OSU Students Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
A total of 190 undergraduate and graduate students were inducted this spring into
Oklahoma State University’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi national honor society, according
to Suzanne Burks, chapter president and director of University Counseling Services.
Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s largest honor society. To be invited to join, a student
must be among the top 10 percent of his or her college, according to grade point average,
and be within two semesters of graduation. This is the oldest and largest collegiate
honor society to initiate people from every academic discipline. The main objective
of Phi Kappa Phi is to promote academic excellence and achievement through encouragement
and recognition.
New inductees include:
ADA: Vanessa Aldrich, English junior.
ARCADIA: Eric L. Baird, applied educational studies graduate student.
ARDMORE: Amber H. Brecht, athletic training junior; Lindsay J. Veith, vocal music
performance junior.
BARTLESVILLE: Brett A. Venamon, construction management junior; Emily Stevens, English
junior; Thomas C. Christian, mechanical engineering senior.
BEAVER: Mark S. Kinsey, natural and applied sciences graduate student.
BETHANY: Shayna M. Pond, graphic design junior.
BIXBY: Joshua R. Neil, accounting junior; Audrey Stake, finance junior; Emily E. Wallis,
community counseling graduate student.
BROKEN ARROW: Jessica L. Jeter, elementary education junior; Stacia D. Nelson, elementary
education senior; Ashley J. Walker, accounting senior; Deborah K. Batson, teaching,
learning and leadership graduate student; Larry M. Batson Jr., teaching, learning
and leadership graduate student.
CHANDLER: Brian L. Bridges, math junior.
CHEROKEE: Dustin A. Elmore, mechanical engineering junior; Patrick L. Stein, agribusiness
junior.
CLAREMORE: Gary L. Collins, engineering and technology management graduate student;
John D. Hathcoat, educational psychology graduate student; Samuel R. Hobson, mechanical
engineering graduate student; Benjamin K. Persson, architecture junior; Chelsea N.
Harrison, nutritional sciences junior; Brandon J. Berner, finance senior.
COLLINSVILLE: Nikki J. Burgett, business management senior.
COMANCHE: Christopher B. Branch, agricultural economics junior.
DUNCAN: Lyndsey M. Hare, finance senior.
DURANT: Kassidy Conway, design, housing and merchandising senior.
EDMOND: Dean A. Findley, fire and emergency management administration graduate student;
Kalyn L. McAlister, human development and family science senior; Taylor M. Hopkins,
mechanical engineering junior; Morgan Robberson, architecture junior; Joseph R. Lipscomb,
music education senior; Brian J. Spall, fire sciences and emergency management graduate
student; Marla K. Cowherd, educational leadership graduate student; Zachary A. White,
telecommunications management graduate student; Jennifer Arms, accounting junior.
ELK CITY: Emily J. Felts, nutritional sciences graduate student.
EL RENO: Julie L. Huber, educational leadership graduate student.
ENID: Michael W. Aholt, accounting junior; David Rempe, wildlife ecology junior.
FLETCHER: Danielle L. Davies, accounting junior.
GROVE: Ashley Shelley, human development and family science junior.
GUTHRIE: Zachary J. Colorio, English junior; Kimberly A. McCormack, zoology junior.
GUYMON: Megan C. Zigler, communication sciences and disorders junior.
HENRYETTA: C. Tim Allison, leisure studies graduate student.
HINTON: Jessica R. Findley, interior merchandising junior.
JAY: Joshua N. Masters, electrical engineering technology junior; Kimberly D. Jungermann,
agribusiness junior.
JENKS: Brittany C. Myers, animal science junior.
KINGFISHER: Kelsey Kusik, elementary education junior.
LAWTON: Andrea Curry, agricultural economics and accounting junior; Amanda L. Smith,
speech pathology junior; Ebonie K. Hill, public relations junior.
MEDFORD: Jacob M. Kilian, agricultural communications senior; Matthew T. League, journalism
and broadcasting junior.
MIDWEST CITY: Michael A. Friday, aviation sciences graduate student.
OKLAHOMA CITY: Deborah L. Lanfair, nutritional sciences junior (73127); Andrew J.
Moore, Spanish junior (73112); Randall J. Hlubek, psychology junior (73134); Laura
M. Dumbell, zoology junior (73116); Robert B. Cooley, mechanical engineering junior
(73132); Jennifer Colton, journalism and broadcasting junior (73162); Valerie L. Cerny,
merchandising junior (73139).
OKMULGEE: Bruce Force, aviation education and space education graduate student.
OOLOGAH: Devin C. Gerrior, accounting graduate student; Sally J. Timson, communication
sciences and disorders junior.
PAULS VALLEY: Kaylee J. Messec, health promotion junior.
PAWHUSKA: Kendall C. Carter, construction management senior.
PAWNEE: Bradley A. Sewell, English graduate student.
PERKINS: Nicholas K. Jones, natural and applied sciences graduate student; Amanda
J. Miles, biochemistry and molecular biology junior.
PONCA CITY: Oliver R. Engle, veterinary medicine graduate student; Brandon D. Snyder,
physiology junior; Ashley M. Taber, psychology junior; Mat Drouhard, accounting junior;
Suzanne Tarver, teaching, learning and leadership graduate student.
RED ROCK: Jerri A. Imgarten, agricultural communications senior.
SAND SPRINGS: Leslie N. Smith, agricultural communications senior; James R. Moss,
fire and emergency management graduate student.
SAPULPA: Ashley H. Salisbury, human development and family science senior.
SAVANNA: Jamie Johnson, psychology senior.
SHAWNEE: Stephanie R. Scott, psychology junior.
SKIATOOK: Preston B. Lord Jr., psychology senior.
