EDITOR IN CHIEF. Sharon Bowles, nominee for the Alpha Chi Alfred H. Nolle scholarship, was amused by a comment made during a Petit Jean organizational meeting at the home of Jack Shock, Student Publications Advisor. Bowles was the 1989 Petit Jean Editor. -Photo by Cole Bennett. INDUCTION. Kelley Brown, nominee for the Alpha Chi H. Y. Benedict Fellowship, was inducted into Alpha Chi honor society in October. Brown was a Dietetics major. -Photo by Ken Bissell. 94 Groups for keeps ALPHA CHI: Benedict and Nolle nominations named E very year the national council of Alpha Chi awards five H.Y. Benedict Fellowships of $1,500 each for · graduate study toward the master 's doctor 's, or professional degree, and five Alfred H. Nolle scholarships of $1000 each for undergraduate study, to qualified members of the Alpha Chi honor society. Only one application for each award could be submitted to the national council by each chapter. Nominations for the scholarships from Harding's Arkansas Eta Chapter were Kelley Brown for the Benedict Fellowship and Sharon Bowles for the Nolle Scholarship. Brown and Bowles were chosen as nominees for the award by the Alpha Chi faculty sponsors. Requirements for the award included a letter of application from the student outlining his/her plans for study and extracurricular activities, a complete transcript of undergraduate work, a letter of recommendation from the Alpha Chi sponsor and letters of recommendation from three faculty members. This information was accompanied by a term paper or project as evidence of academic achievement. Brown was a senior Dietetics major from Cordova, TN. She was president of Ko Jo Kai social club and Vice President of the dietetics club. Brown's grade point average of 3.84 initiated her to membership in Alpha Chi and she was also a member of Who's Who. Brown considered her nomination a "Huge honor ." She did, · however, have some reservation about it. She said , " It 's kind of scary. This is a nationwide award; I hope I will represent our chapter to the best of my ability. " Brown plans to graduate in May and begin graduate work at Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Bowles was a junior print journalism and advertising major from Abilene, TX. She said, "Being nominated for the Nolle is an unreal honor. It makes me feel good that the faculty sponsors of Alpha Chi thought of me when they were choosing nominees for this ward." As a freshman and sophomore Bowles played intercollegiate volleyball for the Bisons. She was a member of Shantih social club and served as athletic director her sophomore year. Her main activity was student publications. Bowles was on the Petit Jean staff serving as a section editor, assistant editor, head photographer , and editor. She also wrote for the Bison. Both Brown and Bowles were examples to the student body of academic success. Congratulations Kelley and Sharon. -Jennifer Terry
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