Southeastern students inducted into Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Thursday, May 26, 2022
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – Over 50 students at Southeastern Louisiana University were recently
inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, the university’s chapter of the prestigious national
honor society.
Awards for outstanding underclass students from Southeastern’s five academic
colleges were presented to: Aileigh Simmons, Hammond, College of Arts, Humanities
and Social Sciences; Grace Robertson, Slaughter, College of Business; Claire Bates,
St. Amant, College of Education; Hannah Kelly, Prairieville, College of Nursing and
Health Sciences; and Jake Vinet, Lafayette, College of Science and Technology.
Recognized as outstanding upper-class students were Alexandria Funches, Folsom,
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Gavin Labasse, Mandeville, College
of Business; Cloie Whitney, Prairieville, College of Education; Joshua Vath, Mandeville,
College of Nursing and Health Sciences; and William Yang, Hammond, College of Science
and Technology.
Kirstin Tassin of Luling received the Lou Ballard Endowed Scholarship, and Jourdan
Olmstead of Ponchatoula received the Earl and Carole Corkern Endowed Scholarship.
To be considered for membership in the organization, a student must be in the
top 10 percent of their senior or graduate class or a second semester junior in the
top 7.5 percent of his or her class.
Inductees listed by parish and city include the following:
Ascension
Prairieville: Caroline Gruber.
St. Amant: Joshua Lasseigne.
Caddo
Greenwood: Kelli Hayes.
East Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge: Claire Alfonso, LaSadie Dixon, and Samantha Giamanco.
East Feliciana
Jackson: Haley Courtney.
Jefferson
Kenner: Carrie Mains.
Metairie: Stephen Benton and Heather Kahn.
Westwego: Aliya Rheams.
Livingston
Albany: Chelsea Umbach.
Denham Springs: Clayton Hines, Matthew Kiger, Lindsey Kish, Collin Martin, and Sarah Shoun.
Holden: Kaitlyn Methvien.
Springfield: Preston Hendry.
Sabine
Many: Chancee Cruz.
St. Charles
Destrehan: Kassidy Meredith.
Luling: Erin Hicks and Kirsten Tassin.
St. Rose: Kristen Burke.
St. John the Baptist
LaPlace: Chloe Faucheaux and Robert McDonald.
St. Landry
Krotz Springs: Dana Armond.
St. Tammany
Covington: Jolie Pugh.
Folsom: Micah Brown.
Mandeville: Kristina Curry, Fajr Fayed, Jean McLaren, Amanda Tatum, and James Wattler.
Pearl River: Courtney Tune.
Slidell: Christopher Arroyo, Bailey Kennedy, and Kaylor Yates.
Tangipahoa
Hammond: Jena Anderson, Simran Baruwal, Drew Barzenick, Marissa Canterbury, and Faith Leger.
Independence: Arnissa Burnett.
Ponchatoula: Taylor Bonds, Selle Easterling, Kim Gatlin, Julie Kupper and Jourdan Olmstead.
