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Amy Twite, BP '05, and Lydia (Roberts) Barrigan, BP '04, recieve honorable mentions for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
One current and one recently graduated engineering student from Kansas State University have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Three K-State seniors also received honorable mentions. Named to receive honorable mention are Amy Twite, who is majoring in biochemistry, microbiology and chemistry; Lydia (Roberts) Barrigan, senior in chemistry and biochemistry with a minor in biology. Both plan to graduate from K-State in May. more...

Michelle Higgins, BP '05, selected for Goldwater Scholarship
Michelle Higgins, Beta Rho 2005, has been selected as a recipient of a Goldwater Scholarship. Higgins, a senior in nutritional sciences and biochemistry, plans to pursue a doctorate in pharmacology. Higgins is just the latest in a number of Beta Rho brothers to receive a prestigious scholarship. Among its recent alumni, Beta Rho has two Marshall Scholars, a Udall Scholar, a Rhodes Scholar, five Goldwater scholars, and two Phi Kappa Phi National Fellowship recipients. more...

Ben Champion, BP '00, Rhodes Scholar, earns doctrate from Oxford University

Benjamin Champion, a 2003 Rhodes Scholar from Kansas State University, has been granted his doctorate in geography from Oxford University in England.

Champion performed nine months of doctoral fieldwork in eastern Kansas, where he analyzed the many distribution barriers that prevent small producers from bringing their foodstuffs to viable markets. more...

Michelle Higgins, BP '05, nominated for Goldwater Scholarship
Kansas State University student Michelle Higgins is one the university's nominees for the 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The Goldwater scholarship competition is for students who major in science, mathematics or engineering and plan a career in research. The scholarship provides up to $7,500 annually for a student's final one or two years of undergraduate studies. To be eligible, students must have at least a 3.0 grade point average. They also must complete four mini-essays and write a longer essay about a significant area of research in their field of study. more...

Academic Excellence Earns K-State Students Membership in Phi Kappa Phi
Kansas State University's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, a national academic honor society, has gained more than 110 new members. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society. To be eligible for election, juniors must have completed at least 72 credit hours and rank in the top 7.5 percent of their class. Seniors and graduate students must rank in the top 10 percent of their class. Among those selected for membership are Alpha Chi Sigma members Sara Powell, Bjai Rice, and Julien Saint Paul. more...


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About How to Join Officers Members Alumni Activities Chemistry Shows Calendar Links Documents	Recent News Amy Twite, BP '05, and Lydia (Roberts) Barrigan, BP '04, recieve honorable mentions for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships One current and one recently graduated engineering student from Kansas State University have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Three K-State seniors also received honorable mentions. Named to receive honorable mention are Amy Twite, who is majoring in biochemistry, microbiology and chemistry; Lydia (Roberts) Barrigan, senior in chemistry and biochemistry with a minor in biology. Both plan to graduate from K-State in May. more... Michelle Higgins, BP '05, selected for Goldwater Scholarship Michelle Higgins, Beta Rho 2005, has been selected as a recipient of a Goldwater Scholarship. Higgins, a senior in nutritional sciences and biochemistry, plans to pursue a doctorate in pharmacology. Higgins is just the latest in a number of Beta Rho brothers to receive a prestigious scholarship. Among its recent alumni, Beta Rho has two Marshall Scholars, a Udall Scholar, a Rhodes Scholar, five Goldwater scholars, and two Phi Kappa Phi National Fellowship recipients. more... Ben Champion, BP '00, Rhodes Scholar, earns doctrate from Oxford University Benjamin Champion, a 2003 Rhodes Scholar from Kansas State University, has been granted his doctorate in geography from Oxford University in England. Champion performed nine months of doctoral fieldwork in eastern Kansas, where he analyzed the many distribution barriers that prevent small producers from bringing their foodstuffs to viable markets. more... Michelle Higgins, BP '05, nominated for Goldwater Scholarship Kansas State University student Michelle Higgins is one the university's nominees for the 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The Goldwater scholarship competition is for students who major in science, mathematics or engineering and plan a career in research. The scholarship provides up to $7,500 annually for a student's final one or two years of undergraduate studies. To be eligible, students must have at least a 3.0 grade point average. They also must complete four mini-essays and write a longer essay about a significant area of research in their field of study. more... Academic Excellence Earns K-State Students Membership in Phi Kappa Phi Kansas State University's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, a national academic honor society, has gained more than 110 new members. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society. To be eligible for election, juniors must have completed at least 72 credit hours and rank in the top 7.5 percent of their class. Seniors and graduate students must rank in the top 10 percent of their class. Among those selected for membership are Alpha Chi Sigma members Sara Powell, Bjai Rice, and Julien Saint Paul. more...
	Clifton Meloan wins Powerball prize worth $200,014 Clifton Meloan, Kappa Colony 1964 and longtime Chapter Advisor, won a Powerball prize December 8, 2007. more... Amy Twite nominated for Marshall Scholarship Amy Twite, Olathe, a senior in chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology, plans to earn a Ph.D. in biological chemistry and conduct research and teach at a major university developing new treatment agents for various diseases. more... K-State Alumni Association Awards Lydia Roberts Anderson Award for Outstanding Academics Roberts, a senior in chemistry and biochemistry, received the Anderson Award for Outstanding Academics. She has maintained a near perfect "A" average in her overall academic studies, according to her faculty nominators. more... K-State's College of Education Presents Outstanding Future Teacher Award to Justin Raybern Justin Raybern, bachelor's graduate in education-chemistry, Hudson, Outstanding Future Teacher Award. Raybern was a member of FarmHouse fraternity, College of Education Council, Student Governing Association and an ambassador for the College of Education and leaderships studies and programs. more... K-State Chemists Pursue Potential of Nanoparticles Predictions and promises run wild in the wide-open field of nanotechnology, from microscopic computers that will build themselves to spacecraft that can define their missions in a galaxy far, far away. But Kansas State University chemists are applying these new-millennium building blocks to solve earthier problems. more...
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