Contact: Philip Allison
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A total of 124 Mississippi State students and one faculty member are new inductees of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the organization has announced.
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
“We’re excited to induct more than one hundred students into the Mississippi State chapter of Phi Kappa Phi,” said Scott Rush, MSU associate professor of wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture and president of MSU’s PKP chapter. “They have been selected on the basis of superior scholarship and good character. Admission into Phi Kappa Phi is not easily achieved. All the candidates have been chosen because they meet the high standards for membership.”
New members for this spring were inducted as part of a virtual ceremony.
The honor society accepts members from all academic disciplines within colleges and universities. Membership is by invitation only and is offered to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and the top 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify.
Mississippi State’s chapter was recently named a Circle of Excellence Platinum Chapter by Phi Kappa Phi. It’s the highest recognition bestowed by the national organization.
This semester’s inductees, listed by hometown, include:
ABERDEEN—Whitley Shaniece Caradine, a community college education master’s student.
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico—Anna Grace Dickerson, a junior biochemistry major.
AMORY—Ashley Elizabeth Griffie, a junior mathematics major.
BATESVILLE—Andrea Glynn Berryhill, a senior elementary education major.
BELZONI—Ashlyn Ann Kiker, an agricultural and extension education master’s student.
BENOIT—Mary Kinsley Jenkins, a junior kinesiology major.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—Anna Julia Balzli, a junior marketing major; Margaret Anne Boggan, a junior psychology major; Kelly Elizabeth Bonner Mapes, a special education alternate route master’s student; and Allison Nicole Pendleton, a junior business administration major.
BLUE SPRINGS—Sallie Paige Humphreys, a junior biochemistry major.
BRANDON—Alyse Kathryn Bullock, a junior marketing major; Kara Beth Carter, a junior kinesiology major; Warren Kennedy Guest, a senior accounting major; Reagan Paige McDevitt, a junior biochemistry major; and Christine Elise Schroeder, a senior biomedical engineering major.
CHESAPEAKE, Virginia—Ariel Elizabeth Gunzelman, a junior biological sciences major.
CLINTON—Nicole Elizabeth Ingram, a junior chemistry major.
COFFEE SPRINGS, Alabama—Mikaela Marie Grubb, a junior industrial engineering major.
COLLIERVILLE, Tennessee—Emily Lauren Duke, a junior kinesiology major.
COLUMBUS—Lores Katherine Sharp, a junior biological sciences major.
CORINTH—Mikayla Faith Smith, a junior biological sciences major; and Austin Reid Thompson, a computer science master’s student.
CUMBERLAND CITY, Tennessee—Callie Margaret Taylor, a senior accounting major.
DIAMONDHEAD—Cassidy Lynn Ketchum, a senior biological sciences major.
ERIE, Pennsylvania—Dam Kim, an engineering Ph.D. student.
FLORA—Alysa Briann Crigler, a senior chemistry major.
FLORENCE, Alabama—Zoe Elizabeth Maddox, a junior business administration major.
FORT MILL, South Carolina—Jessica MacLaurin Kemp, a kinesiology master’s student.
FRANKLIN, Tennessee—Sarah Elizabeth Bedenbaugh, a junior business administration major; and Andrew Philip Pachares, a junior accounting major.
GAUTIER—Michelle Trejo Acevedo, a junior accounting major; and Breanna Allyn Lambert, a senior mathematics major.
GERMANTOWN, Tennessee—Mackenzie Paige Clarke, a junior educational psychology major.
GREENWOOD—John Coleman Tyler, a junior accounting major.
GUNNISON—Elizabeth Strickland Bassie, a junior kinesiology major.
GUNTOWN—Savanna Joye Guin, a senior biochemistry major.
HARVEST, Alabama—Braden Thomas LaBerenz, a junior petroleum engineering major; and Jacob Lane Moore, a junior computer engineering major.
HATTIESBURG—Emma G. Rich, a junior chemical engineering major.
HERNANDO—Caroline Jennings Swindoll, a junior educational psychology major.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina—Sydney Marie Stockwell, a senior biochemistry major.
HOOVER, Alabama—Emily Grace Baker, a senior accounting major; Alanna Kristine Hauer, a senior chemical engineering major; and Lawson W. Shaw, a junior civil engineering major.
HOUSTON, Texas—Joshua Adam Kittle, a geosciences master’s student.
HURRICANE, West Virginia—Katelyn Nicole Sette, a senior biochemistry major.
ITTA BENA—Janesiya Brooks, a special education alternate route master’s student; and Cody Cooper Perkins, a junior kinesiology major.
JACKSON—John Patrick Keeler, a business administration master’s student.
JOHNS CREEK, Georgia—Megan Christine Weaver, a senior marketing major.
KOSCIUSKO—Abbey Noelle McCrory, a senior kinesiology major.
LISMAN, Alabama—Marylen Bracht Anglin, a community college education master’s student at MSU-Meridian; and April Diane Bonner, a secondary teacher alternate route master’s student at MSU-Meridian.
LOUISVILLE—Daniel James Dye, a senior biological sciences major.
