Featuring Phi Kappa Phi Award Recipients for: • Fellowships • • Literacy Grants • A Publication of • • The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants • Promotion of Excellence Grants • 2006 Awards Issue
A local market in the Limari Valley of Chile where locals sell vegetables and other crops to earn a living. – Rebecca E. James, former Study Abroad Grant recipient
Michigan State University Panama Study Abroad group on Pipeline Trail in Gamboa, Panama. – Joshua Mastenbrook, former Study Abroad Grant recipient The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi was founded Board of Directors in 1897 and became a national organization through the efforts of the presidents of three state universities. Paul J. Ferlazzo, PhD Its primary objective has been from the first the rec- National President ognition and encouragement of superior scholarship Northern Arizona University in all fields of study. Good character is an essential Dept. of English, Box 6032 supporting attribute for those elected to membership. Flagstaff, AZ 86011 The motto of the Society is philosophia krateit¯o ph¯o t¯o n, which is freely translated as “Let the love of learn- Robert B. Rogow, CPA, PhD National President-Elect Phi Kappa Phi Forum Staff ing rule humanity.” Eastern Kentucky University College of Business and Technology Editor: 317 Combs Building JAMES P. KAETZ Richmond, KY 40475 Associate Editors: Donna Clark Schubert STEPHANIE BOND SMITH National Vice President Troy University LAURA J. KLOBERG 101-C Wallace Hall Troy, AL 36082 Marketing and Member Benefits Director: TRACI NAVARRE Wendell H. McKenzie, PhD Past President Phi Kappa Phi encourages and recognizes academ- Dept. of Genetics ic excellence through several programs. Through its Box 7614 NC State University Raleigh, NC 27695 awards and grants programs, the Society each trien- nium distributes more than $1,700,000 to deserving Phi Kappa Phi Forum Gilbert L. Fowler, PhD students and faculty to promote academic excellence Vice President, South Central Mission Statement and service to others. These programs include its flag- Region ship Fellowship program for students entering their Arkansas State University Honors The purpose of the Phi Kappa Phi first year of graduate study, Study Abroad grants for College Forum is to enhance the image of the P.O. Box 2889 undergraduates, and Literacy Initiative service grants. State University, AR 72467-2889 Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and For more information about how to contribute to the promote the pursuit of academic excel- Phi Kappa Phi Foundation and support these pro- lence in all fields through a quality, intel- Ronald E. Johnson, PhD grams, please write Perry A. Snyder, PhD, Executive Vice President, lectually stimulating publication for its Director, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Box Northeastern Region membership. 16000, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Old Dominion University 70893 or go to the Phi Kappa Phi Web page at www. Dept. of Ocean, Earth & Atmos. Sciences phikappaphi.org. Norfolk, VA 23529
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Literacy Grants 10 The Literacy Grants program was initiated in 2003 to mobilize members and resources of Phi Kappa Phi and the higher education community to champion literacy initiatives. Grants of up to $2,500 are available to Phi Kappa Phi chapters and individual members to fund ongoing literacy projects or to create new ones. The Society’s commitment to the cause of literacy grows out of and is consistent with its mission, which was expand- ed to include “to engage the community of scholars in service to others.”
This is Libertadores Pass crossing from Argentina back to Chile, one of the two paved roads over the Andes Mountains. – Rebecca E. James Study Abroad Grants 13 Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants are designed to help support undergraduates who seek knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad. Thirty-eight $1,000 grants are awarded each year.
Promotion of Excellence 15 Grants The Phi Kappa Phi Promotion of Excellence Grants Program, inaugurated by the Board of Directors and the Triennial Convention in 1998, is designed to pro- vide support to Phi Kappa Phi members and chapters as they design and implement programs and activities that These cloggers were performing at the Highland advance excellence in higher education. Games in Scotland, an event that was not on our itiner- ary, but that we happened upon while driving through the mountains. – Katherine Spencer
All photographs for this issue have been generously supplied by previous Study Abroad Grant recipients. 2006 Named Fellowship Recipients Walter and Adelheid Hohenstein Fellows
Monty Aghazadeh Slater Fellow Northeastern Region: Nicklaus Laverty, Louisiana State University This year’s Slater Fellow is Monty who is majoring in political science and Aghazadeh, who is majoring in biology minoring in English at the University of and minoring in French at Louisiana Maine, is the Hohenstein Fellow for the State University. He plans to attend Northeastern Region. He plans to pursue a medical school, and he has already PhD in Political Science. been accepted to two of his top three choices — Vanderbilt and Emory. Southeastern Region: Thomas Spain, who is majoring in physics, minoring in math- Tondra De Yoerger Presidential Fellow ematics at the University of Alabama, University of Nevada Tondra De, who is a candidate for the Huntsville, is the Hohenstein Fellow for -Las Vegas B.S.E in electrical engineering and the the Southeastern Region. He plans to B.S. in mathematics at the University attend medical school; he has already of Nevada, Las Vegas, is this year’s been accepted to the medical schools at Yoerger Fellow. She plans to pursue a Vanderbilt and the University of Alabama. PhD in Science Education.
