Winter 2011 AWARDS EDITION Showcasing 199 Phi Kappa Phi award recipients across the disciplines

Fellowships • Study Abroad Grants • Literacy Grants • Love of Learning Awards About Us Contents Winter 2011, Vol. 91, No. 4 Board of Directors This Issue: society president Phi Kappa Phi Forum and Its William A. Bloodworth, Jr., Ph.D. Phi Kappa Phi Forum mission statement Award Winners Office of the President Phi Kappa Phi Forum, a multidisciplinary quarterly Augusta State University The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi distributed 2500 Walton Way magazine that enlightens, challenges and Augusta, Ga. 30904-2200 Relationship with the Society entertains its diverse readers, serves as a general- $440,000 to 199 worthy applicants this year. [email protected] interest publication as well as a platform for Judges selected them from more than 2,500 hi Kappa Phi Forum is the multidisci- society president-ELECT The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. submissions in four categories. The awards edition plinary quarterly magazine of Diane G. Smathers, Ed.D. compiles and congratulates these standouts. The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Emeritus College P Phi Kappa Phi Forum E-304 Martin Hall Each issue of the award-winning journal (Issn 1538-5914) is published quarterly by Clemson University reaches more than 100,000 active members as The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, On the Cover: Clemson, S.C. 29634 [email protected] well as government officials, scholars, educa- 7576 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, La. 70806. Left to right, top row to bottom: Paulo Horacio Medina Monterroso, Love of Learning Award; Jessica D. Webb, tors, university administrators, public and Printed at R.R. Donnelley, Study Abroad Grant; Nicolas Treat, Fellowship; Victoria Hui, Study Abroad Grant; Bryn E. McNerny (blue shirt), society past president 1160 N. Main, Pontiac, Ill. 61764. Study Abroad Grant, seen with Hailey Alston (yellow shirt), a fellow University of Utah student who is a senior Robert B. Rogow, C.P.A., Ph.D. private libraries, leaders of charitable and Dean, College of Business and Technology learned organizations, corporate executives ©The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2011. nursing major; Andrew T. Pham, Fellowship. Eastern Kentucky University and many other types of subscribers. All rights reserved. Nonmember subscriptions Business & Technology Center 214 $30 per year, domestic; $45 outside the U.S. 2 Fellowship Recipients • 6 Study Abroad Grant Recipients • 8 Literacy Grant Recipients • 10 Love of Learning Award Recipients 521 Lancaster Ave. It is the flagship publication of Phi Kappa Single copies $10 each; $3.25 each for active, Richmond, Ky. 40475 Recipient answers to questions that had been forwarded to winners were compiled, condensed and edited by Editor Peter Szatmary. [email protected] Phi, the nation’s oldest, largest and most selec- dues-paying members. Periodicals postage paid tive all-discipline honor society, with chapters Baton Rouge, La., and additional mailing offices. VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE on more than 300 college and university cam- Connecting the Generations Curtis D. Black, Ph.D. puses across the country. Phi Kappa Phi was A note on content Department of Pharmacy Practice 3 Email Q & A with Editor Peter Szatmary University of Toledo College of Pharmacy founded in 1897 at the University of Maine The views expressed in this publication 3000 Arlington Ave., MS 1013 are not necessarily those of the staff Fellowship benefactor John A. Yeakel and inaugural recipient Toledo, Ohio 43614 and upwards of one million members spanning The first organizational meeting of what came to [email protected] the academic disciplines have been initiated of Phi Kappa Phi Forum, the Society Molly Maguire-Marshall answer mirror questions. be known as The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi staff, or the Board of Directors of VICE PRESIDENT FOR CHAPTER RELATIONS since the Society’s inception. Notable alumni took place in Coburn Hall (above) at the University The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. include former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Timothy L. Hulsey, Ph.D. of Maine in Orono, Maine, in 1897. The Phi Kappa Phi Sustaining a Dream Dean, The Honors College former NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence, name was adopted on June 12, 1900. Although the Submissions Virginia Commonwealth University Address material intended for publication to: 6 By Amanda Celine Longoria P.O. Box 843010 U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth national headquarters has been located in Baton Richmond, Va. 23284-3010 Bader Ginsburg, writer John Grisham, YouTube Peter Szatmary, Editor Study Abroad Grant winner and architecture major Chantel Thuy [email protected] Rouge, La., since 1978, the vast majority of the Phi Kappa Phi Forum co-founder/CEO Chad Hurley and poet Rita Society’s historical documents are still kept at the The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi An Pham tours European sites and honors her deceased brother. VICE PRESIDENT FOR FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Dove. The Society began publishing what’s founding institution. 7576 Goodwood Blvd. William J. McKinney, Ph.D. now called Phi Kappa Phi Forum in 1915. Baton Rouge, La. 70806 Kettler Hall 169 Fighting Words Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne addition to book reviews, poetry and humor. 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Spring, summer and fall issues Plus, these issues compile member news, Reprint permission 9 By John T. Harding Fort Wayne, Ind. 46805 The spring, summer and fall issues (usu- chapter updates and Society developments, Mail to: [email protected] Permissions Department Army veteran Travis Martin uses his Literacy Grant ally mailed late February, late May and late along with letters to the editor, the to help publish volume two of a military-themed journal. VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARKETING August, respectively) feature a variety of Phi Kappa Phi Forum AND MEMBER BENEFITS Phi Kappa Phi bookshelf and general an- 7576 Goodwood Blvd. H. Ray Sylvester, Ph.D. timely, relevant articles from influential nouncements of interest to keep readers Baton Rouge, La. 70806 University of the Pacific scholars, educators, writers and other au- abreast of Society programs and activities. Fax to: (225) 388-4900 Endeavoring to End Hoarding Eberhardt School of Business thorities, oftentimes active Phi Kappa Phi Copying for other than personal or internal 3601 Pacific Ave. Through words and images, Web links reference use without permission of 11 By Danielle Eickenhorst Stockton, Calif. 95211 members, who offer variations on an over- and multimedia components, the magazine Phi Kappa Phi Forum is prohibited. [email protected] all theme. Social worker and academic Norma D. Thomas researches intends to appeal to the diverse member- the disorder with her Love of Learning Award. VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE Notables to have contributed pieces in- ship of Phi Kappa Phi by providing Phi Kappa Phi Forum staff th Yaw A. Asamoah, Ph.D. clude Ronald Reagan, 40 President of the thoughtful, instructive, helpful — and Editor: Peter Szatmary College of Humanities and Social Sciences United States; Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil sometimes provocative — material in (800) 804-9880 ext. 42 Indiana University of Pennsylvania th [email protected] 201 McElhaney Hall rights trailblazer; Warren Burger, 15 Chief smart, engaging ways. 441 North Walk Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; Molefi Layout: R Studios (freelance) Phi Kappa Phi Awards Deadlines Coming Next Issue Indiana, Pa. 15705-1018 Kete Asante, African-American studies Proofreader: Martha Allan (freelance) [email protected] Winter issue Fellowships: Varies. Contact your chapter. The theme will be “Accountability.” Potential groundbreaker; Sally Ride, former NASA as- Editorial consultant: Traci Navarre Study Abroad Grants: April 1, 2012. VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE The winter issue (mailed late November) Director of Marketing and Member Benefits topics for the spring 2012 edition include Literacy Grants: April 1, 2012. Ponzi schemes; free will from a philosophical Judy A. Highfill tronaut; Ernest Gaines, fiction writer; and celebrates those who win monetary awards (800) 804-9880 ext. 22 821 Craig Dr. Love of Learning Awards: June 30, 2012. standpoint; current U.S. healthcare and moral Geoffrey Gilmore, former director of the Sun- from Phi Kappa Phi. [email protected] Scholar and Artist Awards: Feb. 15, 2012. (Phi Kappa Phi confers $1,000 Kirkwood, Mo. 63122-5712 dance Film Festival. hazard; third-generation Holocaust survivors; [email protected] The Society distributes more than $700,000 honorariums biennially to one active member in each category who demonstrates the historical distinction between public and Phi Kappa Phi Forum also encourages annually through graduate and undergraduate Change of address the Society’s ideals through achievement, learnedness and activities.) private higher education; literary translations; VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENTS movers and shakers to speak for themselves scholarships, member and chapter awards, and To request a change or correction to your For award applications, chapter directory, and more about award winners, performance reviews. Jeffry Harrison mailing address, send your new address along go online to www.PhiKappaPhi.org. Senior business administration major through exclusive interviews. Q & As have run grants for local and national literacy initia- Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville the gamut from public servants such as Lynne tives, and Phi Kappa Phi Forum applauds the with your old address, your name, phone SSC 1280, Box 1160 numbers (cell, home, work), email address, Edwardsville, Ill. 62026-1160 Cheney, former chair of the National Endow- recipients in this edition, listing them all and member status and member number. [email protected] ment for the Humanities, to famous artists such Note: Your member number is the first spotlighting a few. (For more information VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENTS as playwright August Wilson to literary critics about Phi Kappa Phi monetary awards, go on- multi-digit number from the left directly Poetry Contest for Active Members such as Stanley Fish. above your name on your mailing label. Rodney Hughes line to www.phikappaphi.org/awards.) Send to: Phi Kappa Phi Forum seeks original, previously unpublished poetry from active Society members for its spring 2012 Doctoral student in higher education (For other significant contributors, go on- Pennsylvania State University As an arm of the Society, Phi Kappa Phi Change of Address edition that will explore the theme of “Accountability.” One original, previously unpublished poem will be selected to 400 Rackley Building line to www.phikappaphi.org/forum.) Forum helps uphold the institution’s mission: The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi appear in print as a complement to the scholarly articles and columns. The winning poet receives five free copies of the University Park, Pa. 16802 The spring, summer and fall issues fur- “To recognize and promote academic excel- 7576 Goodwood Blvd. [email protected] Baton Rouge, La. 70806 edition. The winner’s photo and a short biography also will appear. Runners-up may be chosen for online. The poetry ther contain columns on fields such as lence in all fields of higher education and to contest is open only to active Society members, published or unpublished. Submissions — one per entrant per issue — ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR education and academics, science and tech- engage the community of scholars in service should be up to 40 lines long and must reflect the theme of the edition: “Accountability.” Entry deadline is midnight, Lourdes Barro nology, and arts and entertainment in Postmaster The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi to others.” ■ Archive Send address changes to: Dec. 4, only by email at [email protected]. For complete rules and details, go online to www.phikappaphi.org/poetry. 7576 Goodwood Blvd. The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Baton Rouge, La. 70806 [email protected] www.PhiKappaPhi.org 7576 Goodwood Blvd. Baton Rouge, La. 70806