MADISON—Tara Nicole Broome, a junior computer science major; Mary Michael Evans, a junior biomedical engineering major; Lauren Elizabeth James, a junior elementary education major; Mary Elizabeth McCarley, a senior psychology major; and Phyllis Marie Yucatonis, a curriculum and instruction Ph.D. student.
MANASSAS, Virginia—Clarke Robinson Lerner, a junior psychology major.
MANDEVILLE, Louisiana—Whitney Claire Duncan, a junior civil engineering major; and Monet Isabella Leckert, a junior finance major.
MCCOOL—Alexis K. Turnipseed, an agricultural and extension education master’s student.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee—Anna Miller Fracchia, a junior psychology major; and Zoe Elizabeth Anna Nunn, a senior biochemistry major.
MERIDIAN—Aneka M. Chess, a business administration master’s student; Brandy Danielle Culpepper, an elementary education master’s student; and Va’Ronica D. Hill, an education specialist student at MSU-Meridian.
METAIRIE, Louisiana—Grace Anna Troutman, a junior psychology major.
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin—Brian Thomas Klipstein, a business administration master’s student.
MONROE, Louisiana—Madeline Claire Enlow, a senior communication major.
MOUNT JULIET, Tennessee—Britain Cole Steele, a junior aerospace engineering major.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Hutton Davis Smith, a junior software engineering major.
NAVARRE, Florida—Michael Mccaul, a geosciences master’s student.
NESBIT—Sara Blalock Matheson, a junior biochemistry major.
NOLENSVILLE, Tennessee—Steven Andrew Fazio, an industrial and systems engineering master’s student.
NORTH AURORA, Illinois—Abigail Elizabeth Stein, a junior psychology major.
OCEAN SPRINGS—Zachary Alexander Kinnard, a senior finance major.
OLIVE BRANCH—Caitlin Delaney Luke, a senior mechanical engineering major.
ORANGE BEACH, Alabama—Isabelle Katherine White, a senior marketing major.
PASCAGOULA—Drennan Graham Allen, a senior building construction science major; and William Coleman Baumhauer, a junior accounting major.
PETAL—Araceli M. Figueroa, a senior chemistry major.
PHILADELPHIA—Abby Lauren Seale, a senior kinesiology major.
PICAYUNE—Krystal Justina Burton, an elementary education master’s student.
PLATTE CITY, Missouri—Jason Shawhan, an industrial and systems engineering Ph.D. student.
PONTOTOC—Hailey M. Brewer, a senior music education major; and Nicole Allison Brewer, a junior wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major.
RALEIGH—Jennifer Leigh Scott, a senior secondary education major.
RIENZI—Ethan Andrew Claunch, a junior industrial engineering major.
SALTILLO—David Scott Tindoll, a junior chemical engineering major.
SATARTIA—Anna Grace Ragland, an accounting master’s student.
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama—Haley Breann Land, a junior electrical engineering major.
SOUTHAVEN—Quinlan Walter Kurtycz, a senior aerospace engineering major.
STARKVILLE—Jason David Cory, a business administration master’s student; Netasha K. Cummings, an elementary education master’s student; Charles Freeman, an associate professor in the School of Human Sciences; Audra Fern Gines, a public policy and administration master’s student; Jessica Nicole Leesburg, a geosciences master’s student; Sarah Hammes Peterson, a food science, nutrition and health promotion master’s student; Aswathy N. Rai, a public policy and administration master’s student; Julekha Hussain Ranta, an engineering master’s student; Rubetta Lillia Redmond, a special education alternate route master’s student; Mary Kathryn Sanders, a senior art major; Kate Elizabeth Sawaya, an educational leadership master’s student; Wentao Song, a forest resources Ph.D. student; Anna Brazzeal Tye, a senior communication major; Kathryn Beatrice Walters, a senior psychology major; and Alexis Joanna White, a senior elementary education major.
SUWANEE, Georgia—Kendall Delaney Long, a senior marketing major.
TACOMA, Washington—Emily Anne Sousa, an engineering Ph.D. student.
TAYLORVILLE, Illinois—Seth Vincent Sloan, a junior biochemistry major.
TIMNATH, Colorado—Phillip Michael Hayhurst, a geosciences master’s student.
TUPELO—Avery Claire Littleton, a senior biomedical engineering major; Elizabeth Rees Meredith, a senior educational psychology major; Omolayo Joshua Olorunwa, a plant and soil sciences Ph.D. student; Luke Kenneth Overton, a junior civil engineering major; and Elijah Jeffrey Smart, a junior biochemistry major.
VERNON HILLS, Illinois—Madalyn Elizabeth Riehm, a junior accounting major.
VISALIA, California—Juan Felipe Arzola, a community college leadership Ph.D. student.
WEIR—Kameca Lanell Broom, a special education alternate route master’s student.
WESSON—William Glenn McInnis, a junior microbiology major.
WESTWEGO, Louisiana—Fallon Michelle Farber, a mechanical engineering master’s student.
Phi Kappa Phi awards nearly $1 million each year to outstanding students and members through graduate fellowships, study abroad grants, member and chapter awards, and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives.
For more information, visit www.phikappaphi.org; for MSU’s Phi Kappa Phi chapter, see https://pkp.org.msstate.edu.
MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.