North Central Region: Rishi Wadhera, who Ruth E. Brasher Fellow is majoring in biology and minoring in Philip Scherer, a candidate for a B.S. business at the University of Wisconsin, Philip Scherer in microbiology at Brigham Young Madison, is this year’s Hohenstein Fellow Brigham Young University University, is this year’s Brasher Fellow. for the North Central Region. He plans to attend medical school.
South Central Region: Marc Walker, a can- Kathleen Greey Fellow didate for a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in This year’s Greey Fellow is Paul Julian, philosophy at the University of Mississippi, a philosophy major at the University is the Hohenstein Fellow for the South of Tennessee, Knoxville. He plans to Central Region. He plans for a career in pursue a PhD in Philosophy. medicine, and he has already been accept- Paul Julian ed to the medical schools at Vanderbilt and University of Tennessee- the University of Mississippi. Knoxville Marjorie Schoch Fellow This year’s Schoch Fellow is Chi Viet, a biological sciences major at the Western Region: Christina To, who is major- University of California, Davis. She ing in physics and minoring in chemistry plans a career in dentistry, and she has and in sociology at the University of already been accepted to the dentistry Southern California, is the Hohenstein schools at University of California, San Fellow for the Western Region. She was Francisco; University of California, Los accepted as a freshman into the Keck Chi Viet Angeles; and University of the Pacific. School of Medicine at USC. University of California-Davis
Alfred M. Wolfe Fellow University of Maryland: Nicolas Johnson, a Amber Swinford, who is majoring in biological sciences major at the University English and minoring in German at of Maryland, Baltimore County, is this Texas Tech University, is this year’s year’s Hohenstein Fellow for the University Wolfe Fellow. She plans to pursue a of Maryland. She plans to attend medical PhD in English with a specialty in Irish school and has already been accepted into Studies. the MD/PhD program at the University of Amber Swinford Maryland. Texas Tech University
4 PHI KAPPA PHI FORUM/VOL. 86, NO.2 Nicklaus Laverty University of Maine Pooja Aggarwal Kelly Comerford University of Alabama- University of Florida Birmingham Andrew Brooks The Citadel
Thomas Spain University of Alabama- Huntsville Sejal Amin Lindsay Costantino University of South Carnegie-Mellon Alabama University Amy Cadwallader Illinois Wesleyan University
Rishi Wadhera University of Wisconsin- Madison Recipients 2006 Fellowship Michael Berberoglu Katherine Crytzer University of Nevada-Reno Middle Tennessee State University Thenappan Chandrasekar Pennsylvania State University
Marc Walker University of Mississippi
Rebecca Blocksome Rebecca Dickson Fort Hays State Elon University University Rex Cheng California State University-Los Angeles
Christina To University of Southern California
Elizabeth Bobzien Dominick DiOrio Truman State University Ithaca College Jessica Cobble Appalachian State University
Nicolas Johnson University of Maryland AWARDS ISSUE 2006 5 David Erickson Joshua Hollingsead Virginia Polytechnic Institute & McKendree College State University
Monica Guzman Stephanie Koch Texas A&M Ohio Northern International University
Valerie Fenneman Cassandra Jones Butler University University of Arizona
Melissa Halbur Sarah Kuehnel Texas A&M University Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 2006 Fellowship Recipients 2006 Fellowship
Carrie Fenner Natalie Jones South Dakota State University of Puget University Sound Jennifer Haney Francis Lagor, Jr. Arkansas State Villanova University University
Andrea Frantz Kevin Kent Bloomsburg University Washburn University
Ann Hickox Justin Langlois Arizona State United States Naval University Academy
Mary Catherine Hassan Khalil Gordon University of Houston- Old Dominion University Park University
6 PHI KAPPA PHI FORUM/VOL. 86, NO.2 Jason Larkin B.D. Story Utah State University University of Arkansas-Little Rock Lauren Rasmussen University of New Mexico
Melissa McDaniel Cierra Thomas-Williams Columbus State Eastern Oregon University University Kasey Reed Boise State University 2006 Fellowship Recipients 2006 Fellowship
Evan Neal Meryl Twarog University of Utah Pittsburg State University James Reinhart Michigan State University
Suong Nguyen Laura Williamson University of Tulsa North Georgia College & State University Alan Rogers North Carolina State University
