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            Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society held its annual induction ceremony and 121 new members were inducted on Tuesday, April 13.
Shawnee State University is the 317th Chapter that Dr. Larry Mangus founded in 1996. As a national college scholastic honor society, Phi Eta Sigma encourages and rewards high scholastic attainment in institutions of higher learning.
            The national honor society was organized in 1923 at the University of Illinois and today has more than 373 chapters in the United States and more than 968,000 members.
            In 2009, more than $285,000 in scholarships was awarded to 75 undergraduate and graduate student members of Phi Eta Sigma.
            Each year, several honorary members are chosen from faculty and staff. This year, Jennifer H. Pauley, Ph.D., assistant professor of English and humanities, Heather R. Thacker, academic secretary in the Mathematics Department, and John J. Whitaker, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, were chosen as honorary members.



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Three members of the faculty and staff were chosen as honorary members of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society at Shawnee State University on Tuesday, April 13, and 121 freshmen were inducted. The new honorary members are, from left, Heather Thacker, Mathematics Department secretary, John J. Whitaker, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, and Jennifer H. Pauley, Ph.D., assistant professor of English and humanities.