Students, faculty, alum inducted into Phi Kappa Phi
Contact: Christina Chapple
5/8/08
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(1) PKP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT – Mechelle Rouchon, left, a junior English major from Clinton, is the recipient of the Southeastern Louisiana University Phi Kappa Phi Endowed Scholarship, established by the chapter of the national honor society in 2006 to honor its 50th anniversary. Rouchon was announced as the second recipient of the scholarship at the chapter’s annual banquet on May 1. Shown with her is Phi Kappa Phi President Cary Berthelot. Rouchon also received Phi Kappa Phi’s Outstanding Junior award for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
(2) SOUTHEASTERN PKP INDUCTS FACULTY, ALUMNUS – Southeastern Louisiana University faculty and alumni members inducted May 1 into the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi on May 1 are, from left, David Hanson, head of the Department of English; Paul Sawyer, associate professor of English; Wendy Johns, assistant vice-president for university advancement; Deborah Dardis, associate professor of biological sciences, and (not shown) Stella Helluin, director of the St. Tammany Center.
(3) SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI INITIATES (TANGIPAHOA) -- Southeastern Louisiana University students from Tangipahoa Parish inducted into the university’s chapter of the prestigious national honor society Phi Kappa Phi on May 1 were, from left, front, Rachel Pierson, Ponchatoula; Heidi M. Peltier, Hammond; Julianna Dufreche, Ponchatoula; Rachel Lynn Carazo, Ponchatoula; Roxanne Pfeil, Hammond; back, Rebecca Weber, Hammond; Mackenzie Kimberly Gehbauer, Robert; Lindsay Ann Rushing, Ponchatoula; Pamela J. Levatino, Independence, and Jane Frances Rownd, Hammond.
(4) SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI INITIATES (ST. TAMMANY) -- Southeastern Louisiana University students from St. Tammany Parish inducted into the university’s chapter of the prestigious national honor society Phi Kappa Phi on May 1 were, from left, front, Mary-Grace Caroline Westphal, Slidell; Gail Ellen McWilliams and Barbara Ann Nero, Covington; back, Allison E. Moseley, Mandeville; Kathleen Elizabeth Glover and Tina Coker, Covington; Lauren Anne Winkler, Slidell.
(5) SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI INITIATES (EAST FELICIANA) – Mechelle Rouchon of Clinton and Carmen Nicole Elam of Jackson were among the Southeastern Louisiana University students from East Feliciana Parish inducted May 1 into the university’s chapter of the prestigious national honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
(6) SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI INITIATES (INTERNATIONAL) – Two international students, Sruthi Mareedu of Hyderabad, India, and Estera Pirosca of Brăila, Romania, were among the Southeastern Louisiana University students from East Feliciana Parish inducted May 1 into the university’s chapter of the prestigious national honor society Phi Kappa Phi. Both students currently reside in Hammond.
(7) SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI INITIATES (TYLERTOWN, MISS.) – Jenna Darlene Holmes and Brittany Ann DeWitte of Tylertown were among the Southeastern Louisiana University students from East Feliciana Parish inducted May 1 into the university’s chapter of the prestigious national honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
(8) SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI INITIATES (EAST BATON ROUGE) – Emily McMillan of Greenwell Springs and Hayden Shirley Bell of Baton Rouge were among the Southeastern Louisiana University students from East Feliciana Parish inducted May 1 into the university’s chapter of the prestigious national honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
(9) SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI INITIATES (ASCENSION) – Greg Matthew Landry of Donaldsonville was among the Southeastern Louisiana University students from East Feliciana Parish inducted May 1 into the university’s chapter of the prestigious national honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
(10) SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI INITIATES (ST. MARY) – Jacqueline Latiolais of Franklin was among the Southeastern Louisiana University students from East Feliciana Parish inducted May 1 into the university’s chapter of the prestigious national honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
(11) SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI INITIATES (JEFFERSON) – Christina Marie Dinwiddie of Kenner was among the Southeastern Louisiana University students from East Feliciana Parish inducted May 1 into the university’s chapter of the prestigious national honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
(12) SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI INITIATES (LAFOURCHE) – Lauren Eserman and Meggie Elizabeth Doucet of Raceland were among the Southeastern Louisiana University students from East Feliciana Parish inducted May 1 into the university’s chapter of the prestigious national honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University has inducted 65 new members graduate and undergraduate students, faculty and alumni into its chapter of the prestigious national honor society, Phi Kappa Phi.