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he Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi bestows 57 Wisconsin-Eau Claire Brittany Carr Megan L. Fisher4 $5,000 Fellowships (some named*) annually to Undergraduate major: Geology Brody School of Medicine at University of Michigan Memorable course: Oceanography East Carolina University Pursuing a master of social work active members entering their first year of full- Medical student Career objective: Immigration T 2 Connecting the Generations time graduate or professional study. As of last year, Matthew D. Bolian Career objective: Primary care reform Phi Kappa Phi also began distinguishing three addi- London School of Economics Undergraduate major: Biology and Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Wright State tional applicants who display exceptional promise and Political Science Asian studies University By Editor Peter Szatmary with $15,000 Marcus L. Urann Fellowships, named Pursuing a master of science in Favorite book: The Kite Runner by Undergraduate major: Social work Fates align for University of New regional and urban planning after an undergraduate student founder of the Society. Khaled Hosseini Role model: Eleanor Roosevelt Mexico Phi Kappa Phi members John A. Phi Kappa Phi chapter: United Satisfying community service: Satisfying community service: This year, 175 members entered the competition, an States Military Academy Organizing a local hair donation Songhor, Kenya, for HIV/AIDS Yeakel and Molly Maguire-Marshall. The increase of 18 percent over last year. Including 2011, Undergraduate major: Comparative drive for cancer patients support former, a retired professor of manage- more than 2,500 recipients have earned Fellowships politics and foreign areas through the Pantene Beautiful ment, established the Deborah and John of one type or another totaling more than $13 million studies of Latin America Lengths campaign Elizabeth Fleming Yeakel Fellowship with his aforemen- since the program began in 1932. Advice for peers: Wake up with a American University tioned wife earlier this year to support John A. Yeakel and his wife Deborah (above) smile, work hard because you Amanda Clark Master’s student in graduate education for nominees ideally established a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship in their *It takes $100,000 to endow a Fellowship. can, and remember that you University of international politics name earlier this year. Unless otherwise indicated, school attended is also Phi Kappa Phi chapter. are nothing without those Rochester School Career objective: Foreign Service from the state of New Mexico. The latter, around you. of Medicine and Officer winner of one of the school’s outstanding Molly Maguire-Marshall, inaugural Sarah R. Anahid Dentistry Fantasy career: Beach volleyball 1 senior awards in 2009, is the inaugural recipient of the Deborah and John Yeakel Ahmad Behrouzi William P. Medical student player in the French Riviera recipient of the Yeakel largesse. They Fellowship, poses with 7-year-old Romina, University of Utah University of Boyce3 Career objective: Interventional Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Marshall overlap in other ways, too, evidenced in granddaughter of her Ecuadorian host family School of Illinois at Urbana- University of cardiologist University Medicine Champaign Glasgow, Scotland Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Elon Undergraduate major: International answers to analogous questions sent to in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Medical student M.S./Ph.D. student in structural M.Litt. student in University (EU) affairs and French them. Here are edited excerpts. Fantasy career: Fashion designer engineering religion, theology and culture Undergraduate major: Biochemistry Memorable course: British zations and youth development projects. Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Weber State Phi Kappa Phi chapter: North Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Florida State Favorite author: Atul Gawande Imperialism Purpose My interest in Bangladesh was sparked University (WSU) Carolina State University University Most proud of: Creating the EU Satisfying community service: Question: John, you served in the by reading Banker to the Poor, the best- Undergraduate major: History, Undergraduate major: Zoology Undergraduate major: Civil chapter of Global Brigades, the Athletes in Action mission trip Army before beginning higher educa- seller by 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Satisfying community service: engineering and Spanish creative writing and religious world’s largest student-led to Israel laureate Muhammad Yunus, about the Cofounding United in Service language and literature studies global health and sustainable tion. Discuss this experience. for Humanity, a community Influential person met: Natural Favorite author: C. S. Lewis development organization, and Erica Fletcher5 Answer: I was drafted into the U.S. development of microfinance in rural service organization led by sciences writer and biomimicry Memorable course: U.S. Catholic leading two medical brigades University of Army Medical Service Corps during the Bangladesh. My interest in the region students and alumni of innovator Janine Benyus Writers to Honduras Texas Medical Korean War. After completing the Ar- intensified in summer 2008 when I University of Utah, Utah Valley Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: The Most proud of: Being a Fulbright Branch my’s pharmacy school, I spent my taught English and math to elementary University and WSU sense of community and vast (full grant) Scholar Martin J. Ph.D. student in 2 military service filling prescriptions at students in Kolkata (Calcutta) in the resources available Demoret medical humanities bordering Indian state of West Bengal. Grant Atkinson Jenna Lee Brashear University of Fantasy career: Globetrotting Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. The Texas A & M University Grace Pauline Benton Vanderbilt University Peabody Nebraska College filmmaker/social scientist/ GI Bill gave me the opportunity of Many students spoke Bengali at home, Pursuing a master’s degree in Will pursue a master’s degree in College of Education and of Law at Lincoln activist going to college at Penn State in 1954. and when they invited me over, I was aerospace engineering Arab or Middle Eastern studies Human Development Law student Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Growing up, I had no relatives or close frustrated that my interaction with their Fantasy career: To be the Carl after a one-year Fulbright M.P.P. student in education policy Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Houston friends with college degrees or universi- University of Florida, to be a certified mothers was limited because I could not Sagan of today English Teaching Assistantship Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) Undergraduate major: Anthropol- converse in Bengali. So I will also study Kentucky ty experiences. Most importantly, there public accountant. What was the impact? Undergraduate major: Aerospace at the Jubilee School in Undergraduate major: Psychology ogy and sociology; psychology Bengali language and culture to be able to engineering Amman, Jordan Undergraduate major: International Satisfying community service: Role model: My grandmother. were no funds available to finance higher A: Upon completion of my B.S. degree Influential person met: NASA Career objective: Work in the studies and German Founding a chapter of Campus She emigrated from Taiwan to education. Thus, earning a college degree in accounting, I expected to practice as a engage with locals in increasingly meaning- aerospace engineer and science Levant region on cultural Favorite author: J. K. Rowling Kitchen, an outreach of D.C. Brazil and dedicated her life to was not on my radar before getting drafted. CPA for my career, and I was hired by an ful ways. And like many U.S. citizens, I fiction writer Jesco von Puttkamer immersion programs that Central Kitchens, a culinary arts giving her kids opportunities Military service exposed me to a great di- international accounting firm. One of my know little about Islam, and I will benefit educate American students Samuel R. Burns job training program that also she never had. versity of people: draftees with no secondary Penn State professors once asked if I had from living in one of the world’s most popu- Peter about the Middle East University of Cambridge feeds the hungry through lous Muslim countries. Baschnagel Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of M.Phil. student in Egyptology donated food. UNK Campus Chelsea Gibson or higher education, many with partial col- considered teaching. At the time, I thought University of Alabama at Birmingham Career objective: Professor of Kitchen turns our cafeteria Binghamton lege backgrounds, others with degrees, the question rather absurd. But after a few Pittsburgh Katz Undergraduate major: International ancient Near Eastern languages leftovers into meals for the needy. University medical doctors, etc. This opened up a years, and the offer of a teaching assistant- Objectives Graduate School studies and history Most proud of: My beautiful wife Ph.D. student in wider vision of the world, and the GI Bill ship in hand, I left the CPA firm primarily to Q: John, you taught at University of of Business Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of of three years, who just American history enabled me to enter it. see if the teaching idea had merit. It did! New Mexico from 1965 to 1990. What Doctoral student in finance Jenny C. Michigan completed nursing school Fantasy career: Teach at a German 2 Q: Molly, you postponed graduate After earning the M.S. in finance, Penn were your goals? Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Clarion Bledsoe Undergraduate major: Philosophy, university A: I mostly taught financial and mana- University Harvard Divinity ancient civilizations and biblical Lauren Callaway Donnelly Phi Kappa Phi chapter: North school to be a Peace Corps volunteer in State hired me full time for two years, but Undergraduate major: Economics, School studies Harvard Graduate School of Georgia College & State Guayaquil, Ecuador, the past two years, couldn’t make me permanent since I had no gerial accounting theory and practice, finance, and mathematics Master’s student Most proud of: Working full time Education University working with poor urban youth and their Ph.D. I returned to professional accounting, corporation finance, and international ac- Favorite author: Kurt Vonnegut in theological studies as an undergraduate Pursuing a master’s in education Undergraduate major: History families on HIV/AIDS education. Discuss in Santa Fe, N.M., expecting to teach courses counting, always with an emphasis on the Satisfying community service: Further educational plans: Apply Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Career objective: Middle school Favorite author/book: The Lost: A your decision. at a local college. Quickly realizing my plan “why” and not simply on the “how.” Habitat for Humanity to Ph.D. programs in English Phi Kappa Phi Forum humanities teacher Search for Six of Six Million by Q: Molly, you earned a B.A. in speech literature or religious studies, Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Daniel Mendelsohn A: It was one of the easiest decisions for not one, but two careers was not feasi- Emily N. Beck focusing on late medieval Malissa Connecticut I’ve ever made. I grew up listening to my ble, I decided to enroll in a doctoral program and hearing sciences and women’s studies University of Texas Health England Candland- Undergraduate major: Middle Charles Hannon parents’ transformative stories of their Peace and focus on the teaching profession. All from University of New Mexico in 2009. Science Center at San Antonio Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Levesque school history Georgetown University School Corps service in Jamaica as young adults. turned out well. My background enriched You will pursue an M.A. in international Medical student Tennessee George Influential person met: Historian and of Medicine Residing in the U.S. can be like living in a my teaching for the benefit of students development at American University, Washington Career objective: Pediatric private Undergraduate major: Honors political activist Howard Zinn Medical student bubble; it’s easy to take for granted basic (and myself). Theory and practice, plus School of International Service, upon return practice religious studies, honors University Career objective: Born with a right from Bangladesh, applying your Yeakel Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of English literature Pursuing a master of public Esteban Ferrero Botero freedoms and resources. Peace Corps volun- history and culture, always intermingle in clubfoot, I have been inspired to Fellowship to it. What are your goals? Texas at Austin administration University of California, San Diego become a pediatric orthopedic teers go to some of the poorest rural and the real world! Undergraduate major: Plan II Honors Audrey Career objective: Researcher in M.A. student in Latin American surgeon and found an urban communities in the world. In trying to Q: Molly, you are spending October A: To work in international community Satisfying community service: Austin Boerner intrastate conflict prevention studies international organization that make a difference in a challenging environ- through July 2012 in Bangladesh on a Ful- development with an urban focus on micro- Children’s Shelter University of and reconciliation Further educational plans: Ph.D. in corrects clubfooted children in ment, I hope I gave back half of the love bright grant, postponing your graduate finance, income generation or HIV/AIDS Question not asked you want to Nebraska-Lincoln Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Utah State anthropology developing countries. and compassion that people showed me. studies again. What will you be doing? education. And to do so by “standing with” answer: Personal goal? Balance Pursuing an M.S. University Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Montana Satisfying community service: rather than “doing for” others. ■ my private and professional in hydrogeology Undergraduate major: Political State University Special Olympics A: I’ll be an English teaching assistant in lives; be the best physician, Career objective: Pollution control science and anthropology Undergraduate major: Anthropology Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Villanova Real world versus ivory tower a high school or university with Bangladeshi mother, wife, daughter, agency Favorite book: Jane Eyre by Favorite book: The Alchemist by For more of the Q & A, go online to University Q: John, you interrupted graduate stud- students. And I’ll have opportunity to help www.phikappaphi.org/forum/winter2011. sister and friend. Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Charlotte Brontë Paulo Coelho Undergraduate major: Biology ies, master’s at Penn State and doctoral at with Bangladeshi nongovernmental organi-

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th Brittany Anne Harris Patrick Kennedye Winners of $15,000 Marcus L. Urann Fellowships Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Eastern cultures and educational 18 -century print culture and University of Washington University of Oklahoma Kentucky University systems: Chinese, Swedish, and digital humanities? They’re Other Donors of Marcus L. Urann School of Law College of Medicine Undergraduate major: English, American passions I discovered as a Named Fellowships J.D. student Medical student Nicholas R. Birger Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: The service creative writing research assistant data mining Favorite author: Jane Austen for Shakespearean allusions. Career objective: Intellectual Career objective: Pediatrician at a Harvard Kennedy School opportunities it gives to the community and Dara Shore 4 property law clinic or hospital serving Native Role model: My best friend, the George Washington University Ruth E. Brasher Fellow of Government the educational and professional opportuni- 7 Ruth E. Brasher, Professor Emerita at Brigham Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University Americans Pursuing a master in public ties it gives to its members late Hillary Hadley M.A. student in anthropology Nicolas Treat of Montana Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Oklahoma Satisfying community service: Urban Further educational plans: Ph.D. in University of California, Santa Young University (BYU), served as the director policy Question not asked you want to answer: Hobbies of Fellowships for the Society for nine years. Undergraduate major: Art and City University Career objective: Lead and interests? I love playing the cello or Immersion Service Retreats in archaeology Barbara political science Undergraduate major: Cell and Orlando, Fla. Career objective: Museum curator Ph.D. student in material She provided a planned gift to endow a a division of sailors piano, hiking, camping, biking, running, Fellowship that was established in 1998 for a top-ranking Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Getting to molecular biology aboard a U.S. submarine playing soccer, reading, and learning. Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of science and engineering know great students and faculty Favorite author: Atul Gawande Luis Javier Reyes Central Florida Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of nominee from the BYU chapter. If there is no recipient from Phi Kappa Phi chapter: United States Naval Academy this chapter, preference is given to an applicant whose Role model: My maternal Undergraduate major: Political science Bassem Mikhael University of Maryland, Undergraduate major: Southern Mississippi Kevin Edwin grandmother College Park Anthropology Undergraduate major: Polymer record of service is exceptional and/or whose undergraduate Favorite book: The Heart and the Fist by Eric Greitens Harvard Medical School major is domestic and family science. Hinz Satisfying community service: Three weeks in Medical student Pursuing a master of music Most proud of: Audience reaction science Harvard University Jennifer Career objective: Collaborative to my one-woman show on Favorite book: The Reason for God Northern Uganda in summer 2010 working Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Kathleen Greey Fellow3 Graduate School Kielhofer for The Child is Innocent, a charity helping Carnegie Mellon pianist klezmer music that I perform at by Timothy Keller of Design University of Fantasy career: Opera singer homes for the elderly Satisfying community service: Created in 2001, this Fellowship honors the war-affected children attend primary and University memory of Kathleen Greey, founding secretary Pursuing a master in Arizona secondary school. I surveyed 25 boarding Undergraduate major: Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Pittsburg Question not asked you want to Mother Teresa’s Home for the architecture Ph.D. student in State University answer: Hobby? Baking. Dying in Calcutta of the Portland State University chapter, a schools on the quality of education each Economics position she held for many years. She was an Career objective: Independent archaeology could provide our students. Role model: My father, Undergraduate major: Music architectural designer and Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University Favorite book: Wuthering Heights Rachel D. Smith David T. Wang2 education librarian and travel enthusiast who provided funds Most proud of: Being elected captain of Nabil Mikhael for the Fellowship in her estate plan prior to her death in fabricator of Nevada, Reno the Navy’s men’s tennis team Satisfying community service: Volunteering at my by Emily Brontë University of Houston Massachusetts Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University Undergraduate major: Most proud of: My family Pursuing a master of music in Institute of 2000. Preference is given to a top-ranking nominee whose local hospital, University of Pittsburgh undergraduate field is other than the basic sciences. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Anthropology Benjamin Frandsen Medical Center, St. Margaret performance pedagogy (violin) Technology/ Undergraduate major: Architecture Memorable course: Summer 2010 Columbia University Favorite book: The Bible Emily Reynolds Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Texas Tech Woods Hole field school in Birch Creek, University Walter and Adelheid Pursuing a Ph.D. in physics Influential person met: Dr. Andrew von Arizona State University Oceanographic Institution 2 Melissa Huber6 Ore., with archaeologist Pursuing a master of nonprofit Undergraduate major: Music Ph.D. student in chemical Hohenstein Fellows Career objective: Research Eschenbach, former commissioner University of Maryland System University of William Andrefsky, a professional and/or of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. studies performance oceanography Reading preeminent lithic analyst Career objective: Educational Fantasy career: Professional chef Phi Kappa Phi chapter: California administrator Walter Hohenstein and his manager at a high-tech I had the pleasure of working with wife Adelheid (Heidi) were initiated into (2011-12) and Previous Society award: 2009 Study firm. Alternatively, a him during an internship in nonprofit, public university Favorite author: Jane Austen State University, Los Angeles Duke University Abroad Grant applied to a student services, or nonprofit law Undergraduate major: the University of Maryland (UM) chapter. university professor. Washington, D.C. He served as president of the Society and of the UM chapter, (starting fall 2012) six-week summer dig on Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Brigham Young University Memorable course: Theories of Constitutional Fantasy career: Homicide Kristin Stevens Biochemistry M.A. student in the city of Roatan Island, off the eastern detective or forensic scientist Vanderbilt Satisfying community service: among numerous national and local roles spanning more Undergraduate major: Physics and German Interpretation, at Georgetown University, than three decades. The Fellowship has been awarded since Rome and Ph.D student in coast of Honduras Satisfying community service: Sunday afternoon taught by John Samples Undergraduate major: English University School Science Olympiad classical studies, respectively literature, history, and of Medicine Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Faculty 