K-State's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa selects new members

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

K-STATE'S CHAPTER OF PHI BETA KAPPA SELECTS NEW MEMBERS

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious academic honor society, has selected new members for 2007.

Since its founding in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa has fostered and recognized excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. With just 262 chapters, only about 10 percent of institutions of higher learning in the nation have a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. K-State is home to one of only two chapters in Kansas.

The K-State chapter's Members-in-Course Committee selects new members each spring. To be eligible for consideration, a student must be a junior or a senior with a grade point average of at least 3.7; students with grade point averages between 3.5 to 3.7 may be considered if the level and depth of their course work indicates an unusually distinguished record.

Students also must be candidates for a bachelor's degree in K-State's College of Arts and Sciences or have at least 90 hours or three-fourths of their total course work from departments in the college. Students also must have taken a required number and level of courses in a foreign language, mathematics, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

New members of Phi Beta Kappa at K-State include:

Alison St. Clair, senior in marketing, Assaria; Holly Oakleaf, senior in criminology, Baldwin City; Mary Kate Ludwig, senior in history and pre-law, Beloit; Xiaobin Zhang, junior in psychology, Clay Center; Amanda Collier, senior in sociology and Spanish, Council Grove; Jay Aber, senior in civil engineering and German, Emporia; Emily Melin, senior in public relations and French, Garden City; Joseph Brown, senior in philosophy, Goddard.

From Greater Kansas City: Sean Conner, junior in creative writing, and Michelle LeCluyse, senior in biology and French, both of Leawood; Sarah Hurd, junior in kinesiology and pre-physical therapy, Olathe; Kristen Burgmeier, senior in literature and pre-law, Theresa Doyle, senior in family studies and human services and Spanish, Christina Forsberg, junior in economics and English, Ashley Kelly, senior in advertising, and Danielle Richardson, senior in French, all of Overland Park; Luke Healy, senior in creative writing, and Kathryn Warren, senior in social work, both of Prairie Village; and Rebecca Feil, senior in humanities, Shawnee.

Lacey Thompson, senior in women's studies, Hill City.

From Manhattan: Sarah Devlin, senior in biochemistry; Nicole Shaddix, senior in Spanish and political science; Robert Hinderliter, senior in creative writing and anthropology; Jessica Simosa, senior in management and economics; and Lauren Takemoto, senior in humanities.

Ashley Martin, senior in public relations, Lance Turner, senior in creative writing, both of Salina; Jessica Edwards, senior in English literature, Spring Hill.

From Topeka: Abby Brownback, senior in print journalism; Mary McGivern, senior in French and psychology; Rebekah Meek, senior in English literature and international studies; and Beth Spangler, senior in family studies and human services.

From Wichita: Christina Hansen, senior in print journalism; Matthew King, senior in political science and natural resources and environmental sciences; Colleen Loo, senior in chemical science and biochemistry; Anne Martin, senior in psychology; Ashley Smit, senior in biology and pre-veterinary medicine; and Jamie Travis, senior in psychology and Spanish.

From out-of-state: Nick Dunn, senior in print journalism, Lee's Summit, Mo.; and Heidi Paulson, senior in print journalism, Chester, Va.