Phi Kappa Phi initiates new members

The academic honor society that recognizes superior scholarship has initiated a new group of members at Emporia State University.

ESU’s Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society initiations were held May 16 in the Memorial Union ballroom.

Phi Kappa Phi’s rigorous standards limit membership to the upper 7.5 percent of juniors, the upper ten percent of seniors, and outstanding graduate students, alumni and faculty. Since the ESU chapter was founded in 1980, over 700 students have been initiated into membership.

This year’s Phi Kappa Phi initiates include:

JUNIORS

Cade Amend, Emporia; Phyllis Conner, Olathe; Lindsay Cronk, Emporia; Jessica Dreier, Americus; Kristin Fletcher, Lee’s Summit, Mo., Joanna Gilliam, Burlington; Ashley Guthrie, Emporia; Kelsey Hinkley, Valley Center; Mirel Howard, Emporia; Jessica Isakson, Liberal; Melissa Kirtland, Overland Park; Ashley Lee, Lebo; Lynn Lefebvre, Colwich; Dustin Loyd, Shawnee Mission; Thomas Martin, Dodge City; Erin Minneman, Solomon; Ryan Norton, Emporia; Annabel Osburn, Manhattan; Amber Roan, Merriam; Katelynn Robinson, Melvern; Sarah Sadowsky, Overland Park; Stephanie Schifferdecker, Mulvane; Alma Talamantes, Hutchinson; Katherine Vick, Olathe; and Xianyuan Zhang, Xi’An, China.

SENIORS

Mallory Ala, Oskaloosa; Jason Baker, Marienthal; Valynn Christie, Wichita; Kelli Coble, Galena; Mary Dague, Emporia; Audrey Dungan, Phoenix, Ariz.; Amanda Gerken, Paola; Kathleen Gleason, Wichita; Elissa Hadley, Burns; Megan Haight, Chanute; Jeffrey Hamlin, Emporia; Christopher Henricks, Emporia; Jeffrey Hoag, Arkansas City; Elizabeth Johnson, Wichita; Jeeyoon Kim, South Korea; Woojoo Kim, South Korea; Kelli Kuhlman, Lecompton; Jessica Lindshield, Lindsborg; Whitney McDonald, Ness City; Tara Mielke, Emporia; Heather Parrott, Derby; Sarah Price, Lyndon; Julian Rios, Bogata, Colombia; Markie Roberts, Scribner, Neb., Kristy Robidou, Emporia; Jason Seaton, Hutchinson; Richard Stephenson, Derby; Katisha Von Lintel, Elkhart; and Anthony Westby, Emporia.

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Kelly Alderson, Kansas City, Kan.; Kara Belew, Wichita; Nancy Berry, Topeka; David Bonine, Manhattan; Julie Carmen, Longmont, Colo.; Cara Codney, Emporia; Douglas Geller, Vernon, Tex.; Stratton Green, Prairie Village; Jamie Griffith, Salt Lake City, Utah; Tonya Haley, Rome, Ga.; Kimberly Harp, Topeka; Anne Hayden, Lawrence; Susan June, Banning, Calif.; Henna Kesulahti, Helsinki, Finland; Gina Manders, Miami, Okla.; Alexis McClurg, Walla Walla, Wash.; Murad Moqbel, Sanaa, Yemen; Brian Moss, Kansas City, Kan.; Rachel Pederson, Olathe; Terri Raburn, Lincoln, Neb.; Daniel Roland, Emporia; Richard Sprinkle, Lenexa; Nancy Swetland, Lincoln, Neb.; Mark Tinsley, Lynchburg, Va.; Jesse Tuel, Emporia; Lory Turney, Emporia; Anthony Whetstone, Olpe; and Trevor Young, Logan, Utah.

FACULTY

Kevin Rabas, Department of English; Matthew Lang, Department of Modern Languages; and Yuhua Tsui, Department of Modern Langauges.

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