LSUS initiates 30 into interdisciplinary honor society
04/25/05

A total of 27 students and three LSUS faculty members were initiated into the LSUS chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Sunday afternoon (April 24). The students included three graduate students, 13 seniors and 11 juniors.

The primary goal of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, America’s oldest and most selective honor society, is the recognition of superior scholarship in all disciplines – “the best of the best across campus.”

The initiates and the hometowns of the students are:

Graduate Students – Joan Turek, of Bossier City; Kelley Lenderman, of Houston, and Nancy Tracy, of Minden.

Seniors – Heather M. Baucom, of Benton; Benjamin Carver, of Haughton; Olivia Burson Greer, of Minden; James B. Allen, of Mooringsport; and Chelsea Ann Dunbar, Kimberly S. Gandy, Jennifer Nicole Herron, Rebecca D. Hitt, Seth Rider Marshall, Trista M. Muse, Randy Racine, Brittany Skillern and Patricia Smith, all of Shreveport.

Juniors – Tamora Watters Dollar and Brenda Yonnes, both of Bossier City; Olga A. Willett, of Greenwood; Amanda Phillips, of Mooringsport; and Laura Elaine Deaton, Kristen Hergenrader, Michael A. Marino, Kelly M. Milstead, Grace Nickels, Monica Pels and Cheryl Salter, all of Shreveport.

Faculty – Candice Bagley, assistant professor of education and director of field experiences for the College of Education and Human Development; Dr. Chuo-Hsuan “Jason” Lee, assistant professor of accounting, and Dr. John S. Vassar, assistant professor of humanities and chair of the Department of Fine Arts, Languages and Humanities.