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WIU's Phi Kappa Phi Chapter Inducts New Members
April 10, 2018

MACOMB, IL -- Western Illinois University's chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society held its 46th annual induction ceremony Sunday, April 8; adding more than 80 WIU students to its membership.
Admission to Phi Kappa Phi is by invitation only, and invitations are extended to the top 7.5 percent of juniors, the top 10 percent of seniors and the top 10 percent of graduate students.
The ceremony also recognized scholarship and undergraduate research award winners. Junior music major Susan Arns, of Bartlett, IL, and Allison Anderson, a junior forensic chemistry major from Davis Junction, IL, each received the $1,000 Phi Kappa Phi Junior Scholarship, and senior Jillian Escobar, a double major in music performance and communication sciences and disorders, from Hanover Park, IL, received the $500 Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship.
Undergraduate research awards were presented to four students during the ceremony:
• First place: Senior Hilary Dunn, a psychology major from South Elgin, IL, for "Religiosity vs. Neuroticism in Predicting Religious/Spiritual Struggles" – Advisor: Psychology Professor David Lane
• Second place: Princess Yameini, of Chicago Heights, IL, a Fall 2017 graduate with bachelor's degrees in psychology and foreign languages and cultures for "Health Locus of Control, Stress and the Utilization of Health Services" – Advisor: Psychology Associate Professor Scott H. Hemenover
• Third place: Senior Rebecca Graham, an English major from East Moline, IL, for "An Analysis of the Characterization and Representation of Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn in Contemporary Historical Fiction by Carrolly Erickson and Philippa Gregory" – Advisor: English Professor Daniel Malachuk
• Fourth place: Political science graduate student Kiattipong Aunmurng, of Thailand, for "Locally Sustainable Community: Farmers Market, and the Attempt to Boost Farmers Markets in Ponce, Puerto Rico" – Advisor: Sociology and Anthropology Professor Heather McIlvaine-Newsad
WIU faculty members inducted into Phi Kappa Phi included Sociology and Anthropology Professor Tawnya J. Adkins Covert; Chemistry Assistant Professor Brian Bellott; Broadcasting and Journalism Instructor Jasmine Crighton and Kinesiology Associate Professor Algerian Hart.
This year's student inductees, by hometown, include:
ILLINOIS
Alexis: Caitlen L. Bishop, a senior nursing major
Altona: Kaitlyn Cameron, a senior recreation, park and tourism administration major
Andover: Mackenzie L. Martin, a junior law enforcement and justice administration major
Bartlett: Susan C. Arns, a junior music education major
Beardstown: Parker E. Carls, a junior music major
Bloomington: Lyndisty Littell, a senior anthropology major
Bushnell: Deanna Renee Eden, an accountancy graduate student
Canton: Donna Jeanne Breedlove, a senior communication sciences and disorders major;
Bryce H. Taylor, a senior law enforcement and justice administration major
Chicago: Jamie Jeaneth Flores, a senior political science major
Crystal Lake: Jessica E. Piekarski, a senior theatre major
Davis Junction: Allison D. Anderson, a junior forensic chemistry major
Downers Grove: Bianca O. Romay, a junior biology major
East Peoria: Cassandra Bilyeu, an instructional design and technology graduate student
Ellisville: Molly Cameron, a senior English major
Geneseo: Morgan Miller, a junior music education major
Geneva: Killian Tracey, a senior forensic chemistry major
Grayslake: Samantha Vrtis-Bentz, a junior emergency management major
Hamilton: Amanda Allen, an instructional design and technology graduate student; Ashley Bozman, who received her master's degree in recreation, park and tourism administration in Fall 2017
Island Lake: Amy L. Kunz, an educational leadership doctoral student
Jacksonville: Heather K. Davidsmeyer, a senior communication sciences and disorders major
LaSalle: Lisa Ann Hallen, a senior music education major
Kewanee: Brigida Castillo, a senior bilingual/English as a second language major
