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Southeastern students inducted into Alpha Chi

Press Release Date: 11-18-2009

State Representative John Carey

Shown are the 2009 Alpha Chi inductees.

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern Oklahoma State University's Oklahoma Theta chapter of Alpha Chi national honor society recently inducted 59 students into lifetime membership.

Dr. Kenneth Chinn, Professor of Economics and Chair of the Social Sciences Department, delivered the introduction. Participating in the 27th annual induction ceremony were chapter sponsors Chinn and Dr. Brett Elliott, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Dr. L. David Norris, History Professor Emeritus; Ms. Jodi Buswell, President Elect of the Oklahoma Theta Chapter of Alpha Chi; and Southeastern Interim President Larry Minks, who delivered remarks.

Alpha Chi, a national college scholarship honor society, was founded in 1922 and has more than 300,000 members from more than 300 college and university chapters in 45 states and Puerto Rico. The society provides tens of thousands of dollars annually in scholarships and fellowships for members and alumni.

Members of Alpha Chi, identified and elected by the faculties of their schools as ranking in the top 10 percent of juniors and seniors, represent the best undergraduate scholarship in all academic fields at their institutions.

Alpha Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS), a group of 67 societies meeting rigorous standards regarding student membership and governance. Alpha Chi is distinctive in its commitment to involving undergraduate members in the full range of operations of the society. Involvement begins at the local chapter level, where students fill all offices, and continues to the regional and national levels, where students are elected to sit on governing boards. In addition, Alpha Chi is one of two major ACHS members based on the scholarly achievement of juniors and seniors from all fields, the other being Phi Kappa Phi.

Following are the Alphi Chi 2009 inductees listed by by hometown:

Oklahoma

  • Ardmore – Kara Musgrove-Beane, Nicole Miller, Todd Shelton, Courtney Tolar
  • Barnsdall – Brittanie Swift
  • Bokchito – Julie Smith
  • Broken Arrow – Rachel Penny
  • Broken Bow – Debra Sims
  • Bromide – Joshua Arrington
  • Caddo – Ryan Favors, Karena Gilbreath-Hancock
  • Calera – Candice Dunn, Shauna Nelson
  • Colbert – Jessie Hopkins, Lindsay Owens, Amber Sanders
  • Durant – Adam Bartholomew, Jonathan Beller, Rachel Cross, Elnah Daradal, Bregan Heitz, Shannon Henson, Jimi Hightower, Joshua Hightower, Sali Mahdy, Jade Moore, Cory Ortega, Tiffany Pierce, Cayce Roark, David Young
  • Idabel – Kristal Wharry
  • Kenefic – Joseph Sampson
  • Kiowa – Briana Wheeler
  • Lindsay – Heather Heltcel
  • Madill – Jared Easterling
  • Marietta – Jordan Thurman
  • McAlester – Daphnie Boyle, Tara Walker
  • Milburn – Leigh Isenberg
  • Moyers – Amanda Wren
  • Ratliff City – Terri Newell
  • Red Oak – Bret Moss
  • Ryan – Tanner West
  • Savanna – Cassie James
  • Tulsa – Jackie Arend
  • Tuskahoma – Rebecca Little
  • Waurika – Jared Wood
  • Wright City – Amber Christy

Texas

  • Coppell – Meagan Newman
  • Crandall – Kacey Russell
  • Denison – William Blankenship, Thomas Hermanson, Julie Householder
  • Denton – Benjamin Vance
  • Sherman – Mary Nicholson, Mary Russell, Melanie Simpson, Tamolyn Williams
  • Wimberley – Rebecca Beaty