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Business students initiated into Phi Kappa Phi honor society

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

There were 19 students from the University of Kansas School of Business initiated into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi on Dec. 2 at the Kansas Union.

Members of Phi Kappa Phi at KU are the top 10 percent of seniors, the top 7.5 percent of second-semester juniors with more than 72 credit hours and the top 10 percent of graduate students.

Phi Kappa Phi's primary objectives are to promote the pursuit of excellence in all fields of higher education and to recognize outstanding achievement by students, faculty and others by election to membership and through various awards for distinguished achievement.

There were a total of 147 students initiated this year. The business school initiates are listed below.

Mara Ankerholz - Spanish, Marketing, Overland Park

Elizabeth Bartkoski - Management and Leadership, Basehor

Rachel Berry - Finance, Olathe

Alex Earl - Finance, Overland Park

Ashley Ellis - Accounting, Bucklin

Tamara Finlen - Social Work, Spring Hill

Lauren Gross - Marketing, Wichita

Blake Hardwick - Juris Doctor, Lawrence

Kyle Hertel - Juris Doctor, Leawood

Michael Knopp - Accounting, Manhattan

Kiyohito Kurihara - Accounting, Japan

Kathleen Mosack - Supply Chain Management, Derby

Catherine Pearse - Finance, Chesterfield, Mo.

Christine Peterson - Marketing, Topeka

Brandon Pope - Business Administration, Wichita

Kendal Reed - Finance, Liberal

Jessica Spinelli - Accounting, Ellis

Peter Tidrick - Accounting, Overland Park

Ying Zhou - Pre-Business, Wichita


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