2004 to honor the deceased couple; it goes to a top-ranking singing trips to a local retirement and Advice for peers: Work hard, plan ahead, and nominee in any discipline in each of the five regions Phi Kappa Phi chapter: College of Alison E. Koser rehabilitation home remember to enjoy yourself along the way. psychology Medical student support Charleston University of Fantasy career: Sportscaster for (Northeast, Southeast, North Central, South Central, Western) Undergraduate major: Classics and Pennsylvania Ethan Schaefer ESPN or Operator of a Chick-fil-A Lauren Nicole Woolsey2 and, if applicable, to a UM applicant. mathematics Ph.D. student in Undergraduate major: Geography Undergraduate major: Chemistry Phi Kappa Phi chapter: James University of Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Harvard Graduate School of 5 Memorable course: Survey of mechanical Favorite book: Being Peace by Career objective: Wetland Madison University Arizona Georgia Arts and Sciences Marjorie Schoch Fellow Roman History, freshman year; engineering Thich Nhat Hanh restoration in my home state of Undergraduate major: Piano Ph.D. student in Undergraduate major: Biology and Ph.D. student in astronomy This Fellowship celebrates a top-ranking Monuments and Topography Fantasy career: Game Louisiana, which is losing performance and music planetary science psychology Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of nominee in any discipline. Schoch earned a B.A. of Ancient Rome, 2010 programmer Cy Mozingo wetlands at an approximate composition Career objective: Characterize Role model: My grandma! She is Maryland, College Park in political science from Butler University in summer abroad Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Kutztown West Virginia University School rate of one football field an hour Question not asked you want to ancient glaciations on Mars so hardworking and always on Undergraduate major: Astronomy 1938 and a master of library science from Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Support University of Medicine Satisfying community service: answer: Other interests? Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Colorado time to everything! and physics University of Illinois in 1944. When not working as a librarian of a scholarly community at Undergraduate major: Physics and Medical student Planting marsh grasses for Foreign languages. I would State University Satisfying community service: Favorite author: Bill Bryson at numerous schools in Indiana, she enjoyed photography the chapter and national levels mathematics Career objective: Anesthesiologist coastal restoration projects love to improve my Undergraduate major: Geology Helping set up two medical Memorable course: Life, the and travel. Schoch, who died in 2003, was a lifelong Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: My Phi Kappa Phi chapter: West proficiency in Vietnamese, Satisfying community service: clinics in Masaya, Nicaragua Multiverse and Everything: supporter of the Butler chapter and the Phi Kappa Phi Erin Richmond Judge fellowship! It is great to be Virginia Wesleyan College Andrea Ortu French, and German. Simulating space shuttle Question not asked you want to Developing an Individual Foundation. The fellowship dates back to 2004. University of Massachusetts recognized for my research, Undergraduate major: Biology Carnegie Mellon University missions for a middle school answer: Reality TV show you Cosmovision 1 Amherst and the funding comes in a want to be on? Dancing with Slater Fellow Favorite book: To Kill a Pursuing a master of science in Breanna Piper program th Master’s student in time of need. Mockingbird by Harper Lee public policy and management George the Stars. Lauren Zagorski In 1985, on his 95 birthday, James R. Slater, Afro-American studies Satisfying community service: Phi Kappa Phi chapter: The College Washington Brett Kevin Shaffer University of Iowa emeritus professor of biology at University of Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Westfield Stephen Lamb Helping an autistic child at of New Jersey University Law University of Virginia School of Kimberly Lola Ph.D. student in clinical Puget Sound (and since deceased), became State University University of Chicago baseball camp Undergraduate major: Political School Medicine Stevenson psychology the first member of the Society to endow a Undergraduate major: Ethnic and Doctoral student in history science Law student Medical student University of St Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Fellowship in the donor’s own name. Preference is given to gender studies; history Fantasy career: Librarian of Phi Yen Favorite book: The Little Prince by Phi Kappa Phi chapter: San Diego Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Shepherd Andrews Kansas the top scorer whose undergraduate field is in the biological Favorite book: A People’s History Congress Nguyen Antoine de Saint-Exupery State University (SDSU) University Pursuing a master Undergraduate major: Psychology sciences. of the United States by Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Harvard University Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Undergraduate major: Political Undergraduate major: of research in medicine on a Satisfying community service: 6 Howard Zinn Southern California (USC) Graduate School Lifelong connection to a science Biochemistry Fulbright scholarship Helping build a sustainable Alfred M. Wolfe Fellow Undergraduate major: History of Design community of scholars, peers, Satisfying community service: Memorable course: Cell biology Further educational plans: earthbag house for a Alfred M. Wolfe (pictured) was the first member Justin Elliott Satisfying community service: Board Pursuing a master in architecture and friends Cofounder of Survivor Advice for peers: Work hard, do Georgetown University School children’s home in Belize of his family to earn a college degree — in Karr member of the USC Norman Career objective: Practice Outreach and Support, a not give up, maintain a of Medicine 1897, the year the Society was founded. His University of Topping Student Aid Fund, the architecture in Hanoi, Vietnam Tracey Oudenhoven student organization at balanced lifestyle. Career objective: Pediatric ortho- Xiaojuan Zhou grandson, William J. Wolfe, donated the funds Victoria nation’s only student-funded, Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Berea College University of Wisconsin- SDSU providing campus pedic surgeon Georgia Institute for a Fellowship in tribute before passing away at age 80 in Ph.D. student in primarily student-run, Undergraduate major: Mathemat- Madison outreach on sexual assault, Chen Shi Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of of Technology 2007. The latter Wolfe, initiated into Phi Kappa Phi at clinical neuropsychology need-based scholarship ics, studio art Ph.D. student in physical dating abuse and domestic New York Delaware Ph.D. student in University of Arizona, spent most of his career as a teacher Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Western Question not asked you want to answer: Undergraduate minor: Art history chemistry violence University School Undergraduate major: Biological chemical and librarian in public secondary schools. Created in 2004, Oregon University (WOU) Study break? Baking bread. Role model: My mother Career objective: Professor Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: of Medicine sciences engineering the Fellowship goes to a top-ranking nominee majoring in Undergraduate major: Psychology Most proud of: My family Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University Participating in monthly Medical student Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Miami agriculture, classical Latin/ancient Greek, or English. and the social sciences Hudson of Wisconsin-Stevens Point roundtables with faculty and Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Deidre Marie Stuffer University 7 Most proud of: Winning WOU’s McFann2 Anna Undergraduate major: Chemistry administrators as chapter Illinois at Chicago University of Wisconsin- Undergraduate major: Chemical Yoerger Presidential Fellow outstanding senior male New York Evangeline Role model: Mother Teresa student V.P. Undergraduate major: Biological Madison engineering This Fellowship was established in 2001 from award University Normand sciences and chemistry Ph.D. student in literary studies Favorite book: A Little Princess by the generosity of deceased Society president Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Gallatin School University of Andrew T. Alisa Pulver Memorable course: Mendelian and Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Frances Hodgson Burnett Roger Yoerger and is awarded to a top-ranking Fantastic opportunities for of Individualized Study Florida Pham New York Molecular Genetics Pittsburgh at Greensburg Most proud of: Earning my student in one of the basic science disciplines financial support. My chapter M.A. student in individual- Master’s student in soil and Indiana University Favorite book: A Free Life by Ha Jin Undergraduate major: English undergraduate degree in three such as engineering or agriculture. Yoerger taught in and also cosponsors an annual ized study water science University Pursuing a Most proud of: My challenging literature years headed the department of agricultural engineering at WOU student Academic Phi Kappa Phi chapter: The Ohio Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Louisiana Pursuing a master master of spirit, acquired from surviving Question not asked you want to Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Being a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Excellence Showcase. State University State University of music in piano performance science in publishing and thriving in three different answer: Why focus on chapter student V.P. ■

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tudy Abroad Grants help undergraduates, Mary Brittany N. Gholson Zachary Knight Bryn E. McNerny whether members or nonmembers, who seek Southeast Missouri State University of University of Utah* Donors of Named knowledge and experience by venturing afield. University* Alabama Junior, biology major Study Abroad Grants S Senior, interdisciplinary studies Junior, Study abroad: Three weeks last This year, 444 applicants, an increase of nearly 125 major international July in villages around 1 percent over last year, competed for 45 $1,000 McKenzie Study Abroad Grant Study abroad: A month last relations major Kumasi, Ghana, providing Wendell H. McKenzie, former Society grants, two named. Including 2011, 408 students summer in Rwanda with Global Study abroad: Academic year in nutritional intervention to president and North Carolina State have earned Study Abroad Grants totaling $408,000 Youth Connect in humanitar- St. Petersburg, Russia lower infant mortality and University (NCSU) Alumni Distin- ian outreach Career objective: U.S. Department of increase birth weight since the program began in 2001. Chantel Pham guished Professor of Genetics, and his Career objective: Lawyer helping State or an intelligence agency Career objective: Pediatric wife Georgie established this grant earlier this year. He comforted a baby at-risk women and children cardiologist in the developing earned degrees from Westmar College (B.A) and NCSU (M.S. It takes $20,000 to endow a Study Abroad Grant. suffering from internationally Kaitlyn Koenning world *School attended also indicates Phi Kappa Phi chapter. and Ph.D.) and won numerous local and national teaching hydrocephalus while Fantasy career: International University of Georgia awards during his 1969-2008 tenure at NCSU. The grant is volunteering last Criminal Court judge Junior, animal science major Michaela