Jacksonville College Webb Historical Society Wins Award
Jacksonville College is proud to announce that the Barnwell Anderson Chapter of Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society, led by JC professors Brett Eckles and Patricia Richey, was awarded Project of the Year at the latest Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) meeting in Houston.
This is the fourth time the JC chapter has won this award in the past decade and shows their dedication in continuing to preserve and promote the history discipline. The following members gave our chapter report at the fall Webb Society meeting in San Antonio and were instrumental in securing this award:
Cruzita Avila
Josiah Cordero
Cheyenne Fink
Cathy Saavedra
Itzeel Chaparro
Ella Frisinger
Zachery Gutierrez
The Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society is an educational program of the Texas State Historical Association that encourages students to discover, research, write, and publish the history of Texas as they find it where they live. Congratulations to these Jacksonville College students and their faculty sponsors! Jacksonville College is a private, junior college located at 105 B.J. Albritton Drive in Jacksonville, Texas. For more information on Jacksonville College, visit www.jacksonvillecollege.edu.
