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

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

NEW MEMBERS JOIN K-STATE'S CHAPTER OF KAPPA OMICRON NU

MANHATTAN -- An honor society that recognizes outstanding students in human ecology has new members at Kansas State University.

Kappa Omicron Nu recognizes excellence in leadership, research and scholarship. Undergraduate and graduate students who have demonstrated integrity, high standards of scholarship and the promise of future achievement are invited to join K-State's chapter of Kappa Omicron Nu.

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:

Karen Elliott, junior in hospitality management and business management, Abilene; Alyssa Dietterich, senior in communication sciences and disorders, and Meagan Stauffer, sophomore in communication sciences and disorders, both from Andover; Melissa Short, sophomore in public health nutrition and dietetics, Auburn; Trista Hynek, senior in communication sciences and disorders, Bremen; Whitney Bachman, sophomore in apparel marketing, Centralia; Caitlin Adams, junior in dietetics, Council Grove.

From Greater Kansas City: Amy Bates, junior in communication sciences and disorders and gerontology, Gardner; Bailey Thomas, junior in apparel marketing, Leawood; Emily Dickerson, sophomore in interior design, Olathe; Lindsay Bolin, junior in nutritional sciences and premedicine, Erika Bono, gradate student in public health, Jamie Klover, senior in communication sciences and disorders, and Hannah Wilson, sophomore in communication sciences and disorders, all from Overland Park; Jessica Bocquin, junior in dietetics, Shawnee; and Dana Dougan, sophomore in apparel and textiles marketing, Stilwell.

Jennifer Phillips, senior in early childhood education, Junction City; Andrea Pawlowski, graduate student in personal financial planning, Lansing; Paula Kyriakos, sophomore in communication sciences and disorders, Lawrence; Anne Hartman, junior in communication sciences and disorders, Logan.

From Manhattan: Pei Liu, graduate student in human ecology; Tamara Lovett, senior in dietetics and gerontology; Erin Wainwright, sophomore in communication sciences and disorders; and Xiao Xiao, senior in family studies and human services.

Casie Adams, junior in nutritional sciences, Osawatomie; Allison Benignus, junior in family studies and human services, Salina; Kellsi Bradberry, sophomore in apparel marketing, Topeka; Tiffany Brax, sophomore in public health nutrition, Washington.

From Wichita: Alice Arensdorf, junior in dietetics; Andrea Schrage, graduate student in public health; Darlene Seck, senior in apparel and textiles marketing; Gabrielle Simms, junior in nutrition, kinesiology and dietetics; and Beth Ann Troutt, senior in dietetics.

From out of state: Alison Meyer, junior in nutritional sciences, West Des Moines, Iowa; Elizabeth Tung, sophomore in interior design, Chesterfield, Mo.; Sheila Stanley, graduate student in apparel and textiles merchandising, Las Vegas, Nev.; C. Nicole Cook, graduate student in apparel and textiles marketing, Swansboro, N.C.; Megan Tomkins, graduate student in apparel and textiles merchandising, Manchester, N.Y.; Polly Westbrook, graduate student in merchandising and product development, Loveland, Ohio; Tricia Hollenbach, junior in dietetics, Middleburg, Pa.; and Adrienne Beall, graduate student in apparel and textiles merchandising, Jackson, Tenn.