| Pictured are eight new inductees and four honorary inductees into the Bluefield State College chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the National Honor Society for college freshman. Inductees include (front row, left-to-right) Tracey Lind Spangler, Laken Rutherford, Tabatha M. Pack, Jennifer L. Green, (second row, l-to-r) Patric Ryan Dove, Joseph K. Kessler II, Lisa Fenton, Danny R. Dillow, Jr., (third row, l-to-r) honorary inductees Bruce V. Mutter, Dawn Surbaugh, Joan Buchanan, and Dr. Donald Caudill. |
(Bluefield)-The Bluefield State College chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the national honor society for freshmen, inducted 22 students into the Society during a recent ceremony at BSC. Only those freshmen who have earned at least 12 credits with a grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale are eligible for membership. This achievement places these students in the top two percent of all freshmen at Bluefield State. Parents and family of the inductees attended the session, along with current chapter members.
Students inducted included Pamela V. Addair, Cucumber; Melissa A. Cecil, Sophia; Amanda C. Church, Stephen E. Dickerson, Jennifer L. Green, Lisa Fenton, Kimberly M. Grubb, Joseph K. Kessler II, and Irene E. Shaffer from Princeton; and Tiffany Deeb, Welch.
Those from Bluefield, WV included Danny R. Dillow Jr., Patric Ryan Dove, Jennifer L. Horn, and Sharon V. Justus. Also inducted were Curtis D. French, Bastian, VA; Dawn Marie Hampton, Bluefield, VA; Jonathan C. Lee, Palmyra, TN; Emily Kaye Mounts, Pence Springs; Tabatha M. Pack, and Tracey Lind Spangler, from Ballard; Laken Rutherford, Independence, VA; and Tina Marie Toler, Maxwelton.
Also inducted were four honorary members, Joan Buchanan (Coordinator/Student Activities), Dawn Surbaugh (Educational Outreach Counselor), Dr. Donald Caudill (Professor/Marketing) and Bruce V. Mutter (Associate Professor/Architectural Engineering Technology) who were selected for their commitment to assisting freshmen students to begin their college experience on a successful note.
The induction ceremony was conducted by Chapter Advisor John Cardwell, Executive Director of Enrollment Management, Co-Advisor E. Ralph Patsel, Jr., retired Registrar/Director of Institutional Research, and Chapter President Courtney Garansuay. BSC President Dr. Albert Walker closed the ceremony by extending congratulations to the inductees.
The current and new members of the Society held a short business session at the close of the ceremony and elected new officers for the 2004-2005 school year. The new officers are Courtney Garansuay, President, Aaron Fink, Vice-President, and Larry Weatherly, Secretary-Treasurer.
April 20, 2004
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