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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 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, nine MSU faculty members were inducted as honorary members. The include James A. Dunne of physics and astronomy, George M. Hopper of forestry, Franz W. Kellermanns of management and information systems, Randall D. Little and Steven C. Turner of agricultural economics, Kelly Ann Marsh of English, Robert F. Otondo II of computer information systems, Donna S. Reese of computer science and engineering, and Peter L. Ryan of animal and dairy sciences.
The new members include (by hometown):
AMORY--Senior Kimberly D. Stanford, a human sciences/apparels, textiles and merchandising major.
BAILEY--Senior English major Elizabeth Ann Harmon.
BARTLETT, Tenn.--Senior biological sciences major Elizabeth N. Heath.
BEAVERTON, Ala.--Senior communication/public relations major Susan E. Hughes.
BELDEN--Junior biological sciences major Kristen L. Napier.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Junior international business major Kathryn M. Switzer.
BOONEVILLE--Senior philosophy major James M. Redd.
BRANDON--Computer engineering major Wesley J. Holland; political science major Alexander W. "Alex" McIntosh; electrical engineering major Ryan Sparks; Laura M. Werne, a human sciences/apparels, textiles and merchandising major; and aerospace engineering major Walter R. Williams. Holland is a junior; the others, seniors.
CENTREVILLE--Senior Adrienne L. Jones, a communication double-major in journalism and public relations.
CLARKSDALE--Junior civil engineering major Glenn G. Clark and senior biological sciences major Allison R. Moore.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.--Junior clinical exercise physiology major Courtney L. Albright.
CLEVELAND--Senior animal and dairy science major Lydia L. Smith
CLINTON--Senior Bryan T. Robbins III, a double-major in software engineering and computer science.
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn.--Kyle C. Lynch, a management of construction and land development major, and Brittany C. Martin, a communication/public relations major. Both are juniors.
COLUMBUS--Human sciences/interior design major Angela M. Latham and biochemistry major Megan Mahoney. Both are seniors.
CORINTH--Junior elementary education major Leslie R. Purvis.
DIAMONDHEAD--Senior mechanical engineering major Brian F. Hamburg.
DUBUQUE, Iowa--Samuel N. Yamoah, a graduate student in business administration.
EADS, Tenn.--Senior marketing major Miranda B. Wilkes.
EUPORA--Senior Bridget N. Hodges, a wildlife and fisheries/pre-veterinary medicine major.
FLORENCE, Ala.--Senior elementary education major Jessica L. Green.
FLORENCE--Junior Laura J. Ringer, a double-major in mathematics and psychology.
FLOWOOOD--Senior chemistry education major Bethany J. Bagley.
GERMANTOWN, Tenn.--Junior mechanical engineering major Andrew D. Oppenheim.
GROVE CITY, Ohio--Junior music education major Cynthia M. Wharton.
HOUSTON--Senior special education major Jessica L. Hardin.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--Social studies education major Lauren E. Blumkin; foreign languages major Stephanie P. Daugherty, human sciences/food science and nutrition major Rachel A. Roberts, and Meredith L. Young, a human science/human development and family studies major. Roberts is a senior; the others, juniors.
JACKSON--Senior kinesiology major Mary A. McRee and junior mechanical engineering major Robert W. Rives Jr.
JASPER, Ala.--Senior art/graphic design major Justin T. Hamman.
KOSCIUSKO--Senior elementary education major Cortni H. Kyle.
LEAKESVILLE--Senior microbiology major Amity L. Roberts.
LEXINGTON--Senior kinesiology major Walter E. Diggs IV.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--Senior Jacqueline A. Finch, a double-major in geosciences/broadcast meteorology and communication/broadcasting.
LOUISVILLE--Senior biochemistry major Erin M. Ard.
LOVES PARK, Ill.--Senior elementary education major Rachel Cooper.
MABEN--Junior wildlife and fisheries major Amber D. Breland.