Shaina Porter Laura Wood Texas Woman’s Kansas State University University David Ruta University of Illinois-Urbana
AWARDS ISSUE 2006 7 Jacquilyn Waddell Stephanie Hodgin Boie University of North Iowa State University Carolina-Charlotte Allison Abbott Amanda Ersland James Madison Minnesota State University University, Moorhead
Cara Castellana Phoebe Holmes Florida State University University of Delaware
Yassmeen Abdulhamid Lisa Grier Plattsburgh State University Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. at Ft. Wayne
Carolynn Chin Daniel Huff Georgia Southern Southeast Missouri University State University Patrick Alexander Keith Guerin 2006 Awards of Excellence Recipients Awards 2006 Miami University Ball State University
Katherine Ciraulo Jenny Jackson State University of Cameron University New York-Cortland Samson Alva Benjamin Hall Mercer University Georgetown College
Patricia DeBow Yuri Jadotte Arcadia University Montclair State University Alexi Bannwarth Daniel Hershberger University of Kansas Nebraska Wesleyan University
8 PHI KAPPA PHI FORUM/VOL. 86, NO.2 Olga Moulton Erin Smith Brigham Young Florida Southern University-Hawaii University Jennifer Jonas Scott Phillips Central Missouri State Campbell University University
Adam Neff Erin Stoesz Oregon State University of Wyoming University Kristen Kalend Rachel Rosolina University of the Pacific Berea College
Megan Nelson Dana Weber University of Nebraska University of at Kearney Wisconsin-Milwaukee Angela Kwallek Alyson Roy Youngstown State Central Washington University University
Michelle Pelletier Leah Wischmeier Florida Atlantic Purdue University University Michael Levin Karolina Sarnowska University of North Mississippi State Florida University
Frank Petruzielo, Jr. Sarah Woodard Berry College University of North Carolina-Wilmington Jared McBride Brian Schell Northeastern Wright State University University
AWARDS ISSUE 2006 9 Enhancing Literacy by Motivating Our Minds More Anthony O. Edmonds Project One More Story * Ball State University Marie Katherine Duncan Phi Kappa Phi funds will add 120 books and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania forty Phi Kappa Phi book-bags to the existing Project One More Story is a partnership with library at a community-based, nonprofit after- Chapter 202, Danville Ronald McDonald school program targeting children in grades House, and Bloomsburg University of 1–8. Pennsylvania. This project targets children with serious illnesses and their families by cre- Born to Read * ating a children’s library and volunteer-based Misty R. Clifton reader program at the Ronald McDonald Southeast Missouri University House, which provides temporary care for families of seriously ill children. The Born to Read program promotes early literacy through distribution of books to new- borns at an area hospital. Phi Kappa Phi mem- First Books for Reading Partners bers, university administrators, and students Donald D. Mowry hold special events to promote the program and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire prepare books for distribution by including a This project brings together two literacy Phi Kappa Phi bookplate and letter about early programs to better serve the needs of young reading with babies. children who are learning English as a second language. Phi Kappa Phi funds will be used to Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 185 purchase approximately nine hundred books Volunteer Readers * along with supplies for two literacy events, an Danna M. Gibson annual Literacy Renaissance Festival, and a Columbus State University recognition/reward event. Members of Chapter 185 will form teams of volunteer readers to go to one of the country’s Literacy Unplugged most at-risk elementary schools to read with Paulette P. Harris Augusta State University 2006 Literacy Grants Recipients Grants Literacy 2006 children and engage them in activities pertain- ing to the stories that they have read. Pre-K This project supports both children and students will be provided with their own books adults who participate in the Augusta State and activity materials to take home, and a video University Literacy Center. Phi Kappa Phi chronicle of the program will be shown at the funds will purchase two computers and soft- fall induction ceremony. Phi Kappa Phi funds ware for use by those preparing for the GED will purchase books and supplies, certificates, or for gaining workforce literacy. University brochures, and a videotape, and will fund a students tutor children and adults each week- concluding forum. day.
