Love of Learning Awards
Phi Kappa Phi’s board of directors recently approved the creation of a new awards program, Love of Learning Awards. Love of Learning Awards will help fund post-baccalaureate studies and/or career development for active Phi Kappa Phi members to include (but not be limited to): Graduate or professional studies, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, career development, travel related to teaching/studies, etc. Recipients of the Fellowship award are not eligible to apply. Fifty awards, up to $500 each, will be awarded, making the annual funding for this award $25,000.
The competition is open to all active (dues current) Phi Kappa Phi members who:
- Have completed their baccalaureate studies by application submission deadline.
- Did not receive a Fellowship or Award of Excellence grant.
“This new award represents Phi Kappa Phi's continuing effort to be responsive to the needs of our membership, and to the changing conditions of American higher education,” said Society President Dr. Paul J. Ferlazzo.
2007 Love of Learning Winners
August 15, 2007
| Name | Chaper of Initiation |
| William Carson | Arizona State University |
| Jonathan Hill | Auburn University |
| Janice Merritt | Ball State University |
| Paula Furey | Bowling Green State University |
| Nicki Humphrey | California State University - Chico |
| Siuman Sum | California State University - Long Beach |
| Rebekah Villafana | California State University - Northridge |
| Hillary Valderrama | California State University - San Bernardino |
| Nathaniel Blume | Carnegie Mellon |
| Peter Bird | Clarkson University |
| Robert Habich | Colorado State University |
| Celishia Bussey | DePaul University |
| Nichole Hoover | Eastern Michigan University |
| Keara Sodano | Florida Atlantic University |
| Aaron Kline | Florida State University |
| Christine Bruns | Ithaca College |
| Monica Harrion | Jackson State University |
| Joe Louis | Kansas State University |
| Victoria Luhrs | Kansas State University |
| Meredith Marsh | Louisiana State University |
| Judy Stahl | McNeese State University |
| Zhijun Liu | Mississippi State University |
| Darya Zabelina | North Dakota State University |
| Jeanne McCoy | Northeastern University |
| Janice Frisch | Ohio University |
| Pamela Majumdar | Old Dominion University |
| Altaf Merchant | Old Dominion University |
| Deborah Hutchinson | Old Dominion University |
| Michael Ormsbee | South Dakota State University |
| Elizabeth Brown | Southeastern Louisiana University |
| Beth Bentz | State University of New York - Cortland |
| Vincent Venditto | Texas A&M University |
| Katherine Banks | Texas Tech University |
| Michelle Hackett | The Ohio State University |
| Erin Frost | Truman State University |
| Megan Kula | University of Arkansas-Fayetteville |
| Amanda Patrick | University of Central Florida |
| Witchanee Rupkumdee | University of Central Florida |
| Tara Buckley | University of Maryland - College Park |
| David Flannigan | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities |
| Deborah Worley | University of Mississippi |
| Laura Clarke-Steffen | University of Missouri - Columbia |
| Paige Van Osdol | University of Missouri - Kansas City |
| Hannah Klautke | University of Missouri - St. Louis |
| Rama Yelkur | University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire |
| Steven Solomon | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Tara Carrington | Western Carolina University |
| Ellyn Bartges | Western Illinois University |
| Meng-Ju Tsai | Wichita State University |
| Karen Varga | Youngstown State University |