K-State Recognizing More Than 100 Students for Academic Excellence With Membership in Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University’s chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is welcoming more than 100 new members.
Phi Kappa Phi, founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, is the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society. Students elected to membership include the upper 7.5 percent second-semester juniors and the upper 10 percent of seniors, along with outstanding graduate students.
New Phi Kappa Phi members at K-State include:
McKenzie Strunk, junior in accounting, Abilene; James Swanson, junior in chemical engineering, Arkansas City; Alice Womack, graduate student in financial planning, Atchison; Hannah Garcia, junior in hotel and restaurant management, Augusta; Darcel Gronewoller, junior in communication sciences and disorders, Beloit; Clement Neely, senior in animals sciences and industry, Chanute; Debra Major, senior in elementary education, Chapman; Bryce Zerener, junior in finance, Cheney; Katie Lassen, junior in kinesiology, Cummings.
From Derby: Paul Folger, third-year student in architecture; Zachariah Marteney, senior in biology; and Kacey Provenzano, senior in nutritional sciences.
Chelsea Stephens, junior in animal sciences and industry, Dodge City; Kellie Allen, junior in animals sciences and industry, Edna; Kelsey Callaway, junior in animals sciences and industry, El Dorado; Leah Peppiatt, junior in English, Ellsworth; Kenny Engholm, junior in civil engineering, Emmett; Jamie Ball, junior in biology, Eureka; Jessica Scarborough, junior in marketing, Gorham; Taylor Calcara, senior in finance, Great Bend.
From Greater Kansas City: Michael Verschelden, senior in English, Fairway; Chrishonda Brown, senior in kinesiology, and Melissa Waller, senior in agricultural economics, both of Kansas City, Kan.; Meredith Lynch, junior in history, Will Poulson, junior in biology, and Nicholas Rauth, junior in mechanical engineering, all of Leawood; Amy Bice, junior in accounting, Olathe; Stacey Ahern, junior in industrial engineering, Diann Beuthin, junior in kinesiology, Rachael Doyle, junior in political science, Tyler Geisler, junior in construction science and management, Ian Hartsig, senior in architectural engineering, Andrew Kerns, senior in biochemistry, and Emilie Miller, junior in chemistry, all from Overland Park.
From Greater Kansas City, continued: Sarah Butler, junior in bakery science and management, and Andrew Elliott, junior in anthropology, both of Prairie Village; Mary Schulteis, graduate student in curriculum and instruction, Roeland Park; and Shane Fiser, junior in accounting, Shawnee.
Ryan Albrecht, senior in pre-professional architectural engineering, Herington; Jeremy Olson, senior in agricultural technology management, Hiawatha; Matt Lloyd, senior in philosophy, and Rochelle Reinert, junior in accounting, both of Hutchinson; Anne-Marie Bush, junior in biology, Kingman; Rebecca Bayouth, fifth-year student in interior architecture and product design, and Tess Ludwick, junior in food science, both of Lawrence; Brent Dixon, graduate student in adult, occupational and continuing education; Leavenworth; Emily Aldredge, junior in electronic journalism, and Erin Gettler, junior in biology, both of Louisburg.
From Manhattan: Morna Dexter, graduate student in counseling and student development; Joshua Eggar, graduate student in political science; Dustin Furrey, junior in personal financial planning; Kyle Herspring, graduate student in kinesiology; Johnna Jones, junior in marketing; Ben Mooneyham, senior in economics; Susan Nam, graduate student in fine arts; Rudabeh Nazarinia, graduate student in family studies; Supriya Nirkhiwale, graduate student in electrical engineering; Farhana Rahman, graduate student in civil engineering; and Jerimiah Self, junior in management.
Jordyn Lister, junior in communication sciences and disorders, Marysville; Kelly Dahlstrom, senior in biology, and Jenna Rader, junior in marketing, both of McPherson; Judy Beemer, graduate student in curriculum and instruction, Milford; Wesley Shockey, senior in animals sciences and industry, Mulvane; Justin Jones, senior in pre-veterinary medicine, Newton; Andrew Gigstad, junior in agricultural economics, Nortonville; Terri Biester, junior in applied business, Salina; Jamie Reinecke, junior in communication sciences and disorders, Seneca; Katie Hildebrand, junior in biological and agricultural engineering, Stafford; Diana Hylton, junior in nutritional sciences, Tecumseh.
From Topeka: Sarah Beck, junior in English; Reesa Darby, junior in elementary education; Kyle Groundwater, senior in mechanical engineering; and Nicole Wayant, senior in mathematics.
Heidi Minnihan, junior in pre-professional business administration, and Mary Bratton Yeager, graduate student in counseling and student development, both of Wichita; and Kirby Barrett, second-year student in landscape architecture, Winona.
From out of state:
Jeremie Smith, graduate student in electrical engineering, Fairbanks, Alaska; Robert Christian, junior in biology, Garden Grove, Calif.; Katherine Wartell, senior in anthropology, Superior, Colo.
From Illinois: Susan Johnson, graduate student in family studies and human services, Bardolph; Carole Schwartz, graduate student in gerontology, Oak Park; and Jeff Gutowsky, graduate student in civil engineering, Wayne.
Thomas Martin, graduate student in family financial planning, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Violet Wright, senior in mechanical engineering, Arlington, Mass.; Susan Hooge, graduate student in food science, Coon Rapids, Minn.; Tracy Gillespie, senior in dietetics, Rochester, Minn.
From Missouri: Cristina Brown, junior in psychology, Chesterfield; Anne Russell, junior in fine arts, Columbia; Kevin Wade, fifth-year student in architecture, Independence; Nicholas Turner, fifth-year student in architecture, Jefferson City; and Maria Clark, graduate student in adult, occupational and continuing education, Platte City.
Christie Murman, third-year student in landscape architecture, Glenvil, Neb.; Moira Niebauer, junior in print journalism, Omaha, Neb.; Jennifer Minturn, graduate student in psychology, Columbus, Ohio; Kristen Schulte, senior in agribusiness, Pemberville, Ohio.
From Pennsylvania: Jennifer Napierkowski, graduate student in academic advising, Bethlehem; Cody Narber, graduate student in computer science, Bloomsburg; and Heather Barton, graduate student in biology, Meadville.
Jorge Gonzalez, graduate student in civil engineering, Knoxville, Tenn.; Cynthia Kempke, senior in general business administration, Lewisville, Texas; Timothy Rarick, graduate student in family studies and human services, Eagle Mountain, Utah; Megan Oelstrom, second-year student in veterinary medicine, Arlington, Va.; and Leigh Ehlers, senior in mathematics education, Roanoke, Va.; and Kimberley Smith, graduate student in family studies and human services, Olympia, Wash.
Source: Nancy Calhoun, ncalhoun@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Andy Badeker, 785-532-6415, abadeker@k-state.edu
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