in Horry County, S.C.,” was named the best undergraduate paper at the conference. Todd was mentored by Eldred Prince Jr., a former history professor at CCU.

All of the papers presented at the regional conference were written in CCU history classes.

The event was held at Queens University and judged by faculty from 16 different universities across the Carolinas.

Participating universities included:
• Appalachian State
• Belmont Abbey
• Campbell University
• Davidson College
• East Carolina University
• Erskine College
• Francis Marion University
• Furman University
• Greensboro College
• Lander University
• N.C. A&T State University
• Presbyterian College
• Queens University
• Virginia Wesleyan University
• Winthrop University
• Virginia Wesleyan University
 

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