Arkansas achievers

■ Students representing the Phi Beta Lambda chapter at Arkansas State University won 15 awards at the 2020 Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Experience and Competition. The awards, originally scheduled to be given during a conference in Salt Lake City, were given instead during a virtual ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 15 awards are the most by any college or university this year. ASU edged out the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which had 12 awards. The finishers were: first place, largest chapter in the nation; organizational behavior and leadership, Alex Young of Jonesboro; programming concepts,

Quynh Ho of Danang, Vietnam; financial services, Rachel Washam of Jonesboro. Second place: parliamentary procedure, Brenna Cannon of Mountain Home, Dustin Ogden of Manila, Hailey

Hawkins of Searcy, Kelsie Rohr of Mountain Home and

Tyrell Andrews of Marked Tree; management analysis and decision making, Bailey Dunn of Marked Tree and Alex Young of Jonesboro. Fifth place: business ethics, Bailey Dunn of Marked Tree,

Hailey Hawkins of Searcy and Ashley Watson of Paragould. Sixth place: information management, Ahad

Sanjrani of Dallas; community service project, Dustin

Ogden of Manila. Seventh place: management analysis and decision making, Ahad

Sanjrani of Dallas and Abbigail Hicks of Jonesboro; and statistical analysis, Nauman Jiwani of Jonesboro. Eighth place: business law, Julia

Hudspeth of Lepanto, Tyrell Andrews of Marked Tree and

Kristina Garlington of Bryant. Ninth place: accounting analysis and decision making,

Armaan Dharani of Jonesboro; hospitality management, Meghan Cantara of Jonesboro. Tenth place: management concepts, Abbigail

Hicks of Jonesboro. These participating students earned the opportunity to compete in the national events after advancing from the state competition in April. The event also marks the fourth year in a row that ASU has won the most national awards and the third consecutive year that ASU has the largest chapter in the nation.

■ North Little Rock student Natalie Kent, an agribusiness major, and Crawford County student Alyssa

Hoyle, an animal science major, were recently honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with the Joseph Fleming Memorial Continuing Scholarship for the 2020-21 academic year. This scholarship is a part of the more than $1.7 million that students will receive from the college and its academic departments. Students from all majors are considered for university scholarships, which can be combined with college and departmental opportunities. “We are fortunate to have many high achieving students in the Ferguson College of Agriculture,” said Cynda Clary, associate dean of academic programs. “It is an honor and a privilege to award scholarships to help fund their college experience. These scholarships would not be possible without the generosity of our alumni and friends, and we truly appreciate their continued support of our college and outstanding students.”

■ A pair of Arkansas State University students have been selected as recipients of the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The winners are Allison Shands of Cave City and Brenna Cannon of Mountain Home. The Gilman Scholarship provides funding to students to study or intern abroad. Because of covid-19 pandemic travel restrictions, the Gilman Scholarship program is allowing student recipients to defer their awards until 2021. Shands plans to study Spanish in Costa Rica with the ASU faculty-led Spanish immersion program.

Cannon will have the opportunity to conduct research in the soil and water lab while studying at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Arkansas Achievers is an opportunity to give recognition to Arkansans for their achievements.

Civilian and military achievements are accepted. Please follow these guidelines: Achiever(s):

1) Must be an Arkansan or have graduated from a school in Arkansas.

2) Received an award, scholarship, medal or promotion. Pageants, deans’ lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.

No photographs please. To submit an Achiever email us at news@arkansasonline. com with the words“Arkansas Achievers”in the subject line.