LaHarpe: Abigail J. Adkisson, a senior social work major
Lake Zurich: Kimberly J. Spirek, a senior dietetics major
Lewistown: Makenna A Barker, a senior general studies major
Lockport: Mariah Dicksen, a junior biology major
Macomb: Caitlyn M. Schoonover-Anderson, an English graduate student; Ryan M. Darensbourg, a college student personnel graduate student; Alex Erlandson, a recreation, park and tourism administration graduate student; Tamara L. LaPrad, an educational leadership doctoral student; Ryan Trey McBride, an instructional design
and technology graduate student; Indrajith K. Wasala Mudiyanselage, a mathematics graduate student; Wickramasinghe Mudiyanselage Nisansala Wickramasinghe, a mathematics graduate student; Justin A. Barnes, a senior law enforcement and justice administration major; Gabriel E. Thompson, a senior recreation, park and tourism administration major; Mark Buren, a senior political science major; Yenna Cho, a senior music major; Tiffany Hamrick, a junior exercise science major; Joseph Turk, a junior English major; and Alexandra Walker, who received her master's degree in economics in Fall 2017
McHenry: Margaret K. Segersten, an educational leadership doctoral student
Moline: Laura M. Berkley, a community and economic development graduate student; and Emalee Clayton, a junior communication sciences and disorders major
Mount Morris: Kelsey Pudlas, a senior music education major
Oak Forest: Maeghan C. Schreiber, a junior communication sciences and disorders major
Orion: Lisa M. Amlong, a senior communication major
Palatine: Matthew R. Frick, a master of business administration (MBA) student
Plainfield: Allyson Wiacek, a junior music major
Plymouth: Jessika Runquist, a junior communication sciences and disorders major
Prophetstown: Patrick Henrekin, who received his master's degree in
educational administration in Fall 2017
River Grove: Stefanija Micevic, a senior accountancy major
Rock Falls: Sarah E. McCallister, a senior elementary education major
Rockford: Abigail Reed, a junior dietetics major
Rock Island: Deanna L. Brumbaugh, a senior nursing major
Roscoe: Alexis M. Swanborg, a senior elementary education major; Anastasia A. DeLeon, a junior law enforcement and justice administration major
Round Lake: Vladimir Suchkov, a senior accountancy major
Sandwich: Victoria Gregory, a junior nursing major
Sherrard: Joseph Weigel, a junior political science major
Sterling: Derek M. Bushman, a senior law enforcement and justice administration major
Sycamore: Jasmyne Taylor, a senior law enforcement and justice administration major
Yorkville: Todd P. Range, a law enforcement and justice administration graduate student
CALIFORNIA
La Habra: Alexis Rae Kolschefski, a senior law enforcement and justice administration
major
INDIANA
NEWBURGH: Alamin Hamid Mohammed, a computer science graduate student
IOWA
Bettendorf: Anthony R. White, a senior dietetics major
Davenport: Kristine Y. Thill, a curriculum and instruction graduate student
MICHIGAN
Kalamazoo: Lauren Elizabeth Burrows, a senior emergency management major
Saint Johns: Madeleine K. Wilsey, a senior physics and chemistry double major
MISSOURI
Jackson: Brian T. Martin, a music graduate student
NEBRASKA
Seward: Abigail Christine Hanson, a college student personnel graduate student
INTERNATIONAL
Bagerhat: Shaikh Obaidullah, a mathematics graduate student
Colombia: Paula Ramirez, a senior music and psychology double major
India: Bala Bharathi Mannava, a chemistry graduate student
Lalitpur: Shweta Pradhan, a kinesiology graduate student
Nepal: Pratistha Maharjan, a kinesiology graduate student
Nigeria: Deji Adekanye, a biology graduate student; Taiwo E. Esan, a chemistry graduate student; and Chukwuebuka Elozona Ogwo, a health sciences graduate student
Saudi Arabia: Shorooq Sulaiman Alaskar, a computer science graduate student; and Faisal Muthyib A. Alsubaie, a biology graduate student
Spain: Amadeo Ramon Carbo, a senior engineering technology major
For more information about Phi Kappa Phi, visit phikappaphi.org/.
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