Campus Notes
Campus Notes
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Marion, Ind.
Joanna Buchannon of Youngstown earned her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Indiana Wesleyan University. The school is an evangelican Christian comprehensive university of the Wesleyan Church, which has its world headquarters in Indianapolis.
ASHLAND UNIVERSITY, Ashland, Ohio
Courtney Long of Poland is president of Psi Chi, the national psychology honorary, at Ashland University. She is the daughter of Edward and Torea Long and is majoring in speech communications. Psi Chi is a national honor society for encouraging, stimulating and maintaining excellence in scholarship and advancing the science of psychology. Candidates for membership in the society at Ashland University must have a 3.0 grade-point average, meet specific academic requirements and be elected by current members. All members are making the study of psychology one of their major interests. The national organization bestows several regional and national research awards, sponsors diverse programs at regional and national psychological association conventions (including lectures, workshops, panel discussions and information exchanges) and is in the process of launching a national journal of student research. In addition, Psi Chi’s recent national service project illustrates the society’s renewed commitment to its mission of “student excellence, reflected in scholarly and professional growth within psychology and the ability to impact society.”
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
Kent State University alumna Kristen Cole of McDonald was inducted into the School of Library and Information Science’s chapter of Beta Phi Mu, the national library and information studies honor society, last month during the centennial homecoming celebrations. To be inducted into Beta Phi Mu, students must complete all master’s degree requirements with a minimum grade-point average of a 3.75 and also complete planned programs of advanced study beyond the master’s degree which require full-time study for one or more academic years with a scholastic average of 3.75. Inductees are picked by faculty votes and are only given to 25 percent of the graduating class per chapter. Cole earned her master’s degree in academic librarianship in May 2009. She worked as a graduate assistant for Don Wicks, Ph.D., and Daniel Roland, Ph.D., and was the president of the student chapter of the Society of American Archivist from 2008 to 2009. Since graduation, she has pursued a second master’s degree in instructional technology at Kent and plans to earn a doctorate in library and information science in the College of Communication and Information.