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¸£Àû¼§ students won seven prizes at the Saturday, April 9, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference. Congratulations to ¸£Àû¼§ students Cidney Hopkins, Mary Terry, David Arteaga, Michael Wong, Troy Howell, Maile Sufak, and Thabiso Mutumhe!
BEST UNDERGRADUATE PAPER
Winner: Cidney Hopkins from ¸£Àû¼§ for “A State of Ruins: Cultural Heritage Destruction in Mali”
HERBERT F. MARGULIES PRIZE (American History)
Winner: Mary Terry from ¸£Àû¼§ for “Donald Duck Diplomacy: American Cultural Diplomacy in Latin America”
Honorable Mention: David Arteaga De Santiago from ¸£Àû¼§ for “Zoot Suiters: A Pachuco Report US history LA race”
FRITZ REHBOCK PRIZE (science, discovery, technology, maritime history)
Winner: Maile Sufak from ¸£Àû¼§ for “Should bitcoin be adopted as a national currency”
ROBERT E. MCGLONE BIOGRAPHY PRIZE
Winner: Michael Wong from ¸£Àû¼§ for “Geisel the Ever So Propagandist”
MARC JASON GILBERT PRIZE (global conflicts/search for peace)
Winner: Troy Howell from ¸£Àû¼§ for “Cultural Diplomacy and Détente: How Collaboration Cooled off the Cold War”
GFWC WOMEN'S HISTORY PRIZE
Winner: Thabiso Mutumhe from ¸£Àû¼§ for “The Case Against Interpol”
