History Day in Arkansas, a UCA Department of History sponsored program, had another successful year at the National History Day competition held at the University of Maryland at College Park June 12-17.
Fifty-one Arkansas middle-level and high school students participated in the competition. They were accompanied by their teachers, many of whom are UCA alums.
State coordinator and History Department faculty member Pat Ramsey accompanied the students to the competition, along with History Department adjunct instructor William Richardson.
Conway Carl Stuart Middle School student Rebecca Philpott took first place in the Junior Individual Exhibit category for her entry, “The Crossett Experiment of 1916: An Innovation That Changed Malaria Eradication.” Sherry Holder and Kaye McMillian are her teachers. Conway High School students Lauren Hart, Anna Jordan and Annie Patton won the special prize for History of the Federal Government for their Senior Group Exhibit, “The Road to Innovation: The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.” William Richardson and Charles Williams are their teachers.
Arkansas Outstanding Junior Entry was awarded to LISA Academy students, Morgan Depriest, Alena Higgins, and Yulia Batalina, for their Junior Group Documentary. Dustin Seaton is their teacher.
The Arkansas Senior Outstanding Entry was awarded to Alma High School students Courtney Craft and Breanna Witherspoon for their Senior Group Documentary. Toney McMurray, Erin Mills and Manesseh Moore are their teachers.
Other winners were: Braydon Montgomery and Peyton Bettencourt of Northridge Middle School, teacher Jeanie Perkins, ninth place junior group documentary; Emily Austin of Russellville Junior High, teacher Aimee Mimms, 14th place, junior paper; Elisa Detogni of Conway High School East, teachers William Richardson and Charles Williams, 12th place senior individual documentary; T.C. Zhang of Pulaski Academy, teacher Jody Musgrove, 9th place, Senior Web Site.