Source: Mary Molt, 785-532-0324, marymolt@k-state.edu
Note to editor: Lisa Bartels is a graduate of Olathe South High School.
News release prepared by: Beth Bohn, 785-532-6415, bbohn@k-state.edu

Friday, April 16, 2010

K-STATE CHAPTER OF KAPPA OMICRON NU HUMAN ECOLOGY HONOR SOCIETY GAINS NEW MEMBERS

MANHATTAN -- Excellence in research, leadership and scholarship has earned nearly 40 Kansas State University human ecology students membership in Kappa Omicron Nu, the human ecology honor society.

Membership in the honor society is extended to undergraduate and graduate students who have demonstrated integrity, high standards of scholarship and the promise of future achievement. Undergraduate students must have completed 45 semester hours and have a minimum grade point average of at least 3.5. Graduate students must have completed 15 semester hours of graduate work and have a minimum grade point average of 3.7.

New members of Kappa Omicron Nu at K-State include:

Lynette Conklin, senior in dietetics and public health nutrition, Argonia; Chelsie Green, sophomore in communication sciences and disorders, Assaria; Annelise Masters, junior in communication sciences and disorders, Burlington; Kristen Wallace, junior in communication sciences and disorders, Chapman; Rebecca Strong, junior in human ecology, Fort Riley; Camrin Padgett, senior in communication sciences and disorders, Fowler; Janelle Rice, sophomore in communication sciences and disorders, Garden City; Hannah Seiwert, junior in communication sciences and disorders, Great Bend.

From Greater Kansas City: Sarah Kesler, sophomore in interior design, Kansas City, Mo.; Breanna Axe, junior in family studies and human services, Pamela Brill, senior in dietetics, Holly Robben, junior in hotel and restaurant management, and Taylor Voss, junior in apparel design and production, all from Lenexa; Lisa Bartels, senior in dietetics, Olathe; Brittany Boddicker, junior in communication sciences and disorders, Overland Park; and Sheriden Crowley, senior in communication sciences and disorders, Prairie Village.

Danielle Shearrer, senior in athletic training and kinesiology, Haysville; Shawna Peters, junior in family studies and human services, LaCrosse; Maria Mussi, sophomore in dietetics, and Sayaka Wayne, senior in hotel and restaurant management and gerontology, both from Manhattan; Laura Weiss-Cook, graduate student in personal financial planning, Ogden; Melissa Hagerman, junior in dietetics, Osawatomie; Allie Prester, junior in family studies and human services, Salina; Nicole Stenzel, sophomore in apparel marketing, Tampa.

From Topeka: Rachel Butler, junior in communication sciences and disorders; Emily Hatch, senior in family studies and human services; and Sydney Messick, junior in dietetics and kinesiology.

Katelin Morton, sophomore in hotel and restaurant management, Wamego.

From Wichita: Kari Christensen, sophomore in interior design; Elizabeth Hagan, senior in family studies and human services; and Nicole Janzen, junior in athletic training.

From out of state: Bobby Carter, graduate student in personal financial planning, San Pablo, Calif.; Jennifer Larsen, senior in hotel and restaurant management, Cheyenne Wells, Colo.; Thomas Lawler, sophomore in dietetics, Mount Prospect, Ill.; Vanessa Tanderup, senior in dietetics, Fremont, Neb.; Michelle Baker, senior in dietetics, Neptune, N.J.; Michael Renne, graduate student in family studies and human services-youth development, Greensboro, N.C.; Billie Jackson, senior in dietetics, Lexington, S.C.; and Robert Delgado, graduate student in personal financial planning, Strawn, Texas.