given annually to a successful applicant from NCSU. If there Study abroad: Three weeks last Miragliotta Camille Adkins- A. J. Collins December at an isn’t a viable entrant, the grant then goes to a successful Rieck University of Laura Goydich summer in Costa Rica and University of orphanage in Cao Bang candidate from another Phi Kappa Phi member institution. University of Alabama University of Georgia Nicaragua with Volunteers for Massachusetts Arizona Junior, economics Province in Vietnam. Junior, biology major Intercultural and Definitive Junior, political Larry Sommers Study Abroad Grant2 Junior, and political Study abroad: Semester at Sea, fall Adventures, conducting science and Spanish major Former Society president Larry Sommers did international studies and science major Fantasy career: Astronaut preventative veterinary Study abroad: Academic year in not have opportunity to study abroad as a anthropology major Study abroad: Three weeks last medicine Buenos Aires, Argentina, University of Wisconsin (UW) undergraduate. Study abroad: Academic year at summer in Belgium, Kristin Harper Career objective: Small-animal through the Institute for Study His gift to the Society, funded between 2004 University of Dakar, Senegal, examining American foreign University of practice Abroad at Butler University’s and 2007, helps future generations of students do so. Earning researching postcolonial policy and human rights Sustaining a Dream Georgia* Satisfying community service: Argentine Universities Program a master’s degree from UW and a doctorate from Northwest- curriculum development and from an international Senior, dietetics Hippotherapy farm Memorable course: Heroes in ern University, Sommers taught geography at Michigan State education reform perspective major Literature University for 40 years, heading the department for 25 years, Most proud of: That I helped Career objective: Public service By Amanda Celine Longoria “My mom and dad described Study abroad: Six weeks of Paige Kuhlmann and spent a number of years in the provost’s office. An Army begin and now teach an Fantasy career: U.S. President hantel Thuy An Pham tends Peter as the dreamer and me as the service-learning last summer University of Missouri-Columbia Alyssa Montanaro veteran who served in North Africa in World War II, he died in English and life skills class for realist” she said. in Ghana, providing nutrition Junior, biochemistry major Carnegie Mellon University 2007 at age 88. to laugh lightheartedly when screenings and volunteering Study abroad: A month last Senior, chemistry and refugees relocated to Tucson Susanna Concilio ending sentences. To honor their plan and Arcadia University at hospitals summer in Accra, Ghana, with psychology major C memorialize her brother, Study abroad: February to June Jocelyn R. Junior, biology major The University of Texas Fantasy career: Address malnutrition Unite for Sight, providing eye Study abroad: Two months last Michael Palmese at Heidelberg University, Amevuvor Study abroad: Academic year at at Austin senior architec- Pham created and is presi- in developing countries care summer in Brasov, Romania, Georgia Southern University Germany Indiana University Bangor University, Wales ture major leaves a dent of the nonprofit Career objective: Reconstructive shadowing a pediatric physical Senior, composition major Career objective: Field biologist of Pennsylvania* Career objective: Cancer research listener with the impres- Peter’s Clinic, whose intent Emily Hawley plastic surgeon, facial therapist Study abroad: Over three weeks Senior, Spanish is to fund, build and staff Ohio University deformities Fantasy career: Physical therapist last summer, school colleagues major sion that she is relaxed Senior, history and economics in a pediatric rehabilitation and I performed concerts in Hannah Study abroad: Five weeks last Imarhia Esosa and content. health clinics in Vietnam. major Kelsey Marie Lewis hospital Austria, Hungary and the Czech Sadowski summer at University of the Enogieru In one sense, Pham “I want to serve society Study abroad: Two months last The Ohio State University Satisfying community service: Republic. I am a clarinetist. I Georgia College & Americas, Puebla, Mexico Florida Atlantic has reason to be. Win- as best I can on an interna- summer in Florence, Italy Sophomore, English major Challenger Little League for also took a course called The State University* Further educational plans: Ph.D. in University tional level” through Study abroad: Ten days last June special needs children Holocaust in Art and Music. Senior, Junior, biological ning a Study Abroad Pan-African studies green architecture, said Pham, who Colby Leigh in Managua, Nicaragua, Fantasy career: Composer-in- environmental science major chemistry major Grant to help support her fall se- Study abroad: Last June on South minors in social entrepreneurship. Heckathorne investigating fair trade and Bao-Tran “B. T.” residence for the San Francisco Jenna Barker Study abroad: Two weeks in mester in Switzerland, Italy, and Kansas State Nicaraguan history Nguyen2 Symphony Caicos Island in the Turks and College of December in Panama City, France — and being featured in an She loses herself in the details University Most proud of: My brother. He is Appalachian State Caicos island chain, studying Charleston Panama, shadowing a article — may contribute to this of the sustainable clinics: solar pan- Senior, turning into such a sharp University* Caroline Pownell coral reefs Senior, history physician through Global upbeat serenity. els adorning roofs, for instance, and elementary education major young man. Senior, biology Texas A & M Career objective: Protecting major Medical Training humanitar- Study abroad: Three weeks apiece major University marine resources ian outreach But her buoyant equanimity rainwater being recycled — espe- Study abroad: Five weeks last cially helpful in the Vietnamese dry last summer in Guangzhou, China, Katrin “Katy” Lichtsinn Study abroad: Six weeks last Junior, education summer in Arusha, Tanzania, Satisfying community service: proves remarkable given what she and Guatemala City, Guatemala, Arizona State University* summer in South Africa, clinical major Erin studying human rights and Deliver the Dream three-day shoulders at home and school. season, she said. teaching English to elementary Junior, kinesiology major shadowing and an internship Study abroad: Teaching English at Schexnaydre capacity building retreats for families dealing Pham has maintained a rigorous Pham hopes to return from Eu- students and taking English as a Study abroad: Fall semester at at University of Johannesburg a middle school in Castiglion Louisiana State Memorable course: Nonwestern with major illness or crisis course load while working part- rope at Thanksgiving with more Second Language coursework Pontificia Universidad Católica Faculty of Health Sciences Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy, from University (LSU) Most proud of: Becoming a licensed Literature time at her parents’ Short N Sweet ideas since she is studying, among Satisfying community service: Big de Valparaíso, Chile Further educational plans: March to May Senior, practical nurse by age 18 biochemistry major Café ever since they opened the other things, energy-efficient build- Brothers Big Sisters Career objective: Pediatric M.D.-Ph.D. Career objective: Middle school Amber Cantrell ings as mandated by law. orthopedic surgeon Influential person met: Marty St. English teacher Study abroad: LSU in Paris College of Catherine Austin shop in 2006. That’s impres- Skye Alexan- Question not asked you want to Clair, who discovered that AZT (France) program for five Charleston Fontenot sive enough. It’s even more note- She wishes she could share her der Herrick answer: Favorite vacation? fights HIV Marissa Ray weeks last summer Junior, women’s Louisiana State worthy when realizing that her findings with her brother. “Everyone Brigham Young Wakeboarding at Roosevelt Alfred University Career objective: Orthopedic and gender University* folks, who emigrated from South loved Peter. He was the funny one, a University Lake in Arizona Audrey Junior, biology surgeon studies major Junior, biological Vietnam in the early 1980s, speak really cool guy who always smiled,” Junior, Oldenkamp major sciences major 1 Lauren Elizabeth Scoggan Study abroad: Fall semester at English fluently but write it mini- she said with a faint laugh. ■ international relations major Erin Elizabeth Lineberger Oregon State Study abroad: Fall University of the Western Cape, Study abroad: Fall term at Study abroad: Summer intern at North Carolina State University University term at University of University of Alabama Bellville, South Africa University of Leicester, U.K. mally and that Pham is a the Jordanian Ministry of Social Junior, natural resources: Sophomore, Copenhagen, Denmark Junior, restaurant and Memorable course: Disability, Career objective: Physician for the distinguished college scholar, Amanda Celine Development in Amman ecosystem assessment major chemical engineering major Further educational plans: Medical hospitality management major Power, and Privilege needy worldwide meaning that she ranks in the top Longoria is a Career objective: Foreign Service Study abroad: Fall semester at Study abroad: Fall semester at school Study abroad: Two months last Fantasy career: Own a small cafe four percent of her class. registered dietitian Officer, the Arab-Israeli conflict Universidad Austral de Chile, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey summer in Spain Jaclyn T. and bakery Most profoundly, in October 2010, in South Texas. Memorable course: Security in the Valdivia, Chile Career objective: Green and Rachel Rurak Memorable course: Food Science, Coleman Fluent in Spanish, Persian Gulf Fantasy career: Outdoor educator sustainable energy Duquesne University especially plate presentation Brigham Young Kimberly Frodge Pham lost her brother Peter, a 22-year- Memorable course: Dendrology Question not asked you want to Senior, supply chain manage- she graduated from University* Clemson University old senior international relations major Victoria Hui answer: Hobby? I am a senior ment and marketing major Sarah Sheerin Senior, Senior, elementary education and aspiring physician at St. Edwards University of Texas University of Kelsey level dahlia flower judge for Study abroad: A month last Villanova University nursing major major University, in a traffic accident that at Austin, her Phi Tulsa* Martin the American Dahlia Society. summer at Beijing Jiaotong Junior, nursing major Study abroad: Three weeks last May Study abroad: A month last stole away her only sibling — and best Kappa Phi chapter, with bachelor’s Senior, arts Boise State University, China Study abroad: Six weeks last in Tonga, developing nursing summer in Carpi, Italy, degrees in nutrition and Plan II Honors. administration University Kendra Orcutt Memorable course: Macroeconomics summer touring Chile, friend. They envisioned establishing participating in a healthcare skills and cultural competence investigating Italian Longoria earned a 2010 Love of Learning major Junior, nursing Duquesne University Fantasy career: Disney or Pixar education and teaching sustainable health clinics in rural Viet- Study abroad: Two months last major Senior, music education major Ellery Ruther internship and taking a Spanish Award from the Society to attend a animator English to elementary nam, to which the family returns every summer in London, England, Study abroad: Semester at Sea, fall Study abroad: Fall term in Vienna, Longwood course at Pontificia Universidad Most proud of: Being director of students other year, with Peter as the doctor and career-related conference. Email her at interning at an arts and Satisfying community service: Austria University Católica de Valparaíso the National Student Nurses’ Career objective: Department of his little sister as the architect. [email protected]. community center Healthcare at hometown Back Career objective: Middle or high Junior, German Favorite book: The Accidental Association Defense school in Italy Advice for peers: Study abroad! to School Help Fair school band teacher and biology major Tourist by Anne Tyler

