WKU Greek students form honor society

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Thirty-three members of Western Kentucky Universitys fraternities and sororities have established the Eta Eta Chapter of Gamma Sigma Alpha National Greek Academic Honor Society.

Gamma Sigma Alpha was founded in 1989 at University of Southern California to promote intellectual interaction between Greek students and the academic community. The purpose of the society is to promote the advancement of education among Greeks; to instill a greater spirit of cooperation among Greek students and organizations and to encourage excellence in scholarship. There are over 150 chapters across the country.

To become a member of Gamma Sigma Alpha, the student must be of junior or senior standing and have at least a 3.5 cumulative grade-point-average. Juniors and seniors who receive a 3.5 in any semester will also have the opportunity to join the organization.

The following students have been selected as chartering members of Gamma Sigma Alpha at Western Kentucky University:

Jessica Gilbert, Katie Hurley, Rebecca Owens, Morgan Rink, Elizabeth Williams, Abigail Lovan, Tara Robinette, Courtney Burge, Jennifer Hutton, Kristen Land, Andrea Sides, Emily Wickerham, Ryan Inman, Amy Bell, Whitney Brindle, Sarah Davis, Jessica Hancock, Nicole Koestel, Allison Rankle, Emily Thompson, Ab

Area natives awarded at Nossi College of Art

Nossi College of Art has given its semester awards.

Adam Al-Awar of Bowling Green earned a 3.77 grade-point average.

Nancy Dean of Franklin was a Most Class Participation nominee.

Located at 907 Rivergate Parkway in Goodlettsville, Tenn., Nossi College of Art was established in 1973 and is authorized by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to award the bachelor of graphic art and design, associate degree of occupational studies in commercial art and commercial digital photography. It is accredited nationally by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

BG women inducted into Murray sorority

The Gamma Xi chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta at Murray State University has initiated into membership Amanda Biller, daughter of Mark and Rhonda Biller of Bowling Green, and Carrie McAliley, daughter of Ron and Carol McAliley of Bowling Green.

Area educators to serve on audit team

Harold Dexter, Ronnie L. Hurley, Janet Hurt and Mike Hurt, all residents of Warren County, have been chosen to be part of the states scholastic audit team, which will conduct reviews of schools learning environments, organizational efficiency and student academic performance. Juliet Banks, who is retired from Warren County Schools, was chosen as an alternate member. Hurley is a current employee of the county schools, and Dexter is retired from the city schools. The Hurts are employees of the Logan County school system.

Retired art professor at WKU gets award

A retired Western Kentucky University art professor from Hopkinsville has been honored by the Kentucky Craft Marketing Program and the Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design.

Lysbeth Wallace recently received the 2004 Rude Osolnik Award, which recognizes Kentucky artisans for their contributions to the craft community, preservation of craft traditions through teaching and sharing, and exemplary workmanship.

District wins awards at OASIS banquet

Warren County Public Schools employees received six awards for exemplary work in communications at the OASIS (Outstanding Achievement in School Information Services) Banquet Nov. 4 in Covington. The OASIS Awards program is sponsored by the Kentucky School Public Relations Association and the Kentucky School Boards Association.

In the Promotional Displays category, Lighthouse Academy head teacher Mark Williams and Warren County Public Schools Technology Coordinator Pat Stewart earned a first-place award for a promotional display used at the KSBA annual conference.

In the Miscellaneous Electronic Programs/Products category, district Community Relations Specialist Don Sergent and former Briarwood Elementary School employee Jennifer Neustat received first place for the on-hold phone message produced for the districts central office phone system. Sergent also earned a first-place award in the News Writing category for a story about Warren Central High School teacher Jim Myers that appeared in the Kentucky Department of Educations Kentucky Teacher publication.

Sergent took home a second-place award in the Audio/Video Programs category for a television program about Warren Centrals state-champion boys basketball team titled 2004: Year of the Dragons.

Warren County also captured a third-place award in the Audio/Video Programs category. Technology Resource Teacher Tom Bromer and instructional aide Judy Hall produced the winning entry, titled Welcome to Natcher Elementary.

Warren County also earned second place in the External Publications Two Color category for the Vision newsletter produced by Sergent, District Receptionist/Publisher Dayle Kirby and former employee Mindy Alexander.

WEHS students

take FEA offices

Warren East High School students have won the presidency and vice presidency of Kentuckys Future Educators of America at the state conference. Kristen Studle is president and Steven Alvey is vice president.

WKU yearbook wins Pacemaker award

The Talisman, Western Kentucky Universitys yearbook, has reclaimed its status as one of the countys top college yearbooks. The 2003 Talisman, the first yearbook since it ceased publication in 1996, won the National Pacemaker Award Nov. 6 at the National College Media Convention in Nashville. The Pacemaker Awards are considered the Pulitzer Prizes in college publications.

Photographer Ryan Long, a senior photojournalism major from Bowling Green, won first place in the ACP News Picture of the Year for his coverage of the womens protest march in April in Washington, D.C.

Both the Herald and Talisman won awards in the Best of Collegiate Design competition. An ad designed by Matt Rountree, a graduate student from Elizabethtown, placed first in the advertisement category and another ad designed by Katie Hollenkamp, a junior from Prospect, and Michael Reuter, a graduate from Gardendale, Ala., was second.

The Herald placed first in photo page/spread for a collection of best of pictures and wkuherald.com placed second in the online main page presentation category. Lee Fisher, a sophomore print journalism major from Mayfield, was the designer.

Talisman designer Tony Davis, a public relations graduate from Louisville, placed third in student life spread for Taking a Stand in the 2003 Talisman. Stephanie Gladney placed first in academic spread for her design of One Singular Sensation and fourth in organizational spread for Any Day of the Week Id Rather be Greek.

Katie Clark, a junior public relations major from Bowling Green, placed second for her individual spread Rising Stars.

WKU programmers second in competition

A team of Western Kentucky University computer science students finished second this weekend in a competition at Cookeville, Tenn. Western was one of 11 teams competing at Tennessee Tech in the 2004-2005 ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest. The Cookeville site was one of 10 in the Mid-Central USA regionals, which attracted 111 teams from 60 schools.

WKU team members were seniors John M. Law of Adairville, Abe Music of Dawson Springs and Aziz Bah of Bowling Green. Art Shindhelm, computer science professor, accompanied the team.

In the competition, teams were given five hours to solve seven real-world programming problems that test programming skill, creativity and teamwork.

WKU department head lectures at U.S. Military Academy

Dr. David Keeling, head of Western Kentucky Universitys Department of Geography and Geology, was invited to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point last week to give a lecture to cadets enrolled in the geography, environmental sciences and environmental engineering programs.

This is Keelings second visit to West Point as a visiting lecturer. The invitation to West Point was extended by Lt. Col. Kenneth McDonald, a May 1995 graduate of WKUs geoscience masters program. Keeling lectured on Environmental Challenges to Latin America in the 21st Century and discussed the doctrine of preemptive resolution with about 150 cadets.  Daily News ·813 College St. ·PO Box 90012 ·Bowling Green, KY ·42102 ·270-781-1700