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Some 180 students are newly inducted members in the Mississippi State University chapter of the nation's leading higher education honor society.
Phi Kappa Phi membership is open to seniors at the top of their class in all majors. Graduate students, juniors and occasional sophomores whose scholastic achievements are at the very highest levels also are eligible.
Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 at the University of Maine. At present, there are more than 250 chapters worldwide with a total membership of some 50,000.
In addition to the students, nine MSU faculty members were inducted. They included assistant professors Stephen J. Dinsmore and Kevin M. Hunt of wildlife and fisheries science; assistant professor Donald L. Grebner of forestry; assistant professor Matthew R. Lee of sociology; department head Liam E. Leightley of forest products; assistant professor Patricia M. Lestrade of foreign languages; professor Darrel W. Schmitz of geosciences; research associate Peter C. Smiley Jr. of wildlife and fisheries science; and instructor Rosa E. Vozzo of foreign languages.
The new members include (by hometown):
ADAMSVILLE, Tenn.--Lisa G. Finley, a senior medical technology major.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--Daniel P. Krull, a junior animal and dairy science major.
ALPHARETTA, Ga.--Nancy M. Thompson, a senior interdisciplinary studies major.
AMORY--Paul C. Gault, a junior political science major, and Paul W. Kirkpatrick, a senior architecture major.
BATESVILLE--Michelle L. Moake, a junior accounting major.
BAY SPRINGS--Jessica L. Evans, a senior psychology major.
BELDEN--Joseph B. Boettcher, a senior computer engineering major.
BELMONT--Jeremy B. Wigginton, a junior biological engineering major.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Gloria L. Gladney, a junior human sciences/human development and family studies major, and Daniel B. Peeks, a senior psychology major.
BOGUE CHITTO--Tressie C. Hall, a senior biological engineering major.
BRANDON--David C. Crenshaw, a senior construction management major; Claude F. Harbarger, a junior biological engineering major; Carrie L. Magee, a junior elementary education major; Bradley R. McDill, a senior accounting major; William B. McIntosh, a senior business information systems major; Laura M. Simons, a senior elementary education major; Anna F. Werne, a senior human sciences/food and nutrition major; and Joel S. Williams, a senior mechanical engineering major.
BYHALIA--Kathleen D. O'Donoghue, a junior chemical engineering major.
CALHOUN CITY--Melanie F. Carnaggio, a senior management major.
CANTON--Andrea L. Cooper, a senior wildlife biology major, and Anna R. Wilds, a senior business information systems and marketing double major.
CARTHAGE--Meaghan J. Bailey, a junior communication major.
CHARLESTON--Claudia R. Fox, a senior sociology/criminal justice major.
CLARKDSALE--Mary Grace Tindle, a junior social work major, and Shannon M. Wheeler, a junior secondary education major.
CLEVELAND--Amanda R. Howarth, a junior biological sciences major.
CLINTON, La.--Joshua G. Phares, a junior agricultural engineering, technology and business major.
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn.--Joseph Z. Brumfield, a senior mechanical engineering major, and Robert B. Glenn III, a junior international business major.
COLLINSVILLE--Sarah K. Barnes, a junior pre-nursing major.
COLUMBIA--Joshua L. Moree, a junior forestry major.
COLUMBUS--Crystal R. Bayles, a senior sociology major; Angela R. Brown, a senior elementary education major; Ashley C. Fondren, a junior accounting major; and Dawn P. Mitchell, a senior educational psychology major.
CORDOVA, Tenn.--Melissa Ann Gross, a senior marketing major, and Melissa K. Higgs, a senior animal and dairy science major.
CORINTH--Holly R. Sweat, a senior elementary education major.
CRAWFORD--Veronica Perez, a senior biological sciences major.
DECATUR--Kristopher A. Amis, a senior physical education/kinesiology major, and Juliana M. Kyle, a senior chemical engineering major.
DIAMONDHEAD--Karolina A. Sarnowska, a junior computer science and engineering and mathematics double major.
DUBLIN--Paul B. Berryhill, a senior taxation major.
ELLISVILLE--Wesley L. James, a senior mechanical engineering major, and Eric B. Shows, a junior biochemistry/molecular biology major.
ETTA--Allison B. Norwood, a senior biochemistry major.
