For Immediate Release

SEARCY, Ark.—Two faculty members and seven undergraduates have been elected to seats on the 22-member National Council of Alpha Chi, the national college honor society, and will serve until 2010.
The students, each representing one of the seven geographical regions of Alpha Chi, were chosen at the biennial regional conventions this spring. They join a Council that includes seven regional secretary-treasurers and eight faculty members elected at large.
The two new faculty members on the National Council are newly elected regional secretary-treasurers. Dr. Bill Short of McMurry University, Abilene, Tex., serves Region I. He is a professor of modern languages and sponsor of the Texas Upsilon chapter at McMurry. Region II’s secretary-treasurer is Suzanne Pundt, senior lecturer in biology at the University of Texas at Tyler and sponsor of the Texas Alpha Xi chapter.
The following are student representatives:

Region I , Samantha Caszatt, a senior communications major at Angelo State University, San Angelo, Tex.; Region II, Stacey Alexander, a major in communication graduating this May from the University of Texas at Tyler; Region III, Donald Hughes, a junior public administration major at Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C.; Region IV, Lindsey Woodland, a senior mathematics and secondary education major from Westminster College, Fulton, Mo.; Region V, Shayan Davoudi, a major in justice studies graduating this May from Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago; Region VI, Mimi Hoffman, a business major graduating this May from Goldey-Beacom College, Wilmington, Del.; and Region VII, Natalie Cammarata, a senior psychology major at Cascade College, Portland, Ore.
The new Council met for its annual meeting April 2-5 in Indianapolis, site of Alpha Chi’s 2009 biennial national convention. The Council is the governing body for the society, which has chapters at more than 300 colleges and universities in almost every state. Alpha Chi’s members are in the top 10 percent of juniors, seniors, and graduate students from all academic fields, with about 11,000 new members added each year.
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