MADISON--International business major Simon T. Bailey; biological sciences major Mary Kathleen Bell, kinesiology major Lori F. Harris, biological sciences major Kallie R. Howard, and microbiology major Lindsay K. Roberts. Bailey and Harris are juniors; the others, seniors.
MAGEE--Senior elementary education major Melissa L. Ainsworth.
MANDEVILLE, La.--Senior international business major Lindsey K. Cruice.
MANTEE--Andrei G. Brownlee, a doctoral student in special education.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--Senior landscape architecture majors Robert J. Pratt and Robert J. Winters Jr.
MERIDIAN--Elementary education major Carolyn J. Lewis and human sciences/nutrition major Jessica D. Lindsey. Both are seniors.
MIDDLETOWN, R.I.--Susan L. Cunningham, a graduate student in geosciences.
MILAN, Tenn.--Senior Christopher C. Fuchs, a double-major in political science and history.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Senior landscape architecture major Phillipe S. Chadwick.
NATCHEZ--Senior real estate major Rebecca L. Bass.
NEW ALBANY--Junior art/graphic design major Sara E. Parks.
NEWTON--Junior clinical exercise physiology major Valerie Ann Gibbs.
OCEAN SPRINGS--Civil engineering major John P. Krebs, biochemistry major Katie L. Necaise and communication/journalism major Kristen M. Sims. Krebs and Neciase are seniors; Sims, a junior.
OLIVE BRANCH--Senior art/painting major Amanda E. DeStefanis.
ONEONTA, Ala.--Junior professional meteorology major Jennifer Lynn Hitt.
PELAHATCHIE--Junior English education major Ashley L. Boyer.
PELHAM, Ala.--Senior communication/public relations major Jessica E. Bowers.
PENSACOLA, Fla.--Junior architecture major Lindsay B. Hamilton.
PETAL--Erin E. Mills, a double-major in microbiology and biological sciences, and agricultural economics major Kathryn E. Taylor. Both are seniors.
POCAHONTAS, Tenn.--Senior foreign languages major Amie L. Kirk.
RAYMOND--Kinesiology major Douglas D. Thaggard and accounting major Allison A. White. Both are juniors.
RIDGELAND--Senior chemistry major Sarah E. Conerly.
RIPLEY--Senior industrial engineering major Miranda J. Grisham.
SLIDELL, La.--Junior international business major JeongEun Park.
STARKVILLE--International business major Forrest L. Aldridge; Elizabeth F. Coggins, a double-major in history and English; Steven C. Corhern, a double-major in history and philosophy and religion; human sciences/food and nutrition major Lauren E. Dodds; Maria J. Abregu, a double-major in sociology and philosophy; interior design major Elizabeth J. Herring, elementary education major Whitney L. Johnston; animal and dairy science major In Ju Kim; industrial engineering major Junt Hyup Kim; physical education major Andrew I. Pylate; and mechanical engineering major Brandon W. Witbeck. Dodds and Herring are juniors; all the others are seniors.
THOMASVILLE, Ala.--Junior communication management major Sarah K. Crowley.
TUPELO--Professional meteorology major Jared S. Allen, kinesiology major Michael D. Talbot and mathematics major Summer E. Young. Allen and Talbot are seniors; Young, a junior.
UNION--Elementary education majors Emma E. Chisolm, Christina M. Evans and Tonya B. Johnson. Chisolm and Evans are seniors; Johnson, a junior.
VICKSBURG--English education major Catherine G. Bryant, interdisciplinary studies major Mary D. Gaines and chemical engineering major Jeffrey J. Rottman. All are seniors.
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Senior broadcast meteorology major Kathleen A. Mitchell.
WATER VALEY--Senior agricultural sciences major John G. Brower III.
WEST POINT--Junior animal and dairy sciences major Davis M. Hunt and senior Rose Ella Young, a human sciences/human development and family studies major.
YOKOSUKA, Japan--Senior professional meteorology major Stephanie A. Olcott.