Thanks to Phi Kappa Phi!

I am so very proud and honored to be a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Southeast Missouri State!  I was inducted this past spring (April 17, 2011). The primary objectives of this Society are to promote the pursuit of excellence in all fields of higher education and to recognize outstanding achievement by students, faculty and others through election to membership, and through various awards for distinguished achievement.  As a second term junior, I had to rank within the top 7.5% of the class.

Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants are designed to help support undergraduates nationwide as they seek knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad. Forty-five $1,000 grants are awarded each year.  This year, 442 qualified applicants were examined by the committee and out of the 45 students who were chosen, I made the cut!  I am now the proud winner of a Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Study Abroad Grant worth $1,000!  I am so very excited about this!  


My personal info sheet & head shot (Post-Award) for their publications:

Name:                    Mary Brittany N. Gholson

School:                  Southeast Missouri State University

Major:                    Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with emphasis in Political   Science, Criminal Justice and Speech Communication

Classification:       Senior

Current Job(s):      1.   U.S. Attorney’s Office – Intern

                                2.   College of Education – Student Assistant to the Dean

                                3.   Buckner Brewing Company – Waitress

                                4.   Charlotte Russe – Sales Associate

Destination:              Rwanda

 

Travel Dates:             July 20, 2011 – Aug. 17, 2011

Purpose:                     Humanitarian Volunteer Mission and Research – While in country I will be working with genocide victims, at-risk women and children, and traditionally marginalized peoples. I will also be using this experience to conduct research for my University to fulfill a class project and Senior Honors Assignment research project.

Further Ed. Plans:     Upon graduation from Southeast, I will intern for a year and then proceed to law school where I will place a focus on criminal and international law with emphasis in the areas of human rights.

Career Objectives:     I would like to eventually be able to use my law degree to help at-risk women and children internationally.

Fantasy Career:         Promoting human rights is my passion and working internationally for the ICC would be amazing.  Working as a judge for an ICC Tribunal would be the most amazing thing I can imagine!

Role Model:                My family and the everyday heroes in my life are great inspirations, but of those famous I look to Mother Teresa, Eleanor Roosevelt, Madeleine Albright, among many others.

Comm. Service:         Working with, and eventually presiding as President for, the Dance Marathon Organization which raises money for the Children’s Miracle Network in the St. Louis area is the most rewarding cause I have been part of thus far.

Most Proud of Self:    During my college career I was able to attend a leadership academy solely for women in my state that focused on our ability to succeed in any field we chose.  For the first time, I truly believed that I could accomplish any and everything I wanted, and I fully plan to do this.  That self awakening was by far the proudest moment I have had because it has led me to exactly where I am now.