K-State students join family and consumer sciences national honor society

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Monday, December 4, 2006

K-STATE STUDENTS JOIN FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's Alpha Chi chapter of Phi Upsilon Omicron recently initiated 11 new members.

Founded in 1909, Phi Upsilon Omicron is a national honor society in family and consumer sciences. K-State's Alpha Chi chapter was established in 1960. Phi Upsilon Omicron recognizes and encourages achieved excellence in scholarship, leadership and service. There are 59 collegiate chapters, one international chapter, 31 alumni chapters and more than 87,170 members living throughout the United States and around the world.

New members at K-State include:

Allison Zuk, junior in communication sciences and disorders, Bonner Springs; Tessa Fall, senior in family studies and human services, Concordia; Tiffany Hands, sophomore in communication sciences and disorders, Garden City.

From Manhattan: Anne Buchholz, junior in family studies and human services; Wen-Chi Chen, graduate student in human ecology; Kathleen Moka, graduate student in family studies and human services; and Jean Sanders, gradate student in human ecology.

Jaimee Keister, junior in human ecology and mass communications, and Rena Keith, senior in hotel and restaurant management, both of Riley.

From out-of-state: Valerie Hill, sophomore in family studies and human services, Lakewood, Colo.; and Brandy James, graduate student in human ecology, Indianapolis, Ind.