Next Meeting
April 2, 2012
For more info, call or e-mail Marge Phillips at 573-651-2460 or mphillips@semo.edu
Our next Phi Kappa Phi Meeting will be at 5:15 p.m. in the Honors House (603 North Henderson). We will be making plans for the Phi Kappa Phi / Phi Eta Sigma Initiation Ceremony at 2 pm on Sunday, April 15, 2012, in the Show Me Center.
Initiation
Phi Kappa Phi members are invited to join and are initiated in the spring semester. Initiation for Spring 2012 is scheduled for 2 p.m. on April 15 in the Show Me Center. The speaker will be Dr. Harold Hager, the first president of Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 260 and former chair of the Department of Mathematics at Southeast.
Phi Kappa Phi members are inducted in a joint ceremony with Phi Eta Sigma members. Phi Eta Sigma is the honor society for first-year students.
Initiation keynote speakers from previous years are:
2011 Dr. Shawn Guiling, Department of Psychology, Southeast Missouri State University 2010 Dr. Jane Stephens, Provost Emeritus, Southeast Missouri State University 2009 Dr. Timothy Ray, Department of Mathematics, Southeast Missouri State University 2008 Ross McFerron, PKP Fellowship Winner 2004-2005 2007 Gilbert Fowler, Arkansas State University, Vice President, South Central Region, PKP 2006 Dr. Kenneth Dobbins, President, Southeast Missouri State University 2005 Dr. Nancy Blattner, Vice President and Dean for Academic Affiairs, Fontbonne University, St. Louis and a PKP Regent 2004 Perry Snyder, Executive Director, PKP National Headquarters 2002 Dr. James Heflin, Vice President, South Central Region, PKP 2001 Perry Snyder, Executive Director, PKP National Headquarters 2000 Dr. Wendell McKenzie, National President-Elect, PKP 1999 Dr. Ann Nalley, National Past President, PKP 1998 Dr. Charles Kupchella, Provost, Southeast Missouri State University
Honors Convocation
Phi Kappa Phi members, who are not graduating, usher for both the Spring and Fall Honors Convocation that takes place the morning of Commencement. During the Honors Convocation, all Phi Kappa Phi graduates are recognized. They also receive a special ribbon to wear with their gown.