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iteracy Grants support endeavors that build and otherwise encourage the knowledge, details. Michigan State University (MSU) confidence, and related benefits that derive from reading, math, science, and comput- students, faculty, staff and Community ers, among other fields. Fourteen grants up to $2,500 apiece were awarded this year Language School personnel read it at five L public libraries — then show a DVD fea- (out of 48 entries) to Phi Kappa Phi chapters and active members for ongoing projects or new initiatives that reinforce part of the Society’s mission “to engage the community of turing MSU participants translating it into Fighting Words scholars in service to others.” Including 2011, more than 100 recipients have earned Litera- other languages. The first 30 children at cy Grants totaling upwards of $225,000 since the program began in 2003. each library receive a free copy of the By John T. Harding book. (Angelika Kraemer, MSU) ome soldiers are unwilling to share Parenthetical school by grantee’s name Health and Wellness Kits School Transformation Project: Nicaragua their wartime experiences upon re- identifies Phi Kappa Phi chapter. Students taking children’s literature and turning home. Others yearn to but community health courses at McKendree Backers travel to a small K-12 school S don’t know how. Born to Read in Condega, Nicaragua, for a week to help University (MU) create health and wellness That’s why Army veteran Travis Mar- This program provides a new book to transform a book area into a real library. literacy kits for Lebanon (Ill.) Grade School, tin, who completed two tours of duty in each of the 2,000 babies born in the Cape Supplies include bookshelves, seating, a rural campus of 450 children. Kits include Iraq, will apply his Literacy Grant to Girardeau, Mo., area annually. Reading to tables and other furniture, textbooks, storybooks by the former MU students and help publish a journal of prose, poetry babies increases the likelihood of reading at teaching resources, Spanish-English handbooks by the latter MU students; activi- and artwork by and for military veterans later ages, data show. Personnel from local books, additional reading material, DVDs, Army veteran Travis ty boxes for teachers with, for instance, and their families. hospitals give parents a Little Golden Book and computers. Teach a Child, Inspire a Martin recently pedometers, jump ropes, and cookbooks; and “My generation is more open to emo- upon leaving with the newborn. Books Life, a student club at The Ohio State (above) and in Balad, similar family packs for parents. MU stu- tions,” said Martin. But, he continued, it contain a Society stamp and explanatory University (OSU) partners in this Iraq, on Jan. 19, dents visit classrooms to facilitate learning. can be difficult to release pent-up battle letter. Born to Read also won Literacy Grants outreach, which also includes building a 2004, during his first (J. Alan Alewine, MU chapter past president) memories. Writing provides a type of reck- in 2008 and 2009. (Mary Elizabeth Ambery, protective wall on school grounds. deployment. oning and therapy, he said. Southeast Missouri State University) (Amelia Baum, OSU) In-Home Daycare Outreach Martin should know. Dropping out of In-home daycare providers don’t community college after two weeks in Extra! Extra! Read All about It! necessarily have the resources to foster early SOAR The Literacy Center at Augusta State The acronym stands for Scaffold, 2002, the 18-year-old joined the Army. He soldier/writers such as American novelist Vol. 2, email Martin at travis.martin@ literacy that larger, licensed daycare centers was assigned to a transportation company Tim O’Brien (Vietnam War) and English uky.edu. He is particularly looking for University (ASU) expands tutoring services do. So monthly interactive story time Optimize Learning, and Achieve Reading through Scholastic’s ReadAbout software Success, a program offered by the in Mannheim, Germany, and served in poet Wilfred Owen (World War One) scholarly articles and artwork. sessions are provided for up to 80 primarily Iraq in 2003 for nine months and in 2005 “transcend generations,” asserted Martin, Writing, Martin pointed out, can be “a that builds reading comprehension, content at-risk preschoolers at six to eight in-home William Paterson University (WPU) area knowledge, and vocabulary and helps Reading Clinic, which provides one-on- for a year. Duties included driving a truck who needed “three or four years” to come way to get past the avoidance of dealing daycare facilities. The grant funds books, in combat areas and operating a machine to grips with the action he saw in Iraq. with post-traumatic stress.” The Journal prepare tutees with special needs for state- CDs and manipulatives. Glendora (Calif.) one and small-group tutoring, remediation mandated Criterion-Referenced Compe- and enrichment for K-12 students and gun. Martin achieved the rank of sergeant And since there are many literary and re- of Military Experience is designed to help Public Library and Azusa Pacific University before honorable discharge in 2006. search journals on war literature, he veterans do just that. ■ tency Tests. Tutees, 125 or more, come professors and students collaborate on a college freshmen. SOAR hosts free from a homeless shelter and the Literacy parental workshops to encourage reading He then finished community college, thought, “Why not one of our own?” project now in its fifth year. (Mary Pat graduated summa cum laude from East- So as an undergraduate, “I cofounded John T. Harding (Montclair Center’s waiting list. The grantee and Dodson, San Jose State University) at home; acquires resources for older, facility also won Literacy Grants in 2009 struggling readers; and expands the site’s ern Kentucky University (EKU) in 2009 the student organization EKU VETS (Vet- State University), a business for literacy tutorials and 2010 for a GED Kiwanis and Chapter Literacy Project lending library. Tutors are certified as an English major and earned a mas- erans Education and Transition Support),” and economics columnist ter’s degree in English there last spring. which assists the acclimation to civilian for this magazine and lending library. (Paulette Harris, ASU) Twice a year for the past two years, the teachers and reading specialists; WPU Along the way, he was student vice presi- life. Out of that came The Journal of Mili- regular contributor to the University of Toledo (UT) Phi Kappa Phi teacher candidates assist. (Salika dent of the EKU Phi Kappa Phi chapter. tary Experience, Vol. 1, which Martin annual awards edition, First-Generation College Students chapter has partnered with the West Toledo Lawrence, Fordham University) This fall he began a Ph.D. program in lit- published in April. Volume 2, partly un- retired from The Star-Ledger Last year, McKendree University (MU) Kiwanis and its student affiliate, UT Circle erature at University of Kentucky. derwritten by the Literacy Grant, comes daily newspaper in Newark, started McKendree Firsts, a program K, to donate books to 290 at-risk pre- Tanzania Literacy Project When Martin returned stateside, “I out next year. N.J., in 1997 after 27 years as a business offering its first-generation college students schoolers in area Head Start and YMCA The San Diego State University dealt with many of the issues faced by To place orders for either, at $15 and economics writer, copy editor, and wire academic, financial and personal support. programs; personalize bookplates in the (SDSU) Phi Kappa Phi chapter shipped today’s student veterans,” he said. But apiece, go online to http://va.eku.edu/ editor, among other roles. He also was an Accordingly, Phi Kappa Phi chapter children’s names; and read the works to some 6,000 books and supplies to “despite the best efforts of the Depart- jme, the website of the EKU Veterans Af- adjunct instructor in economics, journalism, members and teacher candidates assemble them. The grant underwrites a third round. Mnyakongo Primary School in the village ment of Veterans Affairs, I had to fairs, which is a partner of EKU VETS. and English at Montclair State University, his Bearcat Packs, canvas bags in MU’s The literacy program began five years ago. of Kongwa, Tanzania, in March 2010. The figure out ways to deal with my issues All proceeds are split evenly between the alma mater (B.A. in English and linguistics; nickname, with Kathleen Cushman’s First (Patrick Michael Kilbane, UT) chapter and SDSU cosponsors also in the Family: Advice about College from supported the building of a school library; on my own.” next volume of the anthology and EKU’s M.A. in economics), from 1997 to 2007 and in First-Generation Students, a dictionary, Literacy Play representatives attended the installation Studying war literature was a prime “Operation Veteran Success” initiative. journalism at Rutgers University from 1997 to coping mechanism. Reflections from To submit entries for consideration for 2000. Email him at [email protected]. and an insider’s guide to college, plus This initiative utilizes developmental that May. The grant paid for 500 textbooks activities and surveys, for these students psychologist Howard Gardner’s theory of in Swahili for a return visit last June in the and their families. (Bethany Hill-Anderson, multiple intelligences about the diverse ways next phase of this ongoing multifaceted MU, and 2009 Literacy Grant winner) people process information. Alphabet literacy effort. (Peter Larlham, SDSU) kits apply the eight intelligences Gardner Graphic Novel for Literacy conceptualized: picture books and puppets weeReaders Roughly 60 percent of students at (linguistic), puzzles and science (logical/ The explosion of ebooks reinforces the 2011 Study Abroad Recipients (continued from page 7) Flandreau (S.D.) Indian School, an off- mathematical), 3-D projects (spatial), etc. link between reading skills and computer reservation boarding high school founded Kate Tankel Kyle Thompson Austin Warren because 1) he is really tall and Further educational plans: M.D./Ph.D. Kits become part of a toy lending library and literacy. Thus, about 25 at-risk children University of Oregon State Western Kentucky University 2) he is extremely hard- Favorite author: Jodi Picoult in 1893, enroll at two or more grades play resource center created at Bloomsburg ages 5 to 9 attending an afterschool Missouri, Kansas University Senior, archaeology and working. below reading level. Many come from University (BU) by the grantee last year. program at the Williamsport (Pa.) City Junior, electrical Spanish major Avi Wolf households without books. The school (Mary Katherine Waibel Duncan, BU chapter Salvation Army explore the adventures of Junior, Spanish and computer Study abroad: A month apiece in Jessica D. Webb University of Michigan* holds strategic reading classes for them. public relations officer and former president) reading and the possibilities of technology and secondary education- engineering and international Ecuador and Peru last summer, North Carolina Senior, chemical engineering And all pupils and teachers read whatever through Nook Color eReaders loaded with Spanish major studies major service-learning in rural Agricultural & major they want for 20 minutes daily through Study abroad: Fall term at La Study abroad: Six weeks last communities in the highlands Technical State Study abroad: Six weeks last One World, One Day children’s literature, thanks to a Universidad de Belgrano, summer at University of Costa and archaeological fieldwork in University summer at Technical University Monitoring Independent Reading Practice. The project’s title also is the title of partnership with Lycoming College (LC), Buenos Aires, Argentina Rica, San Jose the Atacama Desert in Junior, chemistry major of Berlin, Germany, researching Graphic novels will be purchased through Barbara Kerley’s picture book that follows located a few blocks away. LC students Satisfying community service: Fantasy career: Design computers Moquegua, respectively Study abroad: Three weeks last wood gasification and pursuing the grant. (Ndona Kanza Hansen, South kids across the globe for 24 hours, reveal- mentor the kids. (Janet Hurlbert, LC YoungLives Camp for teen or improve wireless Career objective: Bioarchaeology summer at the Danish Institute German language and culture Dakota State University) ing overall similarities amid differing chapter former president) ■ mothers and their children communication Role model: I look up to my father for Study Abroad, Copenhagen Further educational plans: Ph.D. ■

