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Some 160 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 juniors and seniors at the top of their class in all majors. Graduate students 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, Mississippi State President Charles Lee and graduate research assistant Alec G. Richardson of the plant and soil sciences department were inducted at the conclusion of the fall semester.
The new members include (by hometown):
ABERDEEN--Junior general business administration major Shannah D. Tribble and senior business information systems major Jennifer M. Tucker.
ACKERMAN--Senior forestry major Joshua G. Carpenter.
AMORY--Senior business administration systems major Eric T. Hausley.
ARLINGTON, Tenn.--Senior mechanical engineering major Christopher L. Carlton.
BATESVILLE--Senior Louisa L. Riddick, a human sciences/food and nutrition major.
BENTONIA--Senior horticulture major Danny L. Moore Jr.
BESSEMER, Ala.--Senior Jason C. Whitcomb, a management of construction and land development major.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Senior agricultural engineering major Charles H. King [35213] and junior biological engineering major Lee D. Wright [35214].
BOONEVILLE--Senior banking and finance major Robert A. Dodson.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.--Senior landscape contracting major Brad N. Rowland [42103].
BRANDON--Senior civil engineering major Micah L. "Moose" Adams, junior biological engineering major Cory B. Carter, senior accounting major Leigh Ann Everett, senior chemical engineering major Aaron D. Smith, senior microbiology major Lee K. Tucker, and junior accounting major Kelly J. Williams.
BROOKHAVEN--Senior mechanical engineering major Mark V. Dyess.
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn.--Senior agribusiness major Cassie Sullivan.
BRUCE--Junior international business major William M. Burnett II and senior retail floristry management major Amanda S. Winter.
BYHALIA--Senior general business major Brent L. Smith.
CALEDONIA--Junior communication major Brandon T. Morris and junior biological sciences/pre-dentistry major James F. Williams.
CANTON--Senior computer science major Nakimuli O. "Kim" Davis.
CARTHAGE--Senior mechanical engineering major Ryan D. Wade
CEDAR BLUFF--Senior biological engineering major Jennifer B. Collins.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.--Senior educational psychology major Jacob L. McCormick.
CLINTON--Senior international business major Danielle L. Mathews and senior marketing major William A. Richardson.
COLLINS--Senior forestry major James R. Gibson, senior political science major Morgan L. McPhail and senior industrial engineering major Marianna G. Rogers.
COLUMBIA--Senior chemical engineering major Warren E. English, senior mechanical engineering major Randy A. Mauldin.
COLUMBUS--Junior Katherine L. Murphey, a human sciences/interior design major; senior Bain Nickles, a risk management, insurance and financial planning major; junior management major Samantha L. O'Bryant; senior graphic design major Kristen E. Polk; and senior Katherine L. West, a physical education/kinesiology major.
CORINTH--Junior accounting major Robert A. Campbell, junior management major Matthew R. Holmes, senior biological sciences William R. Johnson, and senior mathematics major Amy M. Marlot.
DECATUR--Senior computer engineering major Hayden C. Amis and senior mechanical engineering major Aaron M. Davis.
FLORENCE--Senior Tonya E. Thornton, a geosciences and political science double-major.
FLOWOOD--Junior Teri L. Holden, an animal science/pre-veterinary medicine major.
FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla.--Junior chemical engineering major Lauren N. Michaelson [32547].
FULTON--Senior civil engineering major William B. Howell, senior psychology major Tiffany S. Wallace.
GERMANTOWN, Tenn.--Junior marketing major Beth K. Irwin.
GLEN ALLEN, Ala.--Senior agriculture information science major Kenneth A. Aldridge.
GREENWOOD--Senior biological engineering major Connie S. Harris and senior human sciences/food and nutrition major Kathryn C. "Katie" Madden.
GRENADA--Junior mathematics major Amber C. Russell and senior banking and finance major Deidra E. Willis.
GULFPORT--Senior accounting major Ellen M. Cooper and senior Geoffrey J. Knesal, a management of construction and land development major.
HATTIESBURG--Junior psychology major Lindsey E. Blackwell, senior chemical engineering major Mason W. Faggert, junior biochemistry major Jessica L. Gullung, senior mechanical engineering major Christopher L. Harper, and junior microbiology major Patrick W. Walker.
HEIDELBERG--Senior Megan B. Craven, an animal and dairy science/pre-veterinary medicine major.
HERNANDO--Senior agricultural economics major Thomas P. Swindoll.
HOLLY SPRINGS--Senior chemical engineering major Kathedra E. Burton.
HOUSTON--Junior human sciences/interior design major Rosanna S. Cox.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-- Senior accounting major Jennifer C. Harper [35801] and junior biological sciences major Dorothy E. Jackson [35803].
JACKSON--Junior biological engineering major Stephen M. Edwards, senior biological sciences Anne R. Jones, senior biological sciences major Nathan D. Maples, senior banking and finance major Alexander H. Mayfield, junior biological sciences major Rebecca G. McWhorter, senior microbiology major Seth H. Mosal, senior human sciences/food and nutrition major Kristen A. Selman, and junior electrical engineering major Robert R. Stranghoener. [The residential ZIP Code for all of the Jackson students is 39211.]
