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    Date: 01/13//98
      Contact:                           Sherri Encar 146

SLU STUDENTS NAMED TO WHO S WHO FOR 1998
     HAMMOND -- The 1998 edition of  Who s Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges  will include the names of 53 Southeastern Louisiana University
students who have been selected as national outstanding campus leaders.
            Campus nominating committees and editors of the annual directory have included the
names of these students based on their academic achievement, service to the community,
leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.
            They join an elite group of students from more than 1,900 institutions of higher learning
in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations.
            Outstanding students have been honored in the annual directory since it was first
published in 1934.
            Southeastern students named are:
            Hammond -- Mary K. Balthaser, Michael D. Bass, Kalli J. Blackwell, Jacob A. Bolin,
Ashley E. Daussat, Steven R. Deckwa, Brett K. Duncan, Alicia K. Harrison, Rebecca J. Heilman,
Devona J. Hollingsworth, Kay E. Kearney, Lawrence Lapeyrolerie, Deanne M. Roussel, Tracey
V. Soler, Shawn R. Steinkamp, Emily C. Thompson, Vrinda Villa.
            Ponchatoula -- Spencer P. Tucker.
            Amite -- Kevin J. Brown
            Walker -- Jennifer R. Bush, Mary C. Jones, Rebecca E. May.
            Denham Springs -- Misti M. Miller, Robyn Robert, Andria H. Sparacino.
            Livingston -- Karen E. Lewis.
            Independence -- Michelle A. Bates.    
            Mandeville -- Tina K. Stephens, Jade E. Varnado.
            Lacombe -- Rebecca L. Dussouy, Jane P. Nakamura.
            Slidell -- Travis D. McCoy.
            Bogalusa -- Jerry Hill.
            Baton Rouge -- Christy M. Brown, Charles N. Elliot, Laura B. Jackson, Karen A.
Prejean, Stefanie K. Reed.
            St. Rose -- Leslye M. Hampton.
     New Orleans -- Michele L. Broussard, Michael M. Decker, Jennifer J. Goodbee.
     Metairie -- Corey M. Downs.
     Kenner -- Michelle M. Liotta, Michael D. Martin.
     Norco -- Kari R. Fast, Courtney B. Payne.
     Folsom -- Victoria H. Pennison.
     Houma -- Wendy C. Bourgeois.
     River Ridge -- Jennifer J. Mullen.
     Marrero -- Amy L. Daigle.
     Jackson -- Matthew J. Blalock.
     Poplarville, Miss. -- Joseph R. Dillon.

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