The Wichita River Festival is underway and several WestSiders are helping promote the event by volunteering as Prairie Schooner Mates. The students are: Cody Adams, Maize High; Katy Aycock, Bishop Carroll; Kaylee Clark, Northwest High; and Dillon Engelbrecht, Eisenhower High. Jessica Johnson, a senior English major from Wichita, presented a paper at her senior novel panel at the University of Dallas. The senior novel panel is the culmination of the English major at UD. Students present papers on a novel of their choosing to a panel of faculty members from the English department. Johnson presented her paper on “Death Comes for the Archbishop,” by Willa Cather. Several WestSiders recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. They are Kylee Stuever, who was initiated at Kansas State University, and Carson Guinn, Mitchell Meyer and Ryan Minear, all of whom were initiated at Oklahoma State Univeristy. They are among approximately 32,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors having at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
WestSider Kimya Cartledge was among 3,500 prospective candidates for degrees attending University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee commencement exercises Sunday, May 17, in Milwaukee.
Jessica Miller of Wichita was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2015 semester at Maryville University in St. Louis. Miller is currently working toward a bachelor of science in science. MidAmerica Nazarene University recently announced its president’s list, dean’s list and honor roll for the spring 2015 semester. A total of 338 students dents in traditional programs carrying 12 semester hours or more with a term GPA from 3.2 to 4.0 may qualify for one of these academic honors. Neutral credit hours are excluded from the calculation and reduce the course load dent’s List is a 4.0 grade point average for the semester; Dean’s List ranges from 3.5 to 3.99; and the Honor Roll is 3.2 to 3.49. WestSider Luke Friesen was named to the president’s list. Madison McKay, Blake Owings and Thomas Ticum were named to the dean’s list. Cloud County Community College commencement ceremonies were held in Arley Bryant Gymnasium at the Concordia campus on May 15. WestSiders earning degrees include Wichitans Taylor Herrington, Cameron Zane and Anika Ricks, and Maize resident Trevor Reid. Kara Buck of Wichita, Kansas, was inducted into the SPURS honor society at Emporia State University during the spring 2015 semester. Buck is a sophomore majoring in elementary education. SPURS (Service, Patriotism, Underan honorary group for students with a minimum GPA of 3.25 and an interest in providing service to the campus, community and nation. Taylor Elkinton of West Wichita has been named to the spring 2015 president’s honor roll at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina. Full-time students with a semester grade point average of
at least 3.75 and no incompletes are listed on the president’s honor roll at the end of each semester. One hun-
day serve children with special needs by becoming a developmental pediatrician or a pediatric neurologist.
University students were named to the dean’s honor roll. Full-time students with a semester grade point average of 3.25-3.74 and no incompletes are listed on the dean’s honor roll at the end of each semester. WestSiders Shelby Craig and Tandee Jasnoski were named to the dean’s honor roll.
Laura Shine, a 2015 graduate of Wichita Northwest High School, has been selected as a Cardinal Newman Scholar by Newman University for fall 2015. Shine is interested in studying biology and becoming a public health
WestSider Kelsy Reynaga will receive the Florence Ritchie Scholarship from the Iowa State University College of Human Sciences. Reynaga is a senior studying child, adult, and family services at Iowa State. were inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma honor society at Emporia State University during the spring 2015 semester. WestSiders Kara Buck and Madelyn Kohlman were among the inductees. Phi Eta Sigma is the national scholastic honor society for students with an average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale. It is the greatest scholastic distinction a
Taylor A Elkinton of Wichita is from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina with a bachelor of arts in health, physical education and recreation education, magna cum laude, as recognized during the KWU Spring Commencement on May 9. Alaina Shine, a 2011 graduate of Wichita Northwest High School, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Missouri-Kansas City on May 16. Shine earned a bachelor’s degree in biology with an emphasis in cellular and molecular basis of health and disease, along with minors in chemistry and psychology. Shine was co-president of the honors program and the Honors Student Advisory Council while at UMKC. She will begin medical school at the end of July at the KU School of Medicine at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. She hopes to one
Disease Control and Prevention. She participated in volleyball, marching band, jazz band and student senate while at Northwest High. The scholarship is Newman’s highest valued award, providing full tuition and fees for four years to each of the 10 students selected. To qualify, a student must have at least a 3.85 cumulative high school GPA and a 29 composite ACT score. The scholarship is named for Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, namesake of the university. More than 150 Bethany College students have earned semester honors for their academic performance during the spring 2015 semester and have been named to the dean’s list. To qualify for the list, students must be enrolled fulltime and earn a semester grade point average of 3.5. The students are Janae Evans, theatre and communication major; Mikaela Harmon, psychology major; and Michael Stout (no major Daniel Douglas of Wichita was named to the Cloud County Community College spring 2015 presidential honors list. To be named to the honors list, students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours of college coursework and achieve a minimum 3.6 grade point average. Nicholas Heald, a junior Christian ministries major of Wichita, was among approximately 480 Bob Jones University students named to the spring 2015 president’s list. This president’s list recognizes students who earn a 3.75 or higher GPA. See PEOPLE, Page 10
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West Wichita resident Angelea Hughes was among the more than 700 students who graduated from Bob Jones University Friday, May 8. Hughes graduated with a B.S. in early childhood education.
UWM is the second largest university in the State of Wisconsin. Carledge earned a master of business administration from the Lubar School of Business.
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