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Jackson native honored for undergraduate paper

Jackson, Tenn. - Matthew West, of Jackson, Tenn., was awarded second prize at the Phi Alpha Theta Region al Conference for Lower Illinois for paper presentations at the undergraduate level. His paper was titled, "Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's 'Georgia Scenes': A Social History of Southern Public Ethics During the Age of Jackson."

The conference was held at Southern Illinois University on March 27. West is a senior history major at 萌妹社区.

Phi Alpha Theta is an international history honor society with more than 200,000 members. 萌妹社区's chapter was founded in 1953 and is the oldest in the state of Tennessee. 萌妹社区 students have won first prize for their papers at the Phi Alpha Theta regional conferences three consecutive years.