School news

LSU VET SCHOOL

Aubren Cabe of Greenwood and Alexandra Canfield of Fayetteville, students at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine in Baton Rouge, were inducted April 6 into the Tau Chapter of the Society of Phi Zeta. These fourth-year students’ grades put them in the top 25 percent of their class. Phi Zeta is a national veterinary honor society to recognize and promote scholarship and research in matters pertaining to the welfare and diseases of animals.

Leonardo Montes-Alvarez of Fayetteville recently received a master’s degree in language teaching assistantship in the department of romance languages and literature at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. To be eligible for the award, Montes-Alvarez was required to demonstrate a high level of achievement as a graduate student.

A graduate assistantship gives a student opportunities for professional experience, academic training and financial support while pursuing advanced degrees. Assistants are assigned professional and academic experiences that include assisting with research, attending professional conferences and teaching or assisting in a course under the supervision of a director or mentor.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Bethany Henderson, a senior from Rogers, was named to the fall 2016 dean’s list at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minn., with a grade-point average of 3.6 or better.

UAFS

Kayley Corley of Booneville, a senior at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, has been selected to serve as the 2017 John Paul Hammerschmidt Fellow through the office of Rep. Steve Womack.

The JPH Fellowship is geared toward college students with an interest in public service. Corley, a political science major, attended UAFS on the Chancellor’s Leadership Council scholarship and has led a university team in competing in Up to Us, a nationwide competition to raise awareness on college campuses about the national debt, for three consecutive years. She is currently interning for U.S. Sen. John Boozman.

JPH Fellows earn college credit for completing a curriculum that emphasizes hands-on activities, including conducting extensive legislative research, attending hearings and monitoring activity on the House floor, as well as assisting with constituent communications and general office matters.

PHI KAPPA PHI

Several local residents recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. They include Sherrie Meyers of Alma, a student at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro; Thomas Moss of Lowell, Arkansas State University; and Shelby Helser of Bella Vista, Pittsburg (Kan.) State University.

Membership in Phi Kappa Phi is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership.

NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

Edie Martin of Siloam Springs was initiated March 23 into the Rho Theta Sigma honor society at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah Okla. Membership requires a grade-point average of 3.4 to 3.6 or better and a dedication to life-time membership and commitment to the organization’s principles and codes.

USAO

Destiny Bolles of Gentry has been awarded the soccer and regents mentor scholarships to attend the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha, Okla.

The soccer scholarship is a four-year award through the athletics department given to high school seniors showing outstanding athletic and academic potential. The regents mentor scholarship is a flexible one-year gift designed to help with costs not funded through other sources. It is awarded to high school seniors earning grade-point averages of at least 3.95 or higher.

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