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ove of Learning (LoL) Awards help fund ca- Debra E. Clay That I have an identical twin, electron microscopy Bianca Kamari Merryl Leslie Kravitz reer development and/or postbaccalaureate University of Derek. He’s also a member of Favorite author: Carl Sagan Jackson Professor of Secondary California, Irvine the YSU chapter. Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of studies for active members. Eighty $500 University of Texas Education, New Mexico L Pursuing Minnesota at Austin Highlands University awards are given annually for career development Independent Margarita A. Elliott Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Programs Pursuing doctor of LoL: Work with indigenous and pertinent travel, professional or graduate studies, Educational Radiation therapist, Lakeland of interest to members no Endeavoring to musical arts in vocal performance teachers from Oaxaca, Mexico, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, and the Consultant certificate HealthCare Cancer Center, matter where they are in their LoL: Application fees for opera developing materials for like. This year, there were more than 1,800 entries, LoL: Tuition St. Joseph, Mich. careers auditions; language study language revitalization an increase of some 50 percent over last year. Includ- Work: Owner of College LoL: American Society of Influential person you’d like to meet: Knowledge, Peoria, Ill. Radiologic Technologists Erica Fletcher Soprano Leontyne Price Brian-Patrick Kurisky ing 2011, 310 recipients have earned LoL awards Most proud of: That I’m well past Conference University of Texas End Hoarding Satisfying community service: Old Dominion University totaling $155,000 since the program began in 2007. age 50 and still love learning Most proud of: Giving hope to Medical Branch By Danielle Eickenhorst Singing at nursing homes Ph.D. student in higher patients and their families Ph.D. student in Unless otherwise specified, school indicated also is Phi Kappa Phi chapter. Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Northern oarding, the excessive col- Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of education administration Illinois University Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Grand Valley medical Louisiana at Monroe LoL: Doctoral research Maria Amaya LoL: Society for Psychophysi- Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Its State University humanities lecting of items, first caught Satisfying community service: Local Virginia ological Research meeting LinkedIn group LoL: American Anthropological the eye of Love of Learning Shana Johnson food bank, preparing meals for Commonwealth Favorite author: Kurt Vonnegut Krista L. Association Conference H (LoL) Award winner and social University of children University Scott M. Clemens Eschbach Advice for peers: “Take chances, worker Norma D. Thomas in 1997 North Carolina M.D./Ph.D. Tara S. Bender Clayton State University Arizona State make mistakes, and get messy!” while preparing a care protocol for Wilmington Fernanda Leite student in molecular biology Regulatory affairs director at a Master of archival studies University Ms. Frizzle, The Magic School Bus Master’s student Assistant Professor, and genetics small dietary supplements student Ph.D. student in Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of senior citizens. She has studied ger- in mathematics Department of LoL: Hemoglobin Switching manufacturing company LoL: Tuition anthropology Houston ontology for more than 35 years but LoL: Graduate school Civil, Architectural Conference LoL: Regulatory Affairs Work: Director of cold case LoL: Dissertation pilot study of what Thomas witnessed back then Career objective: Professor. Actuary. and Environmen- Favorite book: Man’s Search for Certification exam investigations, Fulton County pottery sherds from Florida and John C. George threw her. During the writing proc- Operation research. I still don’t tal Engineering, University of Meaning by Viktor Frankl Fantasy career: Fantasy fiction writer (Ga.) District Attorney’s Office Mexico Associate ess, she learned that a pair of elderly know, and I’m okay with that. Texas at Austin Satisfying community service: Elder Phi Kappa Phi chapter: East Carolina Fantasy career: Archivist at the Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Professor of Fantasy career: Judge on Iron Chef LoL: National Science Friends University National Baseball Hall of Fame West Florida Education, Hood siblings had been found dead in their home under mounds of trash, Thom- America or American Idol Foundation proposal writing and Museum College member of Widener University — Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Lynchburg workshop as recalled. Caseworkers tried to Bushra Anjum Jason Lyle Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Columbus Isaac William Farhadian LoL: Research history of Frederick intends to conduct interviews with College Favorite book: Blindness by Jose North Carolina Black State University California State University, County (Md.) public schools assist them repeatedly, but to no and direct assessments of hoarders Saramago State University Brigham Young Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Serving Stanislaus Fantasy career: Artist avail. Appalled and gripped by the Gina Marie Kachlic Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Carnegie and the family living with them. Ph.D. student in University members long after graduation Master’s student in history Favorite author: Lewis Carroll duo’s unseemly demise, she began Thomas M. Cooley Law School Mellon University computer science B.S./M.S. student LoL: Graduate school Role model: My father, age 95 She has held leadership roles at to scrutinize the disorder. Law school student LoL: Diversity in Computing in accountancy Tad Dallas Most proud of: Winning the 2010 numerous local, state and national LoL: Law books Hannah Leventhal “Although there is now a great Conference Work: Composer and pianist University of J. Burton Vasché Award from Leigh Gleason nonprofits assisting underserved eth- Advice for peers: You are the only Kansas State University LoL: Community and my school Curator of deal of information and a number of Most proud of: Coming to the U.S. Georgia nic and minority communities, one able to define your success. Pursuing D.V.M. and master’s from Pakistan without any educational music events Ph.D. student in Collections, people doing research in this area, Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Elmhurst degree in equine nutrition including seniors. So Thomas also connections or support here Most proud of: Performing a ecology Celso Ferreira California Museum along with the fascination on TV College LoL: Graduate school Texas A & M of Photography, wants to determine if there are racial and building my own “backwards piano” routine on LoL: Page costs for peer- [i.e.: Hoarders on A&E], interven- Career objective: Equine community, my own family, The Ellen DeGeneres Show reviewed journal; registration University University of California, differences in the root causes that veterinarian tion strategies in working with this Trent M. Kays 90 percent of them not my for conference Ph.D. student in Riverside trigger hoarding, or genetic links. ■ University of Minnesota Memorable course: Equine Exercise country or religious kin Matthew D. Blackmar Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Truman civil engineering LoL: Library research population are still not widely un- Ph.D. student in rhetoric and Physiology Career objective: Academia Intends to pursue a Ph.D. in State University LoL: Research; conference Influential person met: Photogra- derstood. This is why I want to do scientific and technical Satisfying community service: Hope Danielle Eickenhorst Favorite author: J. R. R. Tolkien musicology Fantasy career: United Nations pher Duane Michals, subject of some further investigation,” said communication Ranch Therapeutic Riding LoL: Research at the New York Kelly R. Daniels global water adviser my master’s thesis (Fontbonne University) LoL: Association for Business Center, Manhattan, Kan. Thomas, an associate professor and is a content and Nicki L. Aubuchon-Endsley Public Library for the Performing University of Texas Most proud of: My two baby girls Most proud of: Winston, my director of the master of social work Communication Convention Oklahoma State University Arts at Lincoln Center at Austin blind dog, whom my husband communications Satisfying community service: Kim Dao Ly Ph.D. student in clinical Work: Teaching assistant, Ph.D. student in Amanda Fickey and I rescued from a shelter program at California University of specialist for The Make-A-Wish Foundation Texas A & M psychology California State University, Long translational University of Kentucky last year Pennsylvania. Salvation Army’s Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Health Science LoL: Learn more about grant Beach sciences Ph.D. student in geography Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Southern She will use the LoL funds to Midland Division Arkansas at Little Rock Center College of writing LoL: Present research at national LoL: Association of American Illinois University-Carbondale deepen her understanding of the Headquarters in Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Support. I Medicine Role model: My mother Adam B. Boyd infectious diseases conference Geographers annual meeting origins of hoarding and the demo- St. Louis, Mo. She feel part of a strong community. Medical student Mississippi State Career objective: Academia Ashley Gleiman Career objective: Faculty at college graphics of hoarders. 