National Council - Alpha Chi

Super-Regional Convention National Business Meeting Minutes
1. President Clark Youngblood called a National Business Meeting to order at 11:35 a.m., during the
combined regional convention at the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas, March 27, 2010. Dr. Patricia
Williams read a list of resolutions (See the minutes of the National Council Meeting for the wording of the
resolutions.).
2. Constitutional Amendment. President Youngblood introduced the following motion to change the
constitution to read:
ARTICLE II
Purpose
Section 1. The purpose of Alpha Chi shall be the promotion and recognition of scholarship and of those
elements of character which make scholarship effective for good among the students in the academic divisions
of colleges and universities in the United States of America and other countries.
Section 2. Alpha Chi is organized exclusively for educational purposes, including, for such purposes, the
making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
The motion carried.
3. Service Projects. Vice President Ellen Millsaps reported on the service projects. Over 2,700 books were
given nationwide for literacy programs. Many of the books were given to Reading is Fundamental. In addition
$290 was donated to Reading is Fundamental, and a total of $2,500 was donated to Heifer International by
Alpha Chi chapters.
4. Presentation Prizes. Dr. Fay Nielsen and Dr. Pamela Stephens presented presentation prizes to the
following students:
Region I
Luis Alberto Rubio, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas Alpha Beta, ―On-demand Generation of
Artificial Osseous Tissue by 3-D Biological Printing‖ (biology)
Region II
Codi Ribitzki, Lyon College, Arkansas Iota, ―Digital Upgrade: Technology in the ‗Tradigital‘
Classroom‖ (education)
Nancy Love, Lyon College, Arkansas Iota, ―Ceol Mor: The Classical Music Art Form of the Great
Highlands Bagpipe‖ (performing arts)
Philip D. Williamson, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkansas Beta, ―Civilizational Identity and
International Conflict‖ (political science)
Joshua Looney, Lyon College, Arkansas Iota, ―Benjy, Caddy, and Freud: Identity in Faulkner‘s The
Sound and the Fury‖ (American literature)
Region III
Elizabeth Cashwell, Gardner-Webb University, North Carolina Zeta, ―A New Vitality of Faith:
Women and Spirituality in The Gates Ajar‖ (American literature)
Audrey McMullen, Faulkner University, Alabama Delta, ―As We Tarry There‖ (creative writing)
Amy Hamm, Chowan University, North Carolina Phi, ―Fighting Rebels and Racism: Black Soldiers in
the Civil War‖ (American history)
Anna Johnson, Gardner-Webb University, North Carolina Zeta, ―Hands in Motion‖ (music)
Kyle Ganow, Catawba College, North Carolina Omicron, ―Bat Activity and Topography: Potential for
Conflict Between Bats and Wind Energy Development in the Texas Panhandle‖ (biology)
Amanda Vosloh, Greensboro College, North Carolina Xi, ―Evaluating the Effectiveness of Learnercentered
Instruction in the Teaching of Writing to Ninth Graders‖ (education)
Catherine Lozano, Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia Nu, ―An Urban Residence for
Senior Citizens‖ (interior design)
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