Heather Caton of Bonner Springs, Kansas, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Caton was initiated at University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Caton is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.
Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 to recognize excellence in all academic disciplines.
The Kansas City T-Bones will return to Kansas City, Kansas, tonight to begin a series with the Sioux Falls Canaries.
Tonight will be 2-for-1 Tuesday, with two choice level tickets for $13.
Wednesday and Thursday, Independence Day, will feature post-game fireworks shows.
The games begin at 7:05 p.m. at the T-Bones Stadium, 1800 Village West Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas.
The T-Bones will be on the road from July 5 to July 7, and will return home for a six-game homestand from July 9 to July 14.
Full and half-season 2019 ticket packages as well as mini plans are on sale online or by calling 913-328-5618 or by visiting the Saint Luke’s Box Office between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Group ticket sales are also on sale.
Former U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom is making a run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Pat Roberts.
Grissom announced his candidacy on Monday in Johnson County. The election is in 2020.
“I know we can do more for our healthcare and rural hospitals, we can fight harder for good paying jobs and education, and we must continue to keep the American people safe,” Grissom said in a campaign statement.
While U.S. attorney, Grissom helped lead the investigation and prosecution against the Wichita Airport and Fort Riley bombers.
He worked with sheriffs and police to drive a violent gang from the streets of Dodge City and disarm felons in the region.
“We face enormous challenges here in Kansas that are uniquely Kansan, and I’m running to make sure our concerns are heard in Washington,” he said.
In 2010, Barry was nominated to be the U.S. Attorney for Kansas and was unanimously confirmed by Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate. He immediately went to work improving community relationships, increasing efficiencies for the taxpayers, and managing over 100 people in offices in Wichita, Topeka, and Kansas City, Kansas.
In 2010, Grissom was nominated to be the U.S. Attorney for Kansas and was unanimously confirmed by Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate. He went to work improving community relationships, increasing efficiencies for the taxpayers, and managing over 100 people in offices in Wichita, Topeka, and Kansas City, Kansas.
Grissom’s family moved a lot through the nation when he was a child, and settled in Johnson County. He attended Johnson County Community College, then graduated from the University of Kansas. After graduating from Oklahoma City University law school, Grissom came back to Kansas to found his own law firm, helping those who faced discrimination, worker employment cases and bankruptcy cases.
Grissom also worked with law enforcement and civil rights advocates to improve community relations when he was U.S. attorney. He founded Kansas’s first Human Trafficking Working Group, helped clean up gang activity, oversaw Kansas’s Project Safe Childhood program targeting child sex offenders and led the charge among federal authorities to break up a dogfighting ring responsible for capturing and abusing over 400 pit bulls.
Current Sen. Pat Roberts has announced his retirement.