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LoL: American Association for Fayetteville University of Southern California and University of Pennsylvania of disaster, such as the recent historic Ph.D. student in Ph.D. student in chemistry C-130 pilot, Little Rock Air Ph.D. student in strategic Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Western Adult and Continuing (D.S.W.), and who was initiated into tornado in Joplin, Mo. Email her at clinical psychology Paulo Horacio LoL: Textbooks; conference Force Base management Kentucky University Education Conference LoL: Association for Behavioral and Medina [email protected]. Career objective: Drug research LoL: Present paper at Most proud of: Being a military Phi Kappa Phi in 2002 as a faculty Cognitive Therapies Convention Monterroso Fantasy career: Aeronautical engineer Matias Carrasco Kind Association of Pacific Rim Carrie C. spouse and mother to two Career objective: Treatment California State Question not asked you want to answer: University of Illinois at Urbana- Universities Doctoral Students Firman beautiful children outcome studies for University, Los Siblings? Five amazing sisters! Champaign Conference Freelance graphic Satisfying community service: Third Phil Hahn Ph.D. student in agricultural, Reptile Conservation meeting non-suicidal self-injury Angeles Ph.D. student in astrophysics Career objective: Academia designer vice president and chair of the University of food and resource economics Most proud of: Being a role model Satisfying community service: M.A. student in anthropology William Taylor Alan Badger LoL: Graduate school Favorite book: The Bible LoL: Artist 2010-11 Military Family Wisconsin-Madison LoL: Present paper at the for young women in science by Advocate for sexual assault LoL: Research at the archaeo- Pembroke College, University of Influential person met: High school residencies in the U.K. Member Scholarship Fund, Fort Ph.D. student in International Integrated Pest demonstrating that it is possible victims logical site of El Mirador, Peten, Oxford physics teacher Daniel J. 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Huben Phi Kappa Phi chapter: North Stanford digital media arts and technology College of Pennsylvania Peter Kareiva, Chief Scientist, State University Fulbright Fellow, medical Jordan Andrew Kook Natalie S. Murray Carolina State University University LoL: Tuition Pursuing special Nature Conservancy Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Networking sciences Vanderbilt University George Mason University Postdoctoral Fantasy career: Nintendo game David J. Flannigan education certification at the Memorable course: Population and Aristotle University of M.A. student in secondary M.A. student in global affairs Pauline L. research in multimedia processing designer California Institute of graduate level Community Ecology Lisa Hazard Thessaloniki, Greece education, social studies LoL: Graduate school Baniqued LoL: Technical conferences or Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Youngstown Technology Also a substitute teacher Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Associate Professor, Depart- LoL: Greek language lessons LoL: Graduate school Work: Administrative specialist, University of classes State University (YSU) Senior postdoctoral scholar in LoL: Middle school Praxis tests Wisconsin-Green Bay ment of Biology and Molecular Satisfying community service: Big Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird provost’s office, Northern Illinois at Urbana- Career objective: Professor Question not asked you want to chemistry and certification fees Biology, Montclair State University Brothers Big Sisters by Harper Lee Virginia Community College Champaign Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of answer: What do people LoL: Study graphene structural Favorite author: J. 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Sheets, Jr. Ph.D. student in chemical Fantasy career: Surgeon General Memorable course: Negotiation Program for social science Western Michigan University engineering Most proud of: Completing my first LoL: Tuition; books Ph.D. student in counseling LoL: Environmental petroleum ironman triathlon before age 30 Ashwin Mohan Fantasy career: Actress psychology conference Nair Phi Kappa Phi chapter: California LoL: Research; conference Fantasy career: Studying bears in Sarah Beth OFFICIAL GEAR University of Texas State University, Chico Career objective: Professor Alaska Vosburg Order by Phone 1.800.804.9880 EXT. 10 For the full catalog, go online to www.PhiKappaPhi.org at Arlington Fantasy career: Broadway actor Most proud of: My beautiful Louisiana State Postdoctoral fellow Marisa A. Rinkus Satisfying community service: Nigerian accent University in biomedical engineering Michigan State University Co-facilitating a support group Question not asked you want to M.A. student in MEMBER BENEFITS LoL: Tissue Engineering and Ph.D. student in human for lesbian, gay, bisexual, answer: Most interesting thing political science Regenerative Medicine dimensions of fisheries and transgender, and questioning about me? I wake up every LoL: Present paper on St. International Society Conference wildlife teens morning with a big smile. Augustine at the Northeastern Favorite book: The Grapes of Wrath LoL: Research coastal Political Science Association by John Steinbeck communities in Bahia, Brazil Jeffrey C. Skibins Katie Joy Conference academic, professional and private lives, including Influential person met: Primatolo- Clemson University Taylor Favorite book: That Hideous Lisa Neilson gist Jane Goodall Ph.D. student in parks, Math teacher, Strength by C. S. 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Geographic photojournalist Education, Sam Most proud of: My three children Carolina State University Career objective: Health and Houston State Influential person you’d like to meet: nutrition educator SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS Christopher Robert Nichols University Stuart Stewart Danica McKellar, actress best Satisfying community service: Adjunct music instructor, LoL: Research the overrepresenta- Executive Director, known as Winnie Cooper on Helping teens adjust to Fellowships Anorak Phi Kappa Phi Tie Unisex T-shirt Concordia University, Nebraska tion of students with disabilities Louisiana Campus TV’s The Wonder Years and blindness or visual impairment th $330,000 awarded annually to members entering their Hooded pullover zips from chest Men’s dress tie is adorned with Pre-shrunk 100% cotton T-shirt Principal clarinetist, 312 Army in the bullying dynamic Compact, a best-selling author of books Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Youngstown Band, Lawrence, Kan., and the Most proud of: My beautiful baby girl statewide about math for girls State University to chin and features the Greek the gold Phi Kappa Phi key. features the Phi Kappa Phi logo Society letters in brilliant white embroidered in the upper left. 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Item #APP74 $49 Item #APP11 (Navy) Postbaccalaureate pre-medical education administration State University President Fantasy career: Speculative fiction student LoL: Host a free “Discover the Stephen Hulbert, one of my Anna Tommerdahl Favorite author: Martha Wells Love of Learning Awards mentors Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Northern LoL: Medical studies Magic of Scuba” diving series for College of Charleston $40,000 awarded annually to members seeking funding Military: I was recently discharged people with unique challenges Influential person you’d like to meet: Pursuing M.S. in marine biology Arizona University RECOGNITION ITEMS from the U.S. Army as a captain. Fantasy career: Life coach and Any U.S. president LoL: Thesis project for career development and/or postbaccalaureate studies. Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Southeast- Daniel Whittaker My last position was battalion motivational speaker Favorite author: Clive Cussler Phi Kappa Phi Scholar & Artist rear detachment commander, Role model: My older brother, ern Louisiana University past Role model: My parents University of California, Los responsible for 250 soldiers. McNeese State University president Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of Angeles $2,000 awarded biennially to a Phi Kappa Phi Scholar Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Virginia President Philip C. Williams North Carolina Wilmington M.S. student in physiological ($1,000) and a Phi Kappa Phi Artist ($1,000) who Be recognized on graduation day with Military Institute Phi Kappa Phi chapter: Troy Cecilia E. science demonstrate the ideals of the Society through their your Phi Kappa Phi stole, honor cords University Suarez Kenny H. Tran LoL: Professional societies; and medallion. Naresh Pai University of Herman Ostrow conferences activities, achievements and scholarship. University of Sara Moir Illinois at Urbana- School of Further educational plans: Ph.D. in Chapter Awards Arkansas- Sarasua Champaign Dentistry of USC molecular, cellular and Honor Cord Fayetteville Clemson Ph.D. student in Doctor of dental integrated physiology More than $300,000 in various scholarships and awards Braided navy and gold cords, ending Ph.D. student in University educational policy studies surgery student Phi Kappa Phi chapter: California distributed annually by Phi Kappa Phi chapters. in fringed tassels. LoL: Digital audio recorder; LoL: Dental equipment State University, Los Angeles biological and agricultural Ph.D. student in *Dollar amounts for some categories will change next year. engineering genetics textbooks; conference fees Most proud of: That I am the first Item #REC10 $10 LoL: Workshop LoL: Reference books Career objective: Academia person in my family to attend Alexandra Go online to www.PhiKappaPhi.org for information. 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Becker Professional Stalla System Theoretical physicist Kip Thorne New York Satisfying community service: Scholarships and educational Portland State University Education Satisfying community service: University Firefighter/EMT opportunities Postbaccalaureate pre-medical T-Mobile Padfolio Greek Letter Charms Doctor of physical Best part of Phi Kappa Phi: Access to student Carey & Embarque Leading Jewish Shabbat Transportation Debossed with the Society logo, Vertical Greek letter charms in services for the elderly therapy student great resources, connections, Christopher D. Vera LoL: Medical studies this classy, simulated leather sterling silver and 10K gold. Phi Kappa Phi chapter: University of LoL: Tuition and opportunities. No other University of North Texas Health Advice for peers: Always aim to Satisfying community service: Adaptive honor society is like it! Science Center: Texas College of exceed expectations! ■ padfolio is accompanied with Item #JE24 (Sterling silver) $28 Maryland, Baltimore Campuses a letter-sized pad. Item #JE25 (10K gold) $47 12 Wi n t e r 2011 go online to www.PhiKappaPhi.org Item #ACC90 $15 Gateway Arch design by Eero © St. Louis Saarinen; Convention & Visitors Commission Looking for Leaders Exercise the honor of democracy! Phi Kappa Phi seeks nominations for its Board of Directors! Recent changes in bylaws have made it possible for all active Phi Kappa Phi members to take part in the governance of the Society. Did you know that any active member can nominate candidates from the Society’s august ranks to serve two-year terms as President-Elect, Vice President for Finance, Vice President for Marketing and Member Benefits, Vice President for Fellowships and Awards, and two Vice Presidents at Large? You can! Active members also will be able to vote on the two Vice Presidents at Large. For position descriptions and nomination forms, go online to www.PhiKappaPhi.org/convention2012. Board candidates must be active members, and nominations must be received by Feb. 24, 2012. Voting for the two VPs at Large is open to all active members and will take place electronically April 2-20, 2012. The remaining elected offices will be voted on by chapter delegates at the 2012 convention, which will be held Aug. 9-11 in St. Louis, Mo. The 2012 convention will feature a keynote speech from former astronaut and Phi Kappa Phi member Wendy Lawrence, presentations from Society award winners, roundtable breakfasts, training workshops, and much more. All active members are invited to attend the biennial event. Look for more information in forthcoming Monthly Mentions emails and in the next Phi Kappa Phi Forum.