Baby Talk: Extending the Family Literacy Outreach Partnership * Judy L. Stiles Cynthia N. Fletcher Missouri Southern State University Iowa State University This project will include a family literacy Phi Kappa Phi funds will support Baby Talk, PSA produced with the help of students at a research-based approach to fostering early Missouri Southern State University. Student literacy. Phi Kappa Phi funds will purchase 833 volunteers also will provide literacy packets board books for distribution by pediatricians to to area literacy programs and be trained to children up to age five. The books will be dis- work with children and families at area ser- tributed at wellchild checkups, and students and vice agencies. faculty will serve as volunteer readers.
* Project also received Phi Kappa Phi literacy grant funding in 2005.
10 PHI KAPPA PHI FORUM/VOL. 86, NO.2 The Write Place Jennifer J. Ritter Youngstown State University University of Alaska Anchorage English Festival 2007 * In partnership with area schools and agencies, Sandra W. Stephan, Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 253 will provide high Youngstown State University school students one-on-one learning opportuni- Phi Kappa Phi funds will support Chapter ties with a peer or university tutor. Phi Kappa Phi 143’s English Festival targeting middle and funds will purchase reference books, tutor train- high school students. Approximately one ing books, and support materials. thousand students from 160 schools will attend the three-day event and participate in Asian American Tutorial project writing and language activities. James A. Teng University of Southern California Family Literacy and English On Saturdays, volunteers from USC, UCLA, and Language Literacy as Cultural Occidental College work to serve the educational Competencies * needs of elementary-age children in the Los Davis W. Worley Angeles Chinatown community. Volunteers men- Indiana State University tor and tutor those who have difficulty becoming This project encompasses family literacy, proficient in English and who come from pri- safety literacy including fire-safety strategies, marily immigrant and low-income families. Phi and cultural literacy. Phi Kappa Phi members Kappa Phi funds will update the project’s library. will serve as story-time readers, facilitators, and discussion leaders for adults and chil- Jardine Literacy and Language Corner dren through the local library. Phi Kappa Phi Mary K. Molt funds will purchase bilingual texts for use by Kansas State University students and adults. The Literacy Library and Language Corner will serve approximately two hundred children resid- English as a Second Language ing in a student-housing complex associated with Conversation/Civics Class Kansas State University. Seventy percent of the
Catherine J. Kozlowicz population of the housing complex is comprised Recipients Grants Literacy 2006 Carroll College of international students with limited commu- In partnership with Carroll College, the nication skills for emergencies. Phi Kappa Phi project will create an English as a Second funds will provide English language books, alter- Language Conversation/Civics class for non- nate language translation materials, and language English speakers in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. acquisition tools to support volunteer reading Phi Kappa Phi funds will purchase ESL cur- events and individual check-in/check-out of mate- ricular materials for students and tutors and rials. support printing and postage costs for train- ing and recruitment fliers, outcome tracking Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Kits for Even materials, and so forth. Start Families * Odena I. Harper Family Literacy Packs Project Indiana State University Sonja V. Heeter Phi Kappa Phi funds will purchase books and Clarion University of Pennsylvania materials for literacy kits that parents will This project targets 460 pre-school children develop during parenting classes provided by the and their families who live in a rural area. Clay County, Indiana, Even Start Family Literacy Phi Kappa Phi funds will purchase books and Program. College members of Phi Kappa Phi some materials for literacy packs for distri- also will develop and enhance kits with puppets, bution by teachers to children, parents, and activities, and an evaluation form. caregivers.
