November 10, 2003

UT Tyler Students to be Inducted Into Honor Society

Eighty-three students at The University of Texas at Tyler will be inducted into the Alpha Chi Scholastic Honor Society at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, in the University Center.

The induction ceremony for the Texas Alpha Xi chapter will include the presentation of outstanding faculty awards to: Dr. Jackie Gerla from the College of Education and Psychology; Dr. Victor Scherb, College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. James Harbaugh, College of Business and Technology; Dr. Barbara Haas, College of Nursing/Health Sciences; and Dr. Stephen Rainwater, College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Alpha Chi is a coeducational society honoring university students for academic excellence. To qualify for induction, students must be juniors with at least 24 semester hours at UT Tyler and a minimum grade point average of 3.5. They must also rank in the top 10 percent of their college.

Inductees, listed by hometown, are:
ARP – Ruth Ann Forester, technology, and Amber Renee Turner, interdisciplinary studies.
ATHENS – Donna K. Doyle, criminal justice.
AVINGER – J. Lloyd Faulk, technology.
BELLS – Elizabeth Ann Beckman, marketing.
BIG SANDY – Angela M. Townsend, elementary education.
BULLARD – Shanna Lynn Smith, nursing.
CARTHAGE – Dusti LeAnn Gauger, technology, and Amanda Jo Wray, interdisciplinary studies.
CHANDLER – Linda Kay Massey, English.
DIANA – Frances E. Plants, Spanish.
FRANKSTON – Larry Grant McDonald, English.
FRUITVALE – Linda L. Smith, interdisciplinary studies.
GILMER – Dusty Renee Bellotte, accounting.
GLADEWATER – Tammy L. Sinclair, interdisciplinary studies.
HALLSVILLE – Michael Gene Gorman, industrial technology, and Jessica Renee Young, interdisciplinary studies.
HENDERSON – Ashley Huffman, elementary education, and Connie Watson Orr, theatre.
JACKSONVILLE – Melanie A. Mesa, interdisciplinary studies, and Manuel Zancanella, chemistry.
KILGORE – Jamie M. Fletcher, special education; Anna Marie Hamilton, music education; and Becky G. Hartless, interdisciplinary studies.
LARUE – Jeffrey Alan Williams, kinesiology.
LINDALE – LaVern E. Campbell, business management; Elizabeth Mathis, history; and Larry Jonathan Miller, industrial safety.
LONGVIEW – Ashley Nicole Blalock, criminal justice; Michele LaMae Daniels, speech communications; Michele E. Farmer, education; Wendy Lynn Hammond, history; Amanda K. Pither, nursing; and Joe Vernon Tolleson, history.
LUFKIN – Robin L. Futch, applied arts and sciences.
MABANK – Joshua DeWayne Waymire, marketing.
MINEOLA – James Timothy Phillips, marketing.
MOUNT ENTERPRISE – Jody Ryan Creel, mechanical engineering.
NAPLES – Christie H. Cox, elementary education.
OVERTON – Brenda O’Quinn, interdisciplinary studies.
QUITMAN – Michelle L. Munn, kinesiology.
TROUP – Heath Wayne Brown, technology, and Ronald J. McKnight, history.
TYLER – Wendy Marie Baehne, accounting; Jessica Leigh Baker, English; Dierdre Meredith Clark, nursing; Christy Dawn Sanders Elwell, Spanish; Bradley Ford, political science; Kristin Anne Gentry, interdisciplinary studies; Linda V. Harris, sociology; Matt Robert Hicks and Justin Lee Holt, finance; Kathleen C. Huff, technology; Mikhail Lakhiaev and Brian Christopher Johnson, computer science; Nicollette Jones-Dickson, marketing; Jackie Faye Kendrick, business; Julie A. McLean, B.A.A.S.; Rhamy L. Morrison, training and development; Matthew J. Nellenback, industrial safety; and Heather M. Orr, finance. Also, Clayton Ross Parker, B.A.A.S; Ingrid Patrick, accounting/management; Kellie Patrice Reynolds, finance; Julie Barrow Rhame, elementary education; Timothy A. Schultz, electrical engineering; Andrea Shelley, psychology; Diane Marie Shelton, interdisciplinary studies; Danijela A. Stojanovic, chemistry; Bobby Charles Thomas, math/computer science; Jennifer Wallis Underhill, business; Tessa Vannatta, nursing; Joseph Vincent Veazey, art; Eman Boghdadi Wassef, applied arts and sciences; and Leah F. Woodruff, kinesiology.
WHITE OAK – Heather Shay Gatlin, interdisciplinary studies.
WHITEHOUSE – Jennifer Barnes, art history; Barbara Ann Brown, marketing; Crystal Morgan, interdisciplinary studies.
WILLS POINT – Rachel Lynn Engledow, psychology, and Summer Sylar Lawrence, art education.
WINNSBORO – Holly Diane Davis, nursing.
DEVA, ROMANIA – Geanina Ingrid Barna, theatre.

 

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