Frances Tan from Malaysia received the International Woman Student of the Year Award from the KU Commission on the Status of Women . Erica Hawthorne and Tiffany Seeman were recognized by the Commission on the Status of Women for leadership in their living groups. Five of the 18 New Student Summer Orientation leaders are journalism students. They are Yemi Adeyanju, Brian Cooper, Erin Day, Megan Esslinger and Kimberly Thompson . Yemi Adeyanju , Katie Bartkoski and Rupali Limaye were inducted into Mortar Board , a national honor society for college seniors.
Criteria are leadership, scholarship and community service.
Three journalism students are among five chosen to be KU international ambassadors to increase awareness of the University abroad. They are Frances Tan, Mariana Nissen daCosta Paiva from Brazil, and Manuel Angulo from Colombia. Nine journalism students were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor society. They are Kari Adams, Jeremy Dewey, Adam Kruse, Amanda Moorhouse, Juliana Moreira, Roger Nomer, Eric Reid, Laura Roddy and Julie Wood . Four journalism students were inducted into Phi Kappa Phi academic honorary society.