Alpha Chi Proceedings Recorder, Vol. 52, No. 2, Fall 2009

material from 2007 to the present. (4) It is suggested the new archivist could give direction concerning what
needs to be added to the collection or what needs to be weeded from the collection. The report was accepted by
consensus.
9. Audit Committee: The Audit Committee reviewed the report of the auditing firm Miller and Rose
P.L.L.C., Certified Public Accountants, and accepted their report of the 2008 records. The committee
ascertained that the National Office of Alpha Chi Procedures Manual was being kept up-to-date. The committee
reviewed all financial matters voted on by the Council in their last meeting to see if they were actually
accomplished according to the vote. All financial matters voted on in 2007 were accomplished according to the
vote. The committee discussed the feasibility of combining the Audit Committee with the Finance Committee.
It was agreed that the limited work of the Audit Committee could easily be accomplished by a combined
committee. The chair of the committee was instructed to bring a motion to combine the two committees to the
National Council. The committee submits the following on-going recommendation: (1) continue to ask for
substantiating documentation when National Council members or National Office staff members seek
reimbursement for expenses. The committee commends the Executive Director and the Director of Operations
for the number of internal controls in place. The Audit Committee moved the Audit Committee and the Finance
Committee be combined. Motion carried. The report of the Audit Committee was accepted by consensus.
10. Scholarship Committee. Dr. Janutolo reported that the Scholarship Committee met on Wednesday, 1
April 2009, and reviewed the applications of 58 Gaston/Nolle Scholarship and 57 Sledge/Benedict Fellowship
applicants.
The recipients of the $3500 Robert W. Sledge Fellowship for full-time graduate or professional study during
the 2009-2010 academic year were Olivia Denise Ellis of Carson Newman College and Christopher Robert
Middaugh of Lyon College. The recipients of the $2500 H.Y. Benedict Fellowship for full-time graduate or
professional study during the 2009-2010 academic year were (alphabetically): Aaron Baldridge, Lyon College;
Abbie J. Bergdale, Waldorf College; William Timothy Braun, Huntington University; Ashley L. Brooks,
Chowan University; Andrew Colbert, Geneva College; Margot Conover, Christopher Newport University;
Brittany Renee Helton, Cascade College; Tamami Norizuki, University of Texas at San Antonio; Madison
Saniuk, Abilene Christian University; Laura Ashley Swatzyna, Roanoke College; Steven Allen Wease,
Northern Kentucky University. [Abbie Bergdale subsequently declined and made the first alternate, Andrew
Abordonado, a recipient. Also William Braun declined and made the second alternate, Amanda Sorensen, a
recipient.]
Alternates for the Benedict Fellowship were (in order): (1) Andrew Abordonado, Hawaii Pacific University;
(2) Amanda Sorensen, John Brown University; (3) Kyle N. Brooks, Azusa Pacific University; (4) Jessica
Matlack, Texas Lutheran University; (5) Alexandra Krueger, Marymount Manhattan College.
The recipients of the $2500 Edwin W. Gaston Scholarship for full-time undergraduate study during the
2009-2010 academic year were Lauren Therese DeJoy, SUNY College at Brockport; Nicholas Thomason
Michael, Harding University. The recipients of the $1500 Alfred H. Nolle Scholarship for full-time
undergraduate study during the 2009-2010 academic year were (alphabetically): Rebecca Bennie, Lipscomb
University; Bethany Boyenton, Carson-Newman College; Natalie Anne de Regnier, Grand View University;
Sarah Nicole Fischer, Gardner-Webb University; Abigail Eileen Forester, Methodist University; Larisa Greve,
Wartburg College; Ngaire Noelle Honey, Wartburg College; Cyle Andrew Petersen, Catawba College; Irving
Paul Ray, Sam Houston State University; Nicholas Zehner, Anderson University.
Alternates for the Nolle Scholarship were (in order): (1) Marisa Smith, Harding University; (2) Debra
Oliveras, Dominican College; (3) Heike Baird, Anderson University; (4) Matthew D. Falter, Lander University.
11. Committees. The work of the National Council is expedited through preliminary deliberations
conducted by small groups of Council members. These committees, some of which are constitutional and some
of which are created as needed, had already been announced. They are reported here for the record.
Chairpersons are indicated by asterisks. Executive Committee members are often appointed ex-officio, nonvoting
liaisons to some of the committees.
Alumni: Al Clark*, Michael Flachmann, Lori Mills, Lindsey Woodland
Audit: Blake Janutolo*, Jonathan Thorndike, Mimi Hoffman
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