Winter 2010 AWARDS EDITION Showcasing 199 Phi Kappa Phi award recipients across the disciplines Fellowships•Literacy•Study Abroad•Love of Learning•Scholar and Artist About Us Phi Kappa Phi Forum mission statement Phi Kappa Phi Forum, a multidisciplinary quarterly that enlightens, challenges Phi Kappa Phi Forum and Its and entertains its diverse readers, serves as a general-interest publication as well as a platform for The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Relationship with the Society Phi Kappa Phi Forum (Issn 1538-5914) is published quarterly by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, hi Kappa Phi Forum is the multidisciplinary 7576 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, La. 70806. quarterly magazine of The Honor Society of Printed at R.R. Donnelley, Phi Kappa Phi. Each issue of the award- 1160 N. Main, Pontiac, Ill. 61764. P winning journal reaches more than 100,000 active ©The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, members as well as government officials, scholars, 2010. All rights reserved. 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Judges selected winners from more than 1,750 submissions in five categories. Augusta State University 2500 Walton Way The awards edition compiles and congratulates these standouts. Augusta, Ga. 30904-2200 [email protected] SOCIETY PRESIDENT-ELECT Diane G. Smathers, Ed.D. A Three-Dimensional Warrior Emeritus College E-304 Martin Hall By John T. Harding Clemson University Marcus L. Urann Fellowship recipient and Naval officer Clemson, S.C. 29634 2 [email protected] Michael Campbell studies the economic costs in war zones. SOCIETY pasT PRESIDENT Robert B. Rogow, C.P.A., Ph.D. Dean, College of Business and Technology Eastern Kentucky University A Quest to Heal Others Business & Technology Center 214 521 Lancaster Ave. By Gina Logue Richmond, Ky. 40475 U.S. Military Academy 2010 valedictorian and Urann [email protected] 3 winner Alexandra Rosenberg pursues patient care. VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE Curtis D. Black, Ph.D. Department of Pharmacy Practice University of Toledo College of Pharmacy 3000 Arlington Avenue, MS 1013 To Harvard for Neuroscience Toledo, Ohio 43614 By Ashley Barnas [email protected] Urann recipient Taralyn Tan, a doctoral student in VICE PRESIDENT FOR CHAPTER RELATIONS 4 Timothy L. Hulsey, Ph.D. neurobiology at Harvard, explores animal magnetism. Dean, The Honors College Virginia Commonwealth University P.O. Box 843010 Richmond, Va. 23284-3010 Building Reading Skills One Move at a Time [email protected] By Dallas Woodburn VICE PRESIDENT FOR FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS William J. McKinney, Ph.D. The SMILE (Support Makes Involvement in Learning Kettler Hall 169 6 Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne Enjoyable) Center earns a Literacy Grant. 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Fort Wayne, Ind. 46805 [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARKETING A Doctor in the Making AND MEMBER BENEFITS By Patrick Sullivan H. Ray Sylvester, Ph.D. University of the Pacific Study Abroad recipient and microbiology major Eberhardt School of Business 8 3601 Pacific Ave. Opeoluwa Fawole was a medical intern in Argentina. Stockton, Calif. 95211 [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE Playwright Sets Stage for Career Yaw A. Asamoah, Ph.D. College of Humanities and Social Sciences By Jason Caudill Indiana University of Pennsylvania 201 McElhaney Hall Love of Learning winner Edgar Mendoza examines 441 North Walk 10 Indiana, Pa. 15705-1018 Filipino-American life at historical junctures in his plays. [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE Judy A. Highfill 2010 Phi Kappa Phi Scholar and Artist 821 Craig Dr. Kirkwood, Mo. 63122-5712 Email Q&As [email protected] Get to know Scholar Sarah A. Rajala and VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENTS 13 Jeffry Harrison Artist David Northington. Junior business administration major Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville SSC 1280, Box 1160 Deadlines for Upcoming Phi Kappa Phi Awards: Coming Next Issue: Edwardsville, Ill. 62026-1160 [email protected] Fellowships: Chapter, April 1, 2011, and Headquarters, April 15, 2011; The spring 2011 theme is “empathy.” VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENTS Literacy: April 1, 2011; Study Abroad: April 1, 2011; Topics include teenaged bullies; the Rodney Hughes Love of Learning: June 30, 2011; Scholar and Artist: Feb. 15, 2012 neuroscience of empathy; the Doctoral student in higher education For application forms, go online to www.PhiKappaPhi.org.