To be considered for membership in Phi Kappa Phi, a student must be in the top 10 percent of the senior or graduate class or a second-semester junior in the top 7.5 percent of his/her class. Faculty and alumni are chosen for outstanding contributions to their fields.
At the chapter’s annual induction banquet May 1, Southeastern Phi Kappa Phi honored senior exercise science major and track and field student-athlete Craig Thomas of St. Catherine, Jamaica, who is one of 60 national recipients of a $5,000 fellowship for post-graduate study by the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Thomas, the fifth Southeastern student and second in two years to receive the fellowship, plans to use the award to pursue a career in biomedical sciences. His goal is to earn a doctoral degree in biomedical sciences followed by a medical degree.
The honors organization also presented the Phi Kappa Phi Endowed Scholarship, established in 2006 in honor of the chapter’s 50th anniversary, to Mechelle Rouchon, an English major from Clinton. Rouchon also received the Outstanding Junior award in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
The honors organization also recognized as Outstanding Juniors finance major Tiffany Mizell of Livingston, College of Business; elementary education major Aimee Chavers of Denham Springs, College of Education and Human Development; general studies major Brittany Ann DeWitt of Tylertown, Miss., Division of General Studies; exercise science major Emily McMillan of Greenwell Springs, College of Nursing and Health Sciences; and biological sciences/pre-medicine major Meggie Elizabeth Doucet of Raceland and chemistry major Rebecca J. Weber of Hammond, College of Science and Technology. The Outstanding Freshman Award was presented to Megan O’Neal of Greenwell Springs, while Anthony Mele of Hammond received the Outstanding Honor Student award.
The initiates included Southeastern faculty members David Hanson, head of the Department of English; Paul Sawyer, associate professor of English; Deborah Dardis, associate professor of biological sciences, and Stella Helluin, director of the St. Tammany Center, and Southeastern graduate Wendy Johns, assistant vice-president for university advancement.
Phi Kappa Phi initiates for 2007-2008 are:
AMITE – Caitlin Victoria Craddock, Kelly Lynn Bankston
BAKER – Kathleen C. Venable
BATON ROUGE – Hayden Shirley Bell, Wendy Phelps Lafreniere, Michelle Waguespack, Amanda Marie Alello.
CLINTON – Mechelle Annette Rouchon
COVINGTON – Tina Coker, Kathleen Elizabeth Glover, Linda Lee Lentz, Kiran A. Shaikh, Debora M. Tremont, Kaitlyn Marshall Bass, Katelyn Nicole Magee, Gail Ellen McWilliams, Barbara Anne Nero.
DENHAM SPRINGS – Floyd Lance Trascher
DONALDSONVILLE -- Greg Matthew Landry
FOLSOM – Margaret Willie
FRANKLIN – Jacqueline Latiolais
GREENWELL SPRINGS – Emily Joy McMillan, Megan O’Neal
HAMMOND – Sruthi Mareedu, Heidi M. Peltier, Estera Pirosca, Rebecca Weber, Bruce Norman Beever, Jennifer Amanda Duet, Roxanne Pfeil, Mary Renee Ross, Jane Frances Rownd.
INDEPENDENCE – Pamela J. Levatino, Samantha Lashun Mitchell-Robertson
JACKSON – Carmen Nicole Elam
KENNER – Jennifer Lee Thorn, Christina Marie Dinwiddie
KENTWOOD – Wendi Crystal Laszko, Tonya Lewis Randolph
LACOMBE – Daniel John Tadin
LIVINGSTON – Tiffany M. Mizell
LUTCHER – Daphne Michele Zimmer
MANDEVILLE – Allison E. Moseley, Katelyn Olivia Peat
PONCHATOULA – Rachel Lynn Carazo, Julianna Marie Dufreche, RAchel Marie Pierson, Lindsay Ann Rushing, Judy Bictoria Bardwell, Melissa Gay Perrin, Lauren Pevey.
RACELAND – Meggie Elizabeth Doucet, Lauren Eserman
ROBERT – Mackenzie Kimberly Gehbauer, Karen P. Menona
SLIDELL – Vicki Ann Martinez, Hannah Esther Locke, Mary-Grace Caroline Westphal, Lauren Anne Winkler
SPRINGFIELD – Kayla Marie Dayberry, Kara Lyn Honaker
WESTWEGO – Devan Celeste Dupuy
ZACHARY – Emily Dilmon Nevarez
TYLERTOWN, MISS. – Jenna Darlene Holmes, Brittany Ann DeWitte
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