National German Honor Society
The Arkansas Iota Xi chapter of the National German Honors Society, Delta Phi Alpha (http://www.deltaphialpha.org/) was established in 1983. We have held an annual banquet and initiation every year since, and our membership now includes over 380 members, making us one of the most active chapters in the country. Students must have an overall B- average, a B+ average in German, be of sophomore standing or above, and have taken at least one junior level class. The German section purchases honors cords for each initiate to wear with their robes at commencement. The Delta Phi Alpha Faculty Advisor is Dr. Michael André.
In 2012, the German section was pleased to welcome the following 27 students as new initiates into Delta Phi Alpha, the National German Honors Society:
Stuart Bailey
Adrian Beam
Bart Belaire
Eric Bruton
Chelsea Burris
Kaylee Christie
Kahlilah Fleming
Brittany Gillespie
Michael Hartman
Christopher Harvey
Kyly Hawk
Chelsea Hodge
John Paul Huber
Nathaniel Johnson
Erica Leeman
Ethan McBride
Carl Monson
Lauren Pavlik
Brent Perkins
Julia Perkins
Rocio Martinez Rendis
James Russell
Eric Salazar
Alexandra Stassen
Gabrion Stewart
Madeleine Williams
Brittany Wulf
Dr.Wynfrid Kriegleder of the University of Vienna in Austria, was the featured speaker with a lecture on “Warum braucht man eine österreichische Literaturgeschichte?” (“Why does one need an Austrian literary history?”)
In 2011, nine German students were initiated into Delta Phi Alpha, the National German Honor Society. Our banquet speaker was Dr. Laurence Hare, of the Department of History, who shared with us his research into the Nazi fascination with archaeology and how German collaboration with Scandinavian lands prior to the National Socialist take over was affected. New student members represent both Fulbright College and the Engineering College and include:
Christopher Baker
John Broomfield (Graduate student member)
Elizabeth Caruth
Michelle Geisler
Felicity Johnson
Sean Salazar
Wade Schilling
Skye Stover
Jacqueline Stratton
2010 Initiates
Eric Ableitner
John Jacob Barkman
Jared Bludworth
Amanda Bonner
Divesh Brahmbhatt
Austin Brunson
Jessica Burk
Maegan Cook
Samantha Cowan
Shayna Egan
Katherine Goll
John Hannon
Farina Hartung
Devin Haughey
Leslie Jennings
Aidan Lancaster
David Long
David Manke
Christopher Mikles
Laura Neumann
Yvette Ortiz
Stephanie Patterson
Christopher Pryor
Alexandra Sorrell
Chelsea Williams
Elizabeth White
Alexandra Wilcox
David Zimmer
2009 Initiates
Jacquelynn Bensing
Christine Cantwell
Nick Clark
Alexis Collins
Joseph Covey
Gregory Edgmon
Avalon Gurel
Brandon Jones
Greyson Longtin
Jennifer Rivers
Jessica Rutledge
2008
Carey Ashworth
Thomas Bishop
Sarah Bryant
Edison Froelich
Matthew Ganster
Alexander Ganz
Darby Gieringer
Lindsay Harrington
Jessica Shepler
John Jolly
Maria Marley
Larissa Martins
Matthew Midgett
Christopher Moon
Frances Pleimann
Robert Ragsdale
Caitlin Reid
Katherine Rutledge
Kelly Schlinder
2007
Aaron Berkowitz
Ryan Billingsley
Stephanie Bond
Robert Cheek, Jr.
Nathan Culbersen
Claudia Devich
Ann Gordon
Jeff Grooms
Heath Himstedt
Pamela Sue Hitchcock
Patrick Hoffman
Brian Kelley
Matthew McAlister
Matthew McCall
