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Main PageAASU Honor Society Inducts 107 New Members(Savannah, GA-November 30) The Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) Chapter 297 of the national honor society Phi Kappa Phi inducted 107 new members during an initiation ceremony in November. The chapter also welcomed several AASU faculty members into its fold and bestowed membership honors on one AASU alumnus and a distinguished member of the Savannah community. Stephen S. Green was inducted as a distinguished member of the Armstrong Atlantic Chapter, an honor bestowed only after approval from the society's national board of directors. AASU President Thomas Z. Jones presented Green with his membership certificate, praising him for his dedication to higher education, Armstrong Atlantic, and the Savannah community. Green is president and CEO of Stephen Green Properties. He is chairman of the Savannah Chamber's 200th anniversary celebration and is vice chairman of the First Chatham Bank Board of Directors. Another Armstrong Atlantic alumnus, Richard D. Edwards, also received special recognition at the ceremony. Chapter President Camille Stern presented membership honors to Edwards, noting that he has earned distinction as an outstanding Armstrong Atlantic alumnus whose achievements also reflect the society's motto: "Let the love of learning rule humanity." The following faculty members were invited into the organization: Jewell Anderson, Charles W. Belin Jr., Sherri Lynn Cunningham, June Hopkins, Michael Patrick Mahan, and Linda Jeanne Tuck. Graduate students receiving the honor of initiation into Phi Kappa Phi include the following: Mary Cromartie Bass, Timothy Bradley, Adrienne Shannon Brown, Stacey Elizabeth Brown, Lou Ann Burnett, Deborah Elaine Cameron, Clinton Anthony Carey, Doris Celeste Collins, Ellen Fay Daley, Melissa Land Decker, Kessa Lyn Englert, Evelyn Goldberg, Kenneth Eli Grant, Eva Gutmann, Lisa Karen Heusel, Michael Kevin Heyman, Casey Clark Jackson, Lynn Davis Kennedy, Kimberly Michelle Rathbun, Erin Elizabeth Scheifley, Michele Marie Schroeder, Sheri Sharpe, Sandra Miller Shirley, Rebecca Grace Snyder, John Coston Sonnier, Melissa Ann Stark, Kelly Ann Stolee-Smith, Elise Marie Thornell, Sean Matthew Toth, Genie Maree Umbarger, Vicki Jane Watts, and Melissa Diane West. Seniors who joined the society include Alis Hope Andrews, Jason Allen Andrews, Ashley Elizabeth Attaway, Shuping Bao, Susan Christine Beamer, James Franklin Benton, Mary Blaney, Eleanor Jane Boswell, Christopher N. Chappell, Carmen Elena Cobb, Lori A. Dasher, Carmela Coquia De Guzman, Robert Douglas Farr, Cathy C. Fitch, Jenna Lynn Gardner, Colin Reid Gilligan, Kindra Clark Givens, Anne Rebecca Greico, Amanda Leigh Griffin, Sirena Torres Haile, Thomas J. Hamlin, Brittany Michelle Holman, Brandi Darlene Hunter, Crystal Dawn Johnson, Victoria Catherine Kangeter, Shellie Wendell LaPradd, Lee Joshua Martin, Mary Lauren Melton, Krishna Prakash Patel, Charles E. Pauldo, Benjamin Wade Poston, Jennifer Lynn Prince, Robert James Repsher, Deepa Vijay Shah, Jeana Kay Short, Jessie Colleen Smith, Ivan Sopin, Miranda Leigh Stephens, Enone Margaret Stratton, Jessica Louise Thumser, Jessica E. Van Vactor, Joshua Jarrod Waller, William G. Wessner, Stephanie Michelle Yohn, and Robert Richard Young. The following juniors accepted the invitation to join: Sonya Drawdy Baker, Jane Adair Camacho, Amanda Nicole Congleton, Jessica Leigh Covinsky, Sonja Gay Edwards, Larisa V. Hollingsworth, Lori Jean Houston, Valerie Marie Jordan, Paul Scott Kilpatrick, Mitchel Altman Leavitt, Teresa Lynch, John Matthew Maggioni, April Dawn Mauric, Randall Cramer Moss, Eugenia Soyo Narh, Heather Nicole Orange, Rebecca Marie Page, Nicholas Michael Reynolds, Jovetta H. Smith, Victoria Lane Smith, Jessica Maureen Vaughn, and Mary Susan Wood. These new Armstrong Atlantic Phi Kappa Phi members join approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff, and alumni nationwide to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi this year. Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine and headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective all-discipline honor society. The Society has chapters on nearly 300 select college and university campuses in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Membership in Phi Kappa Phi is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of graduate students and seniors and only the top 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Faculty, professional staff, and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction may also qualify. For more information on Phi Kappa Phi, call 800.804.9880 or visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org. |
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