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Student Presents Paper at Regional Conference
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Martha Wilson |
Campbell University history major Martha Wilson
presented a paper at the Phi Alpha Theta Carolinas Regional
Conference held recently at the University of North Carolina at
Wilmington. Phi Alpha Theta is a national history honor society.
Titled “Tobacco is More than an Industry, It’s a Way of
Life,” Wilson’s paper chronicled the history of tobacco in the South.
“Tobacco played a dominant role in the establishment of
the southern colonies,” said Wilson, a resident of Wilson’s Mills, NC.
“The production and manufacture of tobacco boomed after the Civil War
when they started making cigarettes.”
Wilson’s paper also speculated on the future of tobacco
in the wake of the negative publicity surrounding the industry. “Tobacco
isn’t going to go away,” she said. “It’s just going to shift to other
countries like the textile industry. The health issues surrounding the
use of tobacco in the U.S. have resulted in decreased price supports and
increased production costs.”
Wilson, who graduates this month with a Bachelor of Arts
in history, has won two writing awards, the Cynthia DeFord Literary
Competition sponsored by Johnston Community College, and Best Paper for
2002-2003, sponsored by the Phi Alpha Theta history honor society. She
also won Campbell’s Walter Barge History Book Award for outstanding
achievement.
In addition to Wilson, several faculty members of the
Department of Government, History, and Justice attended the conference,
including Dr. James Martin, chair; Dr. Lloyd Johnson, associate
professor of history and director of Historical Studies; and Dr. Jaclyn
Stanke, assistant professor of history. Other universities represented
at the conference included the University of North Carolina at
Asheville, Duke University, Winston-Salem State University, Appalachian
State University, and Erskine College.
Founded in 1887, Campbell University is North Carolina’s
second largest private institution of higher education and the second
largest Baptist university in the world. Located in Buies Creek, NC,
just east of the center of the state, Campbell combines academic
excellence and Christian commitment.
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