AWARDS ISSUE 2006 11 Past Study Abroad Grant recipients share their memories…
This is a picture of me standing on Isla Popa getting ready to set-up quadrants to study the island’s poison dart frogs. – Joshua Mastenbrook
Children of the Embera Drua Village, located on the Chagres River near Gamboa, Panama. – Joshua Mastenbrook
Being a world traveler is tough, but someone has to do it. – Chris Deal
A stop by the former Dachau concentration camp was not the most pleasant but was one of the most memorable moments of our trip. – Chris Deal
12 PHI KAPPA PHI FORUM/VOL. 86, NO.2 Kyle Borkenhagen Charlotte Hager University of Wisconsin- Berry College Stevens Point Valparaiso, Chile Stephanie Eng Carla Ammons Great Britain North Carolina State University Pennsylvania State University Peru Montpellier, France
Wesley Borton Brandi Hock East Carolina University Southeastern Louisiana University Alexander Andrasik India Ashley Erickson Spain Lycoming College University of Wisconsin- Grenoble, France Stevens Point Great Britain
Ellen Crowell Erin Nicole Hoffman North Carolina State University of University Missouri-Columbia Colleen Barni Wales Amanda Flynn Rennes, France
Miami University Carnegie Mellon Univerity Recipients Abroad 2006 Study Italy Madrid, Spain
Tricia Dicke Christina Huntley Kansas State University Valdosta State University Argentina, Brazil, Seville, Spain Amy Boots Chile, and Uruguay Heather Gartrell Duquesne University Kansas State University Salamanca, Spain Spain
June Koehler Randal Dudis North Georgia College The Ohio State University and State University Paris, France Mary Geiger Santander, Spain Kansas State University Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay
AWARDS ISSUE 2006 13 Kristi Kubin William Phillips Oregon State University Augusta State University Morelia, Mexico Salamanca, Spain Lydia Luangruangrong Anna Wilkerson University of Georgia University of South Guatemala Carolina Upstate Salamanca, Spain
Deanne Leonard Gina Russo University of Nevada-Reno Indiana University of Pennsylvania Puebla, Mexico Therese Lunt Hong Kong, China California State University, Garrett Williams Stanislaus Lycoming College Galway, Ireland London, England
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Amanda Lewin Daniel Sattelmeyer University of Wisconsin- University of Georgia Stevens Point New Zealand
2006 Study Abroad Recipients Abroad 2006 Study Great Britain Sandy Miles Southern Illinois University Theresa Wilson of Edwardsville Miami University No Photo Egypt India Available
Kristin Lewis Melissa Singletary University of Wisconsin, Eastern Kentucky University Madison Ireland Santiago, Dominican Republic Meghan Patrick James Madison University Ashley Winfree Ireland North Carolina State University Florence, Italy
Mindy Lipsitz Ashley Walker University of Georgia Truman State University Philippines Salta, Argentina Susan Peterson University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire Cuernavaca, Mexico
14 PHI KAPPA PHI FORUM/VOL. 86, NO.2 2004–2007 Promotion of Excellence Grants – Period 2
A series of monthly cultural activities will increase student under- Dr. Sylvie Debevec Henning, standing of selected cultures. Six student interns will be actively East Carolina University involved in promoting and administering international programs on the ECU campus. The overall goal is to increase the cultural under- International Education Program standing of ECU students.
Prof. Haig Khachatoorian The Global Currents Forum is a theme-based lecture and panel North Carolina State University series that includes important scholars, policy makers, and analysts. The series will be presented over three semesters with a different big Global Currents Forum theme for each semester.
Ms. Yvonne J. Johnson Using a mixture of nationally recognized speakers, films, and work- Central Missouri State University shops presented by Central Missouri State University faculty and local community members, this project will provide CMSU students Cultural Literacy Symposia the opportunity to increase their awareness of, and sensitivity to, cultural literacy.
Dr. David W. Concepcion Ball State University In a teaching commons, four faculty members from different dis- ciplines will perform research in the scholarship of teaching and Advancing Student Academic learning to develop learning activities that promote academic excel- Excellence lence among students.
Dr. Garett R. Heysel In this project, advanced-level student researchers will assist faculty Lycoming College who propose coherent, detailed summer research plans. The project also will support a small number of faculty or librarians who plan Promoting Excellence in Research to develop curricula that enhance research and information compe- and Information Competencies tencies in courses open to first- and second-year students.
Dr. David Prensky The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Leadership Symposia are The College of New Jersey planned to strengthen an emerging campus-wide interdisciplinary leadership program by providing activities for students to develop Leadership Symposia leadership skills and for faculty to develop intensive honors leader- ship experiences.
AWARDS ISSUE 2006 15 This is Libertadores Pass crossing from Argentina back to Chile, one of the two paved roads over the Andes Mountains. – Rebecca E. James
Our Cultural Diversity class in front of a Caribbean restaurant where we ate lunch during a field trip. – Katherine Spencer
Michigan State University Panama Study Abroad group on Barro Colorado Island, home of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. – Joshua Mastenbrook
An interesting use for the old train station in Madrid: who said Spain was arid! – Chris Deal
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