Alpha Chi Holds Annual Recognition Banquet

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Nancy Stephan

Staff Writer 

   Members of the Alpha Chi Arkansas Zeta Chapter held their Annual Recognition Banquet April 16, in conjunction with Academic Excellence Week. 

   Kate Stewart, professor of English and Alpha Chi honor sponsor, opened the ceremony with a welcome and introduction of dignitaries. Stewart recognized the Alpha Chi 2006-07 officers, which included Amanda Haught, president; Maranda Henley, vice president; Josh Tooke, secretary; Jennifer Mann, treasurer; and Sarah Reed, historian. 

   Following opening remarks from Chancellor Jack Lassiter, Provost David Ray presented awards to the Alpha Chi Academic Olympic Winners: 

§         First Place – Brandy Gavin

§         Second Place – Robert Forrest

§         Third Place – Cody Rowland 

   Alpha Chi also recognized several staff and faculty members as follows: 

§         Dean of the School of Mathematics & Natural Sciences John Annulis
    Administrator of the Year

§         Professor of Biology Ed Bacon
     Teacher of the Year

§         Professor of Physics Juan Serna
     Rookie of the Year

§         Director of Student Health Services Terri Richardson
     Staff Person of the Year 

   During the ceremony, Stewart decorated 36 Alpha Chi senior graduates with National Honor Scholarship Society medallions, which they will don during graduation ceremonies.  

   In his closing comments, Ray stressed the importance of an education to the future of the students, but he further expressed the importance of the students’ achievements to the institution. 

   James Cathey, Alpha Chi Alumnus of Henderson State University, provided music for the Alpha Chi Banquet.

 

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