John Maravich ’11 earns runner-up best paper honors in the U.S. history undergraduate category.
By Dr. Clayton Drees | March 30, 2010
Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Va. – Ten student members of Phi Alpha Theta, the national honor society in history, represented Virginia Wesleyan College at the Phi Alpha Theta Virginia Regional History Conference on Saturday, March 20, at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
Four students presented research papers written for classes at Virginia Wesleyan. Junior John Maravich from Virginia Beach, Va., earned runner-up best paper honors in the U.S. history undergraduate category for his work entitled, “We Ought Not to be Unmindful of the Great Wealth Which Lies Buried in the Earth:” The Geological Survey of Virginia, 1836-1842.
The conference was attended by nine Virginia colleges and universities, including the University of Virginia and James Madison University, and featured 51 student history presentations covering a wide array of geographical and historical topics.
Maravich’s award marks the fifth time in the last three years that Virginia Wesleyan students have received awards for their work in history, an achievement that testifies to the strength of the College’s academic program.
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