FAYETTE--Leon T. Bullen, a senior computer engineering major.
FALKNER--Keith B. Batchelor, a senior landscape architecture and landscape contracting double major.
GERMANTOWN, Tenn.--Thomas J. Collums, a senior English major, and Peter R. O'Donnell, a senior computer engineering major.
GORE SPRINGS--Benjamin L. Clanton, a junior history major.
GREENVILLE--Daniel H. Perry, a senior agronomy major.
GREENWOOD--Marcus D. "Marc" Biggers II, a junior microbiology/pre-medicine major, and Tommie G. Williams Jr., a junior banking and finance major.
GULFPORT--Corey A. Cain, a graduate student in taxation; Olivia N. Cox, a junior elementary education major; and Matthew C. McCabe, a junior finance major.
GURLEY, Ala.--Eva H. Clark, a junior biochemistry major.
HAMILTON, Ala.--Lesley N. Shotts, a senior general business administration major.
HATTIESBURG--Daniel O. May, a junior computer engineering major, and Kendra D. White, a senior social work major.
HAZLEHURST--Amy J. Brownlee, a senior chemical engineering major, and Elizabeth F. McKinley, a senior human sciences/food and nutrition major.
HARVEST, Ala.--Kimberly J. Welden, a senior biological engineering major.
HELENA, Ala.--Meredith C. Weldon, a senior accounting major.
HOUSTON--William A. Lancaster, a senior communication and accounting double major, and Alison C. Nichols, a senior business information systems major.
HOUSTON, Texas--Kandace C. Noah, a junior industrial engineering major.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--Sarah L. Gallagher, a senior wildlife and fisheries science major; Ashley M. Palotta, a senior aerospace engineering major; and Stephen T. Stroud, a senior business information systems major.
IUKA--Christopher D. Meyer, a senior marketing major.
JACKSON--Elizabeth G. Calhoon, a senior educational psychology major; Jeannie T. McGee, a junior physical education/kinesiology major; Robert P. McNally, a senior computer engineering major; Virginia H. Rogers, a senior English major; and Katy O. Walters, a junior English major.
JACKSON, Tenn.--Carrie A. Smith, a junior elementary education major.
KILN--James C. Wills, a senior geosciences major.
LAUREL--Kelly C. Albritton, a junior international business major.
LEBANON, Ohio--Michelle E. Winchester, a junior communication major.
LITTLE ROCK--Holly M. Jones, a senior real estate and mortgage appraisal major.
LOUDON, Tenn.--Elijah D. Aaron, a junior marketing and accounting double major.
LOUISVILLE--Jason R. Schwanebeck, a senior biological engineering major.
MADISON--Kyle A. Frazier, a junior civil engineering major; Angie M. Jackson, a junior psychology major; Angela M. Phillips, a senior wildlife and fisheries science major; and Seth L. Stephenson, a senior architecture major.
MANDEVILLE, La.--Katie M. Schroeder, a junior chemical engineering major.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--Amanda L. Davis, a senior communication/public relations and French double major, and Angela M. Pilgrim, a senior communication major.
MENDENHALL--Joseph A. Baugh, a senior computer engineering major.
MERIDIAN--Tamra L. Blocker, a senior elementary education major; Sarah E. McClure, a junior elementary education major; Michael A. Pate, a senior psychology major; Jill S. Singley, a junior marketing major; and Shelley E. Wilkerson, a senior microbiology major.
MORTON--Wendy S. Huff, a senior political science major.
MOULTON, Ala.--Mandy J. Alexander, a senior human sciences/human development and family studies major.
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala.--Melissa K. Worley, a senior elementary education major.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Lauren K. Carnathan [ZIP: 37221], a senior chemical engineering major.
NATCHEZ--John B. Carlton, a junior biological sciences/pre-dental major.
NESBIT--Christen N. Poppenheimer, a junior insurance and financial planning major.
NETTLETON--Shannon H. Grayson, a senior educational psychology major, and Matthew R. Harrison, a senior marketing major.
NEW ALBANY--Sarah J. McMillen, a senior biochemistry/molecular biology major.
NEWTON--Ashley C. Walters, a senior human sciences major.
OCEAN SPRINGS--Matthew C. Weinrich, a junior electrical engineering major.
