| Phi Kappa Phi has presented its Outstanding
Alumnus award to 1986 Southeastern graduate Danny Heitman, weekly
columnist for The Advocate, Baton Rouge’s daily newspaper. Heitman,
right, a Ponchatoula native, received the award at the chapter’s annual
installation banquet on April 29 from chapter President Barbara Allen,
dean of the College of General Studies. |
Don Paul Elbers of Mandeville was recognized as
the chapter’s nominee for a national Phi Kappa Phi graduate fellowship.
Elbers has been a chapter student executive vice-president. Melanie
Charrier of Hammond, a junior majoring in history, was one of 38 students
nationwide to receive a $1,000 national Phi Kappa Phi Study/
Internship Abroad.Charrier, who is a member of the university’s honors
program, said she will use the grant to help fund her participation this
summer in the Southeastern Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures’
Rome and Mediterranean Study Cruise. |