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STARKVILLE, Miss.--Some 260 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.
The new members include (by hometown):
ACKERMAN--Senior accounting major Katherine E. King.
AMORY--General business administration major Leslie L. Jackson, software engineering major Kimberly D. Petty and elementary education major Whitney N. Tsagarakis. All are seniors.
ATHENS, Ala.--Junior mechanical engineering major Grant G. Chandler.
BALDWYN--Microbiology major Nicholas T. Armstrong and elementary education major Tabitha E. Russell. Both are seniors.
BARTLETT, Tenn.--Senior computer science major James M. Moore.
BATESVILLE--Nutrition major Virginia L. Monteith and biological sciences major Christie M. Moore. Both are seniors.
BAY SPRINGS--Senior poultry science major Nikki L. Thornton.
BAY ST. LOUIS--Computer science major Nathan J. Scretching and interior design major Marjorie D. Ticer. Both are seniors.
BELDEN--Junior microbiology major Michael B. Marlin.
BELMONT--Senior elementary education major Penny M. Raper.
BENTON, Ark.--Senior industrial engineering major John D. Moses.
BILOXI--Junior clinical exercise physiology major Kristina M. Moore.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Junior accounting major Taylor C. Barker [35216], senior landscape contracting and management major Blake E. Greene [35243] and junior interdisciplinary studies major Anna Rae Street [35242].
BLUE SPRINGS--Ashley N. Allen, a senior accounting major.
BOGUE CHITTO--Senior kinesiology major Brain V. Wallace.
BOONEVILLE--Electrical engineering major Jacob C. Fulper, accounting major Sloane P. Jumper, accounting major Mark W. Oaks, accounting major Matthew W. Oaks, and English education major Marla D. Smith. All are seniors.
BRANDON--Senior mechanical engineering major Mark T. Begonia, junior communication major Emmylou R. Branscome, junior accounting major Cole J. Durant, senior architecture major John M. Hooten, junior international business major Caleb A. Nail, junior mechanical engineering major Thomas W. Shields, and senior chemical engineering major Kyle B. Timblin.
BRIGHTON, Tenn.--Senior accounting major Derek A. Hughes.
BROOKHAVEN--Junior computer science major Blake A. Wall.
BRUCE--Senior educational psychology major Laura M. Wells.
CARRIERE--Aerospace engineering major Christopher M. Becker and banking and finance major Edward L. King IV. Both are seniors.
CARROLLTON--Senior accounting major Ruth V. Pitts.
CARTHAGE--Jacqueline B. Bell, a graduate student in clinical psychology.
CENTREVILLE--Senior elementary education major Sarah J. Knight, junior microbiology major Susan E. McKey and senior kinesiology major Amy R. Rawson.
CLARKSDALE--Senior William T. Mullins, an agriculture, food and resource economics major.
CLINTON--Junior communication major Taryn L. Foshee, senior computer science major Kevin D. George, senior kinesiology major Jamie L. Kelley, junior kinesiology major Stephani M. Mathews, senior banking and finance major Jennifer M. O'Bryan, junior aerospace engineering major William R. Patterson Jr., and senior accounting major Julie J. Sparkman.
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn.--Junior marketing major Jacqueline A. Bonadio and senior special education major Meagan B. Medley.
COLLINS--Senior elementary education major Wendy F. Quick.
COLLINSVILLE--Junior accounting major Jonathan B. Boutwell, junior biological sciences major Courtney N. Godwin and senior accounting major Darlene P. Hasson.
COLUMBUS, Ga.--Junior biological sciences major Andrew A. Wilson.
COLUMBUS--Junior general business administration major Matthew M. Brown, senior music education major Adam B. DeVenney and senior chemical engineering major Nicholas W. Wyckoff.
CONYERS, Ga.--Junior chemical engineering major Benjamin L. Watts.
CORDOVA, Tenn.--Senior accounting major Stephen A. Crawford and Terry Ross, a doctoral student in school administration.
