For Immediate Release – Lawton, OK, May 29, 2016
Phi Sigma Iota holds initiation banquet
Cameron University’s Delta Rho Chapter of Phi Sigma Iota, the Foreign Language International
Honor Society, held its Initiation Banquet on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at the Cameron University
Ballroom. Phi Sigma Iota recognizes outstanding ability and achievement in the study or teaching
of academic fields related to foreign language, literature or culture.
Students joining the Delta Rho chapter during the Initiation banquet were undergraduates Brian
Douglas Adams, William Kyle Bolton, Geraldine C. Brady, Patrick Michael Copeland, Candace Rae
Easterly, Joshan Hung, Julie Anne Lyman, Merrisa Kathleen Martinuzzi, Andrea Beth Rolin,
Ibirijara Souza Vidal; graduate student Stacy Elaine Pratt; faculty member Rebecca Hunter Zittle;
and visiting Fulbright Scholar 2007-2008 Ashish Kumar Pathak.
Faculty advisor Teresa Lubrano installed the following officers for 2008-2009: President, William
Kyle Bolton; Vice President, Joshan Hung; Secretary/Treasurer, Dr. George E. Stanley; Assistant
Faculty Advisor, Misael Santiago.
Scholarship and awards were also presented during the ceremony. The Lahoma Benke
Scholarship was awarded to Crystal Kreiger Johnson, the Delta Rho Benke Scholarship was
awarded to Leila Ghosn, and the Graziella Scholarship was awarded to Sara Phillips.
Nine students received the Honeycutt “Flocci Non Facio” Scholarship to students of Latin: Kyle
Bolton, John Chappell, Matt Clark, Patrick Copeland, Patricia DiLeo-Sanders, Daniela Krotzer, Ann
Morris, Anthony Olivo and Gregory Woodard.
Certificates of Appreciation were presented to Betty Aliff, Jessica Bench, Geraldine Brady, Sabine
Brown, Donna Clopton, Lanal Dabbs, Patricia DiLeo-Sanders, Joan Gabelmann, Leila Ghosn,
Stacey Greb, Brenda Honeycutt, Petra Keller-Benner, Corinne Sanders, Marc Sanders, Misael
Santiago and Tahirah Simmons.
About Phi Sigma Iota
Founded in 1922, Phi Sigma Iota was the first language society to receive membership in the U.S.
Association of College Honor Societies. Membership is by invitation only and is the highest
academic honor in the field of foreign languages. The society provides national recognition of
achievement, a national network of colleagues, participation in a learning community to broaden
horizons, local and national leadership opportunities, publication opportunities in the Society’s
issues of “The Forum” and “Chapter News,” and scholarship opportunities. The Delta Rho Chapter
at Cameron University, chartered in May 1988, was the first Phi Sigma Iota chapter chartered in
the state of Oklahoma and is one of only two chapters in Oklahoma. There are approximately 250
chapters throughout the U.S., Mexico and France.
Undergraduate members are required to major or minor on one of the following fields: Foreign
Languages, Classics, ESL, Comparative Literature, Foreign Language Education, Linguistics,
Second Language Acquisition and other interdisciplinary programs with a significant foreign
language component. Additionally, undergraduates must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher, attain
junior standing or above before initiation, have completed at least one course in a foreign language
by the third-year level or beyond; and be at the upper 35 percent of their class. Graduate students
shall be eligible for membership upon completion of at least one full semester, or equivalent
quarters, of foreign language graduate work at the institution of the electing Chapter, and upon
attaining a high degree of competence in at least one foreign language. At the time of
consideration for membership, they must have earned a B-plus average in all graduate work and in
the aggregate of courses in foreign languages. Teachers and Researchers in any of the above
fields are eligible for membership following at least one year of service at the chapter's institution.
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Photo attached: (left to right) Rebecca Zittle, Patrick Michael Copeland, Andrea Beth Rolin, Candace
Rae Easterly, Dr. Teresa Lubrano, Stacy Elaine Pratt, Julie Anne Lyman, Ibirijara Souza Vidal,
Joshan Hung, Merrisa Kathleen Martinuzzi.