OSYKA--Kenneth E. Brister, a junior mechanical engineering major.
PASCAGOULA--Paul G. Wilson, a junior industrial engineering major.
PEARL RIVER, La.--James T. Roberts III, a junior geosciences major.
PELAHATCHIE--Melissa D. Patrick, a senior biology education major.
PETAL--Holly N. Hollimon, a junior biological sciences major.
PHILADELPHIA--Dustin L. Majure, a senior computer science and engineering major.
PICAYUNE--Merideth L. Shows, a senior biological engineering major.
PONTOTOC--Shannon M. Brantley, a senior marketing major; Heather L. Patterson, a senior elementary education major; and Michael J. Ray, a junior microbiology major.
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.--Kristen N. Hall, a senior communication major.
PORT GIBSON--Elizabeth A. Killingsworth, a senior elementary education major.
POTTS CAMP--Tara L. Thompson, a junior accounting major.
QUITMAN--James A. Holloman, a senior general business administration major.
RAYMOND--Carol Ann Walker, a senior mathematics major.
RED BANKS--Alana R. Woods, a junior special education major.
RIDGELAND--Michael M. Monroe, a senior chemical engineering major.
RIPLEY--Joseph B. Babb, a junior accounting major, and Janna M. LaBarreare, a senior English education major.
ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C.--Amy M. Hall, a senior chemical engineering major.
SENATOBIA--Nicki J. Lewis, a senior real estate and mortgage appraisal major.
SHANNON--Katherine Witthauer, a senior psychology major.
SILVER CREEK--Adam B. Butler, a junior wildlife and fisheries science major.
SLIDELL, La.--Kathryn A. Longmire, a senior communication major.
SOUTHAVEN--John R. Walker, a junior broadcast meteorology major.
STARKVILLE--Margaret A. Bailey, a senior landscape architecture major; Meredith L. Beaty, a senior communication major; Lindley F. Carruth, a senior secondary education major; Rene-Charles M. Combette, a senior international business major; Jared S. Cook, a senior general business administration major; Lewis N. Couvillion, a senior landscape architecture major; Terri L. Dickinson, a junior political science major; Christopher G. Hawkey, a junior international business major; Gretchen P. Honea, a senior elementary education major; Roger G. Jones a senior political science major; Caroline W. Kamau, a senior agricultural engineering technology and business major; Andrea M. Larson, a senior international business major; Aaron M. Monroe, a junior history and political science double major; Martha W. Puckett, a senior accounting major; Jason K. Reed, a junior microbiology major; Nicholas N. Watkins, a junior computer engineering major; and Katie M. Worley, a junior accounting major.
STURGIS--Halton A. Davis III, a senior accounting major.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.--Jennifer T. Freeland, a graduate student in school psychology.
TILLATOBA--Ashley M. Horne, a junior human sciences/interior design major.
TISHOMINGO--Justin J. Taylor, a junior architecture major.
TOOMSUBA--Jennifer N. Lagrone, a senior accounting major.
TUPELO--Wilson S. Boyd, a senior economics major; Ryan L. Brannigan, a senior general business administration major; Emily N. Hicks, a junior biology major; Claire E. Long, a junior elementary education major; and Matthew N. Morgan, a senior history major.
VAIDEN--Emily Jo Jones, a junior accounting major.
VICKSBURG--Robbie S. Beard, a senior accounting/management interdisciplinary studies major; Winters C. Calvin III, a senior business information systems major; Leanne Forest, a senior elementary education major; Melody Ann Hammons, a senior biology/pre-physical therapy major; Carrie L. Harris, a junior chemical engineering major; Janae' C. Hatcher, a junior political science and psychology double major; Seth H. Myers, a senior mechanical engineering major; and Elizabeth A. Piazza, a junior psychology major.
WATER VALLEY--Lee Ann Holt, a junior physical education/kinesiology major.
WAYNESBORO--Cooper M. Leggett, a junior marketing major.
WESSON--Stephen H. King, a senior civil engineering major.
WEST POINT--Karen Ketchum, a senior elementary education major; Jeremy L. Mowry, a senior mechanical engineering major; and Brooks M. Rainey, a senior accounting major.
WINONA--John H. Putnam II, a junior accounting major.
YAZOO CITY--Claire C. Allison, a senior elementary education major.