JACKSON, Tenn.--Junior accounting major Lauren E. Harris.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--Teresa C. Pinkstaff [32219], a graduate student in geosciences.
KENTWOOD, La.--Senior Landon M. Estay, an accounting and financial services double-major.
LAUREL--Senior Stephanie R. Guthrie, an accounting and insurance double-major, and junior animal science major Anna K. Thames.
LEXINGTON--Senior civil engineering major Kerri D. Rhea.
LOUISVILLE--Senior marketing major Rebecca C. Herrington.
MADISON--Senior marketing major Karla M. Franco and junior biological engineering major Kathryn E. Smith.
MAGEE--Senior human sciences/family studies major Maggie P. Jones.
MERIDIAN--Junior international business major Emily Ann Farley, junior biological sciences major Jennifer A. Hermetz, senior accounting major Charles R. Pryor, senior marketing major Kimberly K. Rogers, and senior English major William B. Rutledge.
MOBILE, Ala.--Senior psychology major Jennifer N. Dunham [36695].
MONETTE, Ark.--Senior elementary education major Heather R. Williams.
MONEY--Junior fine arts major Whitney K. Kearney.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.--Senior computer engineering major Matthew A. Lee [36115].
MOOREVILLE--Senior chemical engineering major Shannon L. Estes.
MORTON--Senior mechanical engineering major William L. Fairchilds.
MOSS POINT--Junior business information systems major Matthew J. Denton and senior mechanical engineering Anna K. Schenkewitz.
MT. PLEASANT, S.C.--Junior psychology major Brooke E. Shannon.
NEW ALBANY--Junior computer science major Matthew T. Bennett and senior banking and finance major Amy M. Littlejohn.
NEW ORLEANS, La.--Junior accounting major David M. Boudreaux Jr. [70119].
NEWTON--Junior microbiology major David S. Therrien.
OCEAN SPRINGS--Senior software engineering major Brian L. Gaines.
OLIVE BRANCH--Junior international business major Natalie N. Fox and junior accounting major Mandy M. Lee.
OXFORD--Junior business information systems major Sarah B. Thomas.
PEARL--Junior Brandy N. Leggett, a biological sciences and anthropology double-major.
PENSACOLA, Fla.--Junior general business administration major Camille M. Meyer-Arendt [32514].
PONTOTOC--Senior mechanical engineering major Charles C. Stanford.
POPLARVILLE--Senior mechanical engineering major Dusty A. Weiss.
PURVIS--Senior electrical engineering major Daniel R. Kennedy.
QUITMAN--Junior accounting major Katherine R. Wright.
RAINBOW CITY, Ala.--Junior Matthew D. Kinkade, a geosciences/broadcast meteorology major.
RAYMOND--Senior animal and dairy science major Jennifer L. Platt.
RIDGELAND--Rod A. Risley, a doctoral student in community college leadership; senior mechanical engineering major Michael W. Trim; and senior Courtney C. Vinson, a human sciences/food and nutrition major.
RIPLEY--Senior biological engineering major Britt A. Cross, senior political science major Kristy A. Graham and junior computer engineering major Rusty W. Steverson.
SARDIS--Senior banking and finance major Darla F. Lowe.
SILAS, Ala.--Senior agricultural information science major Jena D. Perry.
STARKVILLE--Senior accounting major Foley Bell, senior foreign languages major Karen R. Culver, junior international business major Alexander A. Emplaincourt, junior computer science major Pete J. Gilbert, senior electrical engineering major Thomas W. Hallmark, senior elementary education major Julie Inmon, senior biological engineering major David M.A. Macias, senior architecture major Warren N. Mixon, junior international business major Jordan K. Reinschmiedt, and senior psychology major Mei-Yee Law.
STEENS--Senior finance major Rowdy D. Smith.
STURGIS--Senior animal and dairy science major George A. Edwards.
SUGAR LAND, Texas--Junior physical education major Kay D. Hinkle.
SUMNER--Junior international business major Melinda R. Brett.
SYLACAUGA, Ala.--Senior political science major Joshua O. "Josh" Blades.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--Senior forestry major Jacquelyn A. Zimmerman [32311].
TULLAHOMA, Tenn.--Junior mechanical engineering major Alan M. Moran.
TUPELO--Junior Timothy M. Bass, senior communication/public relations major Cynthia M. Hale and junior mechanical engineering major Timothy A. West.
VAUGHN--Senior biological sciences major Adam M. Moore.
VICKSBURG--Junior wildlife and fisheries major Emmett C. Atwood; senior microbiology major Jennifer L. King; senior Stanley C. Ross, a computer science and computer engineering double major; and junior chemical engineering major Timothy J. Ruff.
WAYNESBORO--Senior poultry science major Chandler A. Clanton.
WEST MONROE, La.--Senior educational psychology major Janis A. Hearne.
WHEELER--Senior management major Zachary H. Wilson.
WINONA--Junior banking and finance major Mark D. Hudson.
YAZOO CITY--Junior civil engineering major James C. Vandeverem and senior Kaneilia M. Williams, a double major in banking and finance and real estate.