STARKVILLE, Miss.--More than 100 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.
The new student members include (by hometown):
ACKERMAN--Senior kinesiology major Reid D. Draper.
AIKEN, S.C.--Junior biochemistry major Jaimee M. Floyd [ZIP 29801].
ALLEN, Texas--Senior animal and dairy science/pre-veterinary medicine major Katherine E. Pruitt.
ATLANTA, Ga.--Lawton L. Nalley [ZIP 30350], a graduate student in agricultural economics.
BALDWYN--Junior business information systems major Paula M. Thomas.
BARTLETT, Tenn.--Senior educational psychology major Jill M. Blackburn.
BAY SPRINGS--Senior biochemistry/pre-medicine major Jaclyn S. Evans.
BILOXI--Senior political science major Clare H. Bass.
BRANDON--Insurance and risk management major Steven A. Langley, interior design major Kimberly M. Loland, business information systems major Andrew M. Nichols, and interdisciplinary studies major Brandon T. Pritchard, all seniors.
CARROLLTON--Senior accounting major Katherine L. Thompson.
CARTHAGE--Junior biochemistry major Helga B. Vamenta.
CHIPLEY, Fla.--Senior civil engineering major Christiana D. Prichard.
CLINTON--Special education major Jill S. Breland, elementary education major Kellie N. Flanagan, mechanical engineering major Walter D. McDuffie, and mechanical engineering major Matthew Jones, all seniors.
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn.--Computer engineering major Kyle M. Cullen, clinical exercise physiology major Elizabeth C. Jones and marketing major Lauren E. Marsh, all seniors.
COLUMBUS--Junior interior design major Anna Catherine Bozeman.
DECATUR, Ala.--Junior biological engineering/pre-medicine major Christopher T. Parks.
EMELLE, Ala.--Junior international business major Mary Frances Brown.
EUPORA--Senior communication major Lacy M. Carter.
FAIRHOPE, Ala.--Junior landscape architecture major Peter R. Summerlin.
FULTON--Senior special education major Martin G. Davis.
GARDENDALE, Ala--Senior graphic design major Lee Whitlow.
GREENWOOD--Construction and land management major Thomas R. Gregory III and biological sciences major Rachael A. White, both seniors.
GRENADA--Senior accounting major Kathryn R. Spencer.
GULFPORT--Junior biological engineering major Katherine S. Cleveland and senior civil engineering major Dustin H. Pittman.
HARTSELLE, Ala.--Junior marketing major Kelly R. Whatley.
HATTIESBURG--Senior microbiology major Becca S. Gilliam.
HERNANDO--Senior civil engineering major Emily K. Hill.
HOMEWOOD, Ala.--Junior biological sciences major Jennifer S. Rupinski.
INDIANOLA--Junior microbiology major Lance C. Atchley.
INVERNESS--Senior elementary education major Dolores A. Bibb.
JACKSON, Tenn.--Junior political science major Sarah K. Liles.
JACKSON--Accounting major David T. Adcock, clinical exercise physiology major Jeannie T. McGee, history major Jesse M. McRight III, interior design major Delaney E. Reed, and broadcast meteorology major Andrew G. Westerfield, all seniors. [All are residents of ZIP 39211 except Westerfield, who lives in 39212].
KOSCIUSKO--Senior psychology major Cathryn N. Pope.
LOUISVILLE--Junior elementary education major Sara Elizabeth Kennedy, senior banking and finance major William E. Tabor and senior educational psychology major Mary A. Kelly.
McCOMB--Senior forest products major Jared B. Eldridge.
MADISON--Senior elementary education major Leslie Anne Douglas and junior computer sciences major John B. Smith III.
MAGEE--Senior business management major Andrew Payne.
MANTACHIE--Senior mechanical engineering major Matthew D. Riley.
MAUMELLE, Ark.--Junior insurance and financial planning major Ameilia R. Young.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--Junior banking and finance major Caryl M. Kinney [ZIP 38133].
MERIDIAN--Graphic design major Jennifer N. Kopf, interior design major Mandy M. Pickett and biochemistry major Michelle L. Tucci, all seniors.
MOBILE, Ala.--Senior mechanical engineering major John V. Ash [ZIP 36608].
MORTON--Junior biological sciences major Joel D. Nutt.
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala.--Junior English/pre-law major Sheena Allen.
NATCHEZ--Senior electrical engineering major Sanquanett Y. Jones.
OCEAN SPRINGS--Junior business administration major Elizabeth C. Murphy and senior English education major Patrick M. O'Brien.
OKOLONA--Senior computer science major Jerry B. Howell Jr.
OLIVE BRANCH--Senior elementary education major Lauren E. Hurley.
OXFORD--Junior accounting major Lindsey K. Mackie.
PASCAGOULA--Junior sociology major Amie D. Brushaber, senior kinesiology major Allison R. Gautier and junior secondary education major Rebekkah D. Salmon.
PEACH ORCHARD, Ark.--Senior banking and finance major Tiphany L. Hall.
PHILADELPHIA--Psychology major Ilevit M. Bryan and secondary education major Grayson M. England, both seniors.
PICAYUNE--Senior elementary education major Allison L. Bounds.
PLANTERSVILLE--Senior mathematics education major Carrie L. Pate.
PONTOTOC--Senior elementary education major Haley B. Stubblefield.
POPLARVILLE--Junior aerospace engineering major Christopher E. Martin.
PRENTISS--Senior mechanical engineering major Randall K. Williamson.
PRESTON--Senior computer engineering major Brail A. Coleman.
QUITMAN--Senior marketing major Lauren E. Majure.
RALEIGH--Senior history major John K. Crumpton.
RIDGELAND--Junior elementary education major Christi M. Coleman.
RIPLEY--Senior banking and finance major Bobby D. Glover.
RULEVLLE--Senior elementary education major LaRea E. McWilliams.
SENATOBIA--Junior landscape architecture major Andrew G. Warren.
SLIDELL, La.--Junior biological engineering major Christopher L. Hall.
SPRING HILL, Fla.--Senior secondary English education major Amy E. Royce.
STARKVILLE--Senior information technology services major Veronica Outlaw, senior communication/public relations major Sarah M. Senter, senior microbiology major Sara D. Sullivan, junior biological sciences major Rachel L. Waldrop, and junior industrial engineering major Charlie H. Wen.
SUMMIT--Senior elementary education major Amanda R. Knighton, junior animal and dairy science/pre-veterinary medicine major Summer C. Westbrook and senior international business major Jessica A. Dupree.
TILATOBA--Senior interior design major Ashley M. Horne.
TUPELO--Senior chemical engineering major Cody L. Davidson, junior marketing major Casey L. Marcy, junior educational psychology major Lane E. McClellan, and junior furniture manufacturing management major Albert Z. Pleasants.
VARDAMAN--Senior educational psychology major Tina R. Crum.
VICKSBURG--Senior fine arts major Dixie Lyn Boswell, junior communication major Leanne Feibelman, senior computer engineering major Sarah L. Jackson, and senior international business major Lindsay R. Shelton.
YAZOO CITY--Senior accounting major Wilkins M. Crawford Jr.