STILLWATER: Leena S. Bharath, food science graduate student; Sarah R. Pittman, elementary
education junior; Janet L. Ritthaler, design, housing and merchandising junior; Michael
A. Sample, geology graduate student; Rebecca M. Sites, marketing junior; Amy Collins,
school psychology graduate student; Rebecca L. Crotzer, biological science junior;
Matthew R. Garrison, geology graduate student; Christopher Lewis, graphic design senior;
Melissa K. Marcom, marketing junior; Kimmie L. Miller, educational leadership studies
graduate student; Sarah Needham, architecture junior; Katharine R. Stroukoff, chemical
engineering junior; Heather Hale, educational psychology graduate student; Emilee
Lehenbauer, international business junior; Anita L. Smith, entomology graduate student;
Matthew P. Smith, entomology graduate student; Vicky L. Elias, sociology graduate
student; Gabriel Gazzoli, hospitality administration graduate student; Brian M. Payne,
education graduate student; Jennifer L. Thorstad, geology graduate student; Joshua
K. Swift, psychology graduate student.
TULSA: Kathryn D. Bales, teaching, learning and leadership graduate student; Beth
Cealka, human development and family science junior; Angela H. Hakim, political science
senior; Molly M. Bullock, human development and family science junior; James H. Cooper,
aerospace engineering junior; Amanda L. Humphrey, human development and family science
junior; Edwin S. Lee, mechanical engineering graduate student; Amily A. McKenzie,
human development and family; science junior; Jennifer A. Murphy, zoology senior;
Peter G. Pariseau, student counseling graduate student; Shirley J. Wilkie, American
studies junior; James E. Carrington, business administration graduate student; Jeffrey
Brown, political science junior; Ben Herrmann, geology junior; Courtney M. Lasater,
design, housing and merchandising junior; Justin W. Magers, finance junior; Christina
M. Wood, design, housing and merchandising junior; Matthew S. Bowen, electrical engineering
technology junior; Teri S. Holmes, environmental science graduate student; Carol E.
Howard, environmental science graduate student; Timothy M. Kott, management senior;
Anne C. Mathew, reading and literacy graduate student; Kristina M. Smith, management
senior; Mary K. Salchert, marketing senior; Shannon P. Sullivan, dietetics and exercise
junior; Jennifer R. Rowan, accounting senior; Brian T. Burke, business administration
graduate student; Amanda L. Humphrey, human development and family science junior
(74137).
TYRONE: Nicholas S. Thomas, finance junior.
WAYNOKA: Megan R. Walker, elementary education senior.
WILLOW: Kelsey Miller, finance junior.
YUKON: Nathan C. Canada, biochemistry and molecular biology junior.
OUT of STATE:
LITTLE ROCK, AR: Laura E. Noblitt, marketing junior.
PATAGONIA, AZ: Jennifer M. Sebesta, geography and liberal studies senior.
ANTIOCH, CA: Daniel Schinnerer, athletic training senior.
LOS ALAMITOS, CA: Niccole L. Grimaldi, management junior.
LONGMONT, CO: Amanda L. Wiland, marketing junior.
SOUTH FORK, CO: Sandra M. Ward, accounting junior.
AUBURN, GA: Steven Gabriel, physics graduate student.
URBANDALE, IA: Chris Messer, sociology graduate student.
McHENRY, IL: Nicholas C. Eschner, fire protection junior.
NEWTON, KS: Chelsea N. Williams, physiology senior.
SOUTH HAVEN, KS: Lindsey N. Fitch, communication sciences and disorders senior.
WELLINGTON, KS: Kay D. Kautz, higher education leadership graduate student.
WICHITA, KS: Celeste N. Dauner, accounting junior.
CARL JUNCTION, MO: Julie M. Herman, animal science junior.
WHITEFISH, MT: Leslie M. Cockrell, history junior.
LANCASTER, PA: Jill E. Speizer, business administration graduate student.
AMARILLO, TX: Adam T. Blanchard, economics junior; Dianna L. Wright, community counseling
graduate student.
ARLINGTON, TX: Tamara A. Leavell, design, housing and merchandising junior; John E.
Richter, aviation sciences junior.
DOUBLE OAK, TX: James R. Holman, aviation sciences senior.
FORT WORTH, TX: Kathryn A. Perroni, art history junior.
HOUSTON, TX: Meredith Magnuson, zoology graduate student (77062).
KATY, TX: Lauren N. Taylor, fire protection and safety technology junior.
LONGVIEW, TX: John A Colquitt II, aviation sciences junior.
LUBBOCK, TX: Clayton M. Smith, animal science junior.
PLANO, TX: Ryan T. Slack, English senior; Kathryn E. Peters, environmental science
senior.
SAN ANTONIO, TX: Sarah T. Solomon, English senior.
THE WOODLANDS, TX: Jamie E. Markaverich, zoology junior.
WICHITA FALLS, TX: John W. Kable Jr., mechanical engineering junior.
FAIRFAX, VA: Linda Silverman Buczek, fire emergency management administration graduate
student.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Mauricio A. Benito, electrical engineering graduate student;
Yumiko Kanke, plant and soil science junior; Hyunjung Kim, hospitality administration
graduate student; Parathiba Nalabolu, computer science graduate student; Gayatri S.
Oulkar, industrial engineering graduate student; LiLis Suryawati, biosystems and agricultural
engineering graduate student; Yan Yang, educational psychology graduate student; Ahmed
Amin, international studies graduate student; Emre Diniz, geology graduate student;
Yuko Hatanaka, math and computer science senior; Moti K.C., civil engineering graduate
student; Hulas C. Modi, industrial engineering and management junior; Thotsapol Wongsuebchart,
business administration graduate student; Ngan N.H. Ngoc, finance senior; Naveen C.
Neppalli, management information systems graduate student; Dilrukshi H. Galhena, international
business senior.