CORINTH--Junior biological engineering major Taylor P. Mathis.
COVINGTON, La.--Senior general business administration major Marcom G. Falanga.
DALLAS, Texas--Junior psychology major Katie A. Compton [75248] and senior architecture major Marta E. Sevilla [72504].
DECATUR, Ala.--Political science major Charles C. Butts and Jill S. Thompson, a double major in banking and finance and economics. Both are seniors.
DECATUR--Senior educational psychology major Kery L. McDill.
DeKALB--Senior accounting major Montoya D. McConnell.
D'IBERVILLE--Junior elementary education major Christina L. Pitzer.
DURANT--Junior biological sciences major Carl A. Frizell and senior kinesiology major Sarah H. Kyle.
ELLISVILLE--Senior banking and finance major Jonathon E. Barnett.
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark.--Junior international business major Natallia G. Yarotskaya.
FLORENCE, Ala.--Senior computer science major Benjamin C. Campbell and junior Robert W. Dowdle, a furniture manufacturing management major.
FLORENCE--Senior biochemistry major Kacie Ellen Smith.
FLOWOOD--Senior landscape architecture major Andrew W. Luter.
FOREST--Drew C. Kenna, a risk management, insurance and financial planning major, and Jonathan S. Sigrest, a double major in mathematics education and teaching/coaching. Both are seniors.
FULTON--Senior civil engineering major Drew A. Parker.
GARDENDALE, Ala.--Senior agronomy major Joseph R. "Joey" Young.
GAUTIER--Software engineering major Marc D. Parisi and political science major Seth Robbins. Both are seniors.
GERMANTOWN, Tenn.--Junior biological sciences major Jessica D. Bintz and senior human sciences major Margaret S. Rowland.
GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn.--Junior psychology major Stacey L. Evans.
GUNTOWN--Junior elementary education major Amanda N. Pitts.
GREENWOOD--Junior accounting major James D. Madden.
GULFPORT--Senior kinesiology major Millicent E. Lawrence, senior biological sciences major Amanda M. Lyle and junior accounting major Amy E. Wilson.
HARTSELLE, Ala.--Senior chemical engineering major Ashley N. Holt.
HATTIESBURG--Junior elementary education major Allison H. Blackwell, senior human development/family studies major Katherine S. Brown and junior clinical exercise physiology major Derek T. Winstead.
HAZLEWOOD, Mo.--Senior architecture major Daniel J. Perschbacher.
HICKORY--Senior technology teacher education major Shelley L. Johnson.
HOLLY BLUFF--Senior kinesiology major Rachel L. Faller.
HOLLY SPRINGS--Junior kinesiology majors Robert R. Simpson.
HOMEWOOD, Ala.--Senior psychology major Katherine E. "Katie" Niezgoda.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--Senior accounting major Lauren C. Antoine [35803].
JACKSON--Junior international business major Emily A. Armstrong [39211]; senior accounting major Rachael Ann Hogg [39211]; junior general business administration James E. Lambert III [39211]; junior marketing major Allison M. Lauderdale [39211]; senior landscape architecture major Jeffrey R. Orkin [39211]; and senior Michelle Whittington [39206], a double major in general business administration and marketing.
JACKSON, Tenn.--Human sciences/nutrition major Mary K. Bryant and biochemistry major Stephanie J. Bryant. Both are juniors.
KATY, Texas--Senior communication major Callye L. Williams.
KOSCIUSKO--Psychology major Erin E. Busbea, business information systems major Jennifer L. Canty, psychology major Zac C. Stringer, and biological sciences major Anna C. Taylor. All are seniors but Taylor, who is a junior.
LAKE CORMORANT--Senior biochemistry major April L. Hodson.
LAKELAND, Tenn.--Senior elementary education major Adrienne N. Blackburn.
LAUREL--Elementary education major Mickey L. Graham, history major Nathan A. Gray, international business major Martin G. Harvey, accounting major Jennifer S. Jefcoat, computer science major Owen P. Pellegrin, and electrical engineering major Andrew F. Tigert. All are seniors but Jefcoat, who is a junior.
LAWRENCE--Senior electrical engineering major Stephen K. Sykes.
LEXINGTON--Junior general business administration major Thomas P. Haffey.
LEXINGTON, Tenn.--Senior agronomy major Ryan E. Moore.
LOUIN--Senior biochemistry major Jessica L. McNeil.
LOUISVILLE--Psychology major Jessica J. Fulton, elementary education major Jordan E. Kirk, retail floristry management major Tressa Presley, and elementary education Amy L. Warner. All are seniors but Fulton, who is a junior.
MACON--Senior landscape architecture major Seth M. Winchester.
McCOOL--Junior agricultural economics major Taylor L. Casey.
MADDEN--Teresa B. Gordon, a graduate student in educational leadership.
MADISON, Ala.--Junior international business major David W. Munn.
MADISON--Junior accounting major Blair Butler, junior accounting major Sarah F. Lutz, senior elementary education major Caroline E. Rule, junior elementary education major Jennifer E. Swain, and Lindsey I. Tew, a graduate student in political science.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--Junior communication/journalism major Tracey L. Apperson [38120], junior kinesiology/physical education major Laura M. Barclay [38117], senior marketing major Lauren P. Carmichael [38120], junior kinesiology major Sarah S. Craven [38119], junior interior design major Harriet E. Lewis [38111], and senior accounting major Catheine B. Nieman [38111].
MERIDIAN--Senior business information systems major Ronald W. Adkins; Deward W. Bedford, a doctoral student in business information systems; senior elementary education major Rachael L. Espey; senior elementary education major Kara L. Etheridge; junior general business administration major Kyle T. Gordon; senior general business administration major Bobbie Jean Gulley; senior industrial engineering major Valerie R. Hammond; senior elementary education major Emily M. Hardy; junior accounting major Blair E. Johnson; senior general business administration major Christie R. Morgan; Amanda G. Smith, a graduate student in clinical psychology; junior elementary education major Kristi R. Swift; Carla R. Waner, a graduate student in elementary education; and junior elementary education major Margaret E. White.
MILLINGTON, Tenn.--Senior clinical exercise physiology major Michael L. Stanley.
MOBILE, Ala.--Senior international business major David M. LeNoir Jr. [36606].
MOSS POINT--Banking and finance major Joshua S. Harris and aerospace engineering major James J. Hoy. Both are seniors.
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala.--Senior elementary education major Shara Allen.
NATCHITOCHES, La.--Charles J. Pellegrin, a graduate student in history.
NEW ALBANY--Mechanical engineering major Michael J. Bullwinkel, accounting major Jonathan C. Cobb and accounting major William L. Ivy. All are seniors.
NEWTON--Cille J. Norman, a graduate student in school counseling.
OCEAN SPRINGS--Senior international business major Jennifer L. Dethloff and junior biochemistry/molecular biology major Anna Lynn Oberhofer.
OLIVE BRANCH--Marketing major Jessica R. Harry and chemical engineering major Sarah E. Ponds. Both are juniors.
PALATINE, Ill.--Senior physical education major Heather E. Hurt.
PEARL--Biochemistry major Kristen S. Dedmon, biological sciences major Thomas W. Flanagan, elementary education major Laurin R. Ishee, and exercise science education major Myranda A. Jackson. All are seniors but Ishee, who is junior.
PENSACOLA, Fla.--Senior aerospace engineering major Alan D. Kulb [32503] and junior animal and dairy science major Laura K. Lindsey [32501].
PHILADELPHIA--Junior accounting major Lindsay M. Baird; junior social work major Jennie K. Battle; senior English education major Grayson J. Miller; Kimberly M. Parker, a graduate student in business administration; and senior educational psychology major Deidre E. Posey.
PICAYUNE--Junior Justin M. Pigott, a golf and sports turf management major.
PONTOTOC--Marketing major Kathryn B. Dorris and banking and finance major Jacob F. Hughes. Both are seniors.
PRESTON--Senior general business administration majors Nakisha S. Woods and Nicole L. Woods.
PURVIS--Senior communication major Stacey E. Wilson.
QUITMAN--Senior accounting major Justin S. McDonald.
RAYMOND--Junior software engineering major John M. Stewart.
REDWOOD--Junior accounting major Alisha E. Lawrence.
RIDGELAND--Bill Flatt, a graduate student in business administration, and senior accounting major Stephen B. Younger.
RIENZI--Senior elementary education major Candice D. Robinson.
RIPLEY--Senior elementary education major Abigail E. Sacran.
SALTILLO--Chemical engineering major Daniel H. Mabry and English major Ashley C. Young. Both are seniors.
SCOTTSBORO, Ala.--Senior mechanical engineering major James K. Thompson.
SEMINARY--Human sciences major Anna K. Humphrey and chemical engineering major Brooke J. Young. Both are seniors.
SENATOBIA--Junior kinesiology major Beverly L. Shideler.
SHANNON--Senior wildlife and fisheries science major Alicia J. Wiseman.
SHERWOOD, Wisc.--Junior interior design major Elizabeth M. Grube.
SHUQUALAK--Junior accounting major Ashley D. Baty.
SOMERVILLE, Tenn.--Senior biological science major Amy K. Farris.
SOUTHAVEN--Senior social studies education major Rebekah J. Jones.
STARKVILLE--Senior elementary education major Jennifer M. Arthur, junior architecture major Kay S. Chae, junior banking and finance major Kendall D. Childers, senior graphic design major Caroline B. Crawford, senior educational psychology major Samantha L. Creech, senior biological engineering major Samuel W. Fairbrother, economics doctoral student Deborah O. Lee, senior clinical exercise physiology major Melody S. Pan, junior business information systems major Crisler Seal, senior electrical engineering major Becky Ann Stone, junior microbiology major Elizabeth A. Trainor, and junior international business major Renata G. Underwood.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas--Senior architecture major Kayle D. Williford.
THOMASVILLE, Ala.--Junior general business administration major James W. Goodwin.
TIFTON, Ga.--Senior architecture major David C. Donovan.
TISHOMINGO--Senior social studies education major Nicky L. Marshall and junior accounting major Kimberly D. Maxwell.
TUPELO--Allyn E. Bryson, a double major in communication/public relations and English; biological sciences major Jenny L. Hester; social studies education major Wendy E. Prince; and biochemistry major Matthew E. Smith. All are juniors but Bryson, who is a senior.
TYLERTOWN--Senior general business administration major Rebecca Ann McKenzie.
UNION--General business administration major Jody M. Chaney, psychology major Amber C. Coghlan, mathematics education major Robin B. Page, and social studies education major Kurt A. Stockstill. All are seniors.
UPLAND, Calif.--Senior business information systems major Brian D. Nelson.
VICKSBURG--Senior teaching/coaching major Lauren B. Ashby; junior biological sciences/pre-medicine major Rebecca S. Chick; Dana O. Daigre, a graduate student in accounting/taxation; junior biological engineering major Christina H. Matson; and senior fine art major Lindsey E. Perkins.
VIDALIA, La.--Junior accounting major Brittny M. Laukhuff.
WALLS--William S. Frazier, a doctor of veterinary medicine student.
WAYNESBORO--International business major Maria L. Childers, psychology major Shelly D. Cooksey, business administration major Danielle L. Copeland, and human development and family studies major Sarah L. Crocker. All are seniors.
WEST POINT--Elementary education major Emily R. Cappleman and music education major Katie M. Ingram. Both are seniors.
WINONA--Accounting major Daniel S. Fisackerly and apparels, textiles and merchandising major Mary Catherine Hoover. Both are juniors.
WOODLAND--Junior accounting major Amanda L. Pounds.