Photo by Andrea Waters Who's Who inductee Jared Holton, right, plays Joseph with graduate student Jay Williams, playing Jacob, in this year's Homecoming musical, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." Who's Who selects students who not only succeed academically, but who also show leadership in extracurricular activities. Who's Who SA sponsor says organization is about more than grades Every year, faculty members nominate students from Harding to be part of that year's edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges," a publication that honors students for their dedication to leadership during their college careers. This year, 60 Harding students who displayed high academic and personal character were chosen to be part of this esteemed group of American college students. Students were chosen based on their academic achievement, community service and leadership skills, according to Jerome Barnes, director of special projects. "Compared to Alpha Chi, where nominees have high grade point averages, Who's Who doesn't focus as much on grades as it does on extracurricular activities," Barnes said. "However, the faculty at Harding has a tendency to put strong emphasis on the GPA." More than 2,300 universities from around the country and various foreign nations include students in the publication every year. Who's Who has honored students every year since 1934. "This was definitely an honor," senior Kara Lipsmeyer said. "It was also very surprising when I found out. Considering the caliber of students at Harding, I was shocked." Emily Webster, who was one of the recipients this year, could be considered an "all-around" student. She was treasurer of Shantih social club, member of the Health Science Club, the Gedanken Society, the American Studies Institute and Alpha Chi. In addition, Webster was an energy group leader for Student Impact and participated in a spring break campaign. She also achieved a 4.0 GPA. "I'm very humbled by it," she said. "This is only my second year at Harding. Among all of the other senior chemistry majors, it makes me feel really special that professors like Dr. [David] Cole and Dr. [Don] England would nominate me." As soon as the faculty nominates students, the nominees are asked to fill out an activity sheet. These activity sheets, including the student's GPA and extracurricular activities, go to the faculty for a final vote. -Renee Lewis Andrea Stevens Edward Stillwell Lynn Teague Jennifer Thompson Amanda Thornton Laura Tollett Scott Ware April Watson Carl Williamson Adam Woodruff Daniel Woodruff Cheryl Wright